This decadent salty sweet sauce is perfect over pie, ice cream, drizzled over brownies, cobbler, and bananas. Pair it with cakes, toasted nuts, and balance it with acidic pop from berries for the perfect bite every time.
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Crispy Mushrooms
A smoky, crispy, sweet, and savory topping for salads, sandwiches, wraps, soups, and goodies like Creamy Mac. It’s a magical combination of the five tastes—use it or serve wherever you would bacon.
Crispy Shallots
Crispy Shallots are just a little something “extra” you can keep in the fridge to make a dish sing. They’re great for topping soups and salads and adding flavor and crunch to “tacos,” wraps, and rice bowls. Strain and keep the shallot-infused oil for up to 3 weeks in the fridge to cook other foods […]
Penne with Ragù
A Ragù sauce is a heavily textured tomato-based sauce full of diced ingredients and meaty additions. This recipe delivers all of the classic, complex flavor of an Italian family supper with a twist. Ours is made with ingredients like lentils and a splash of red wine. Use this recipe as an opportunity to hone your […]
Cashew Sauce
This is a satisfying, easy, and extremely versatile sauce that you can enjoy as-is or use as a base for countless recipes from Enchiladas to Creamy Mac. It makes a great dip, cheese alternative, and it thickens soups and stews with satisfying creaminess.
Stir-Fry Sauce
This is a go-to stir fry sauce everyone will love. It hits all of the tastes: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and umami and it couldn’t be easier to prepare.
Easy Tomato Sauce
This recipe template is great way to taste a recipe at its simplest so you can learn how to build flavor complexity. Taste as you cook. Become familiar with each addition from the Variations, one by one. This is how you learn to confidently build dimension of flavor. Our recommended final preparation is with all […]
Quick Pickles
Basically: vinegar + salt + sweet + fridge time = quick pickles. They’re a brine-y, sour, sweet, crispy, easy-to-make treat that adds dimension and brightness to many dishes. This is a simple starter recipe without all of the traditional pickling steps like boiling jars. Customize with various vegetables (even fruits), myriad flavor combinations, and the […]
Easy Pesto
This is one of our favorite condiments to keep on hand—use it to make wraps, to season rice and roasted veggies, and to add color and oomph to crudités or crackers. Whisk some together with a little vinegar and oil for a salad vinaigrette. Serve it to your cheese-lover friends, too. They’ll never know there […]
Smoky-Spice Candied Pecans
These pecans can be enjoyed alone, mixed with various nuts, seeds, and dried fruit for a twist on traditional trail mix, or used to take salads to the next level. We list some of the spices as optional so you can create your own combinations, but do try this recipe with all ingredients at least […]