Salsas and Sauces
Jalapeño Salsa
This is a quick, slightly creamy jalapeño salsa that goes well on tacos or with these potato taquitos. For extra creamy green sauce, add 1/4 cup sour cream to the blender. For a lighter version, try my creamy hatch chile sauce made with yogurt! Creamy Jalapeño Salsa Recipe
Read MoreHow to Make Salad Dressing
How to Make Salad Dressing – scroll down for salad dressing recipes New collaboration video with Adriene from Yoga with Adriene! Watch the video above to see how to make a classic French tossed salad and to see a recipe for a homemade salad dressing you can store in the fridge. There are about as…
Read MoreJalapeño Butter – Compound Butter Recipe
Compound butters are one of the best things to ever happen to people who are bad at cooking. A blob of flavored butter has probably saved more overcooked chicken dinners than all the pizza deliveries in America. I’ve written about herbed compound butter ideas before, but this one is so delicious it deserves its very own…
Read MoreChipotle Salsa
This quick chipotle salsa is delicious on my portobello mushroom tacos, but it would also go really nicely with pollo al carbon. I’ve also used this salsa to make a salad dressing: 2 parts salsa + 2 parts oil + 1 part vinegar + salt and pepper to taste. It’s nice to serve it warm…
Read MoreTwo Pesto Recipes
Basil and cilantro pesto recipes video (scroll down for printable recipes) Pesto is one of the best possible ways to use a buttload of fresh herbs. Don’t limit yourself to basil! Here are two pesto recipes: classic basil pesto with Parmesan and pine nuts and a spicy cilantro pesto with fresh jalapeños and lemon juice. Try…
Read MoreHerbed Compound Butter Recipes
Herbed compound butter is one of the easiest, fastest, no-brainiest ways to fancify your life. Just take soft butter, add some fresh or dried herbs, some spices, some salt, some citrus zest, some onion relatives, some garlic, some ginger, some mustard, some miso, really just about any flavors you can imagine, and mash it all…
Read MoreTurkey Gravy
It’s Thanksgiving time and that means horrible dry turkey that is only edible once slathered in turkey gravy! I kid. Your turkey doesn’t have to be dry; follow this butter-injected turkey recipe to see. But, dry turkey or delicious, having a gravy-boat-load (or several) of turkey gravy on the table is very necessary. Pour that…
Read MoreBolognese Sauce
Bolognese Sauce Recipe Video (scroll down for printable recipe) An ex-boyfriend taught me about Bolognese. Until then, I guess I’d always just made “spaghetti sauce” like a regular person who is from Texas and whose only experience with Italian food is from Olive Garden. When I saw him mincing carrots and celery for our sauce,…
Read MoreChoripanes!
Choripanes were invented in Argentina, but similar sandwiches are eaten in Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. Choripán is a portmanteau of chorizo and pan — sausage and bread — but that’s not all there is to it! Chimichurri is what makes the sandwich famous. Chimichurri is a fresh salsa based on oil and vinegar and parsley, with various…
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