Make this recipe and enjoy it for breakfast throughout the week, or for brunch. Serve it plain, with the optional “Cake Frosting” Drizzle, or simple maple syrup. There are a lot of optional ingredients in this recipe so you can make it how you like, but we recommend making it with all!
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The Granola Template
This is a simple granola base that you can change up many ways with our combination suggestions. We love to add olive oil to our granola because it aids browning and adds a hint of savory roasted flavor to the final result.
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 […]
Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
Chewy and loaded with dark chocolate chunks, this classic cookie is a prefect treat as-is, or you can take it to the next level and turn them into ice cream sandwiches!
Easy Vegetable Stock
This recipe is a terrific base for meals of all kinds—season rice and grains, add flavorful liquid to soups, and use to steam and sauté all sorts of dishes. Veggie stock is a zero-food-waste recipe you can rely on. As you cook throughout the week(s), freeze veggie scraps instead of throwing them out. Use them […]
Homemade Spice Mixes
Keep these homemade spice mixes on hand for dinners, snacks, salad toppings, and breakfast cereals. Add them to any cooked grain and sautéed veggie combo for an instant meal.
Radicchio & Citrus Salad
This salad demonstrates how the simplest of foods, with their own predominant flavors, can combine tastes (salty, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami) for bold, full flavor. It also combines a variety of textures like juicy, crunchy, and soft to create exciting bites. Finally, we’ll use the acid and oil we have on hand to dress […]
Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Avocado pudding? Wait, avocados and chocolate? Yes. Yes. Yes. This recipe is a great way to use up overripe avocados, but make sure you try ripe ones, too. Our secret ingredients make this an Avocado Pudding one to rival them all! Coconut milk adds decadent mousse-like texture, and soy sauce adds incredible depth of flavor […]
Applesauce
Use to add moisture and toothsome quality to baked goods, enjoy as-is for breakfast, a snack, or a dessert, and play with different types of apples for slightly different outcomes—Granny Smiths will be more tart, while Pink Lady apples will be sweeter. Leave the skin on for added color, or peel—cook’s choice