Contemporary Comfort Food & Easy Home Cooked Meals
Fresh Summer Salad Recipes
- Classic Bay Shrimp Louie
- Garden-fresh Summer Pasta Salad
- Spicy Thai Shrimp Salad
- Vietnamese Chicken Salad (Goi Ga)
- Cold Turkey Pasta Salad with Honey-Citrus Dressing
- Retro Shrimp Salad with Lemon Mustard Dressing (Easy + Make Ahead)
- Armenian-style Eggplant & Carrot Salad
- Caribbean Mango Avocado Salad
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- Creamy Lemon Chicken Orzo (Easy One-Pan Dinner)
- Classic Cherry Clafoutis (Easy French Dessert)
- Puff Pastry Breakfast Braid with Eggs, Cheese & Ham
- Old-fashioned Blueberry Buckle (Moist Cake with Crumb Topping)
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Classic Comfort Food
Soul satisfying, classic comfort food recipes that taste like you remember, updated with modern techniques to make prep easier, using fresh, whole ingredients.
- Arroz Con Pollo (Puerto Rican Chicken & Rice)
- Classic Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
- Hungarian Mushroom Soup (Szekelyderzs)
- Authentic Bavarian Sauerbraten with Gingersnap Gravy
- Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Polish-style Gołąbki)
- Old-fashioned Bread Pudding
- Best Classic Shepherd's Pie
- Mom's Classic Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
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Sourdough baking
Easy sourdough discard recipes and resources especially for beginners.
- Spiced Pumpkin Sourdough Scones
- Double-Crumb Sourdough Coffee Cake
- Light & Fluffy Sourdough Pancakes (Old-Fashioned Hotcakes)
- Kaylen's Bread (Easy Sourdough Bread Recipe)
German Recipes
- Authentic Bavarian Sauerbraten with Gingersnap Gravy
- Hot German Potato Salad (Bavarian Kartoffelsalat)
- Easy Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel)
- Traditional German Red Cabbage (Rotkohl)
- German Dark Rye Bread
- Authentic German Beef Rouladen (Rinderrouladen)
- Bavarian-style German Lentil Soup (Linsensuppe)
- Crispy Sauerkraut Fritters (Easy Air Fryer Recipe)
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Breakfast & Brunch
- Strawberry Cream Crêpes
- Blueberry Banana Muffins
- Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict
- Orange Tea Ring (Danish Wreath)
- Eggs Provençal with Heirloom Tomatoes and Parmesan
- Smoked Salmon Crustless Quiche
- Strawberry Soufflé Omelet with Caramelized Almonds
- Double-Crumb Sourdough Coffee Cake