Makes about 2 cups (480 ml) of sauce The most exciting part of this dip is the part where you get to set a pepper on fire! We’re not even kidding: to roast the pepper, we use our stovetop burner and roast it like a marshmallow. If you’re not able to do that, it can...
Makes 1½ cups of dressing If you use your imagination to think about interesting ingredients and unusual dressings, salads can be fun and delicious. Most days, we like our salads to have fruit, and this dressing is a perfect compliment. It’s made with raspberries and...
Makes 4 cups (960 ml) Barbecued meat is always better with barbecue sauce. This is our favorite–a sweet version that tastes great on almost any meat. You may not know this, but different states have different barbecue sauces. While this one is like the sauces they...
Makes 4 cups (960 ml), enough to refill a squeeze bottle We love ketchup, and we’re willing to bet that you do too. But, do you know what the number two ingredient in most brands of ketchup is? SUGAR! Turns out, the companies that make ketchup don’t remove the seeds,...
Makes 1 cup (240 ml) Our boys love black olives. They like them sliced into dishes and salads, they like them plain for putting on their finger tips and popping off with their mouths, and they love them in this tapenade, an olive-based dip. Since olives are a...
Makes 2 cupss Sometimes we put forth the effort to make a real guacamole, but considering how often it’s requested in our house, we usually use this simple recipe to create a quick dip our kids use for just about everything! It’s nice to make this way because you...
Makes a cup of mayonnaise If you’re the type of person that is always whipping out the Miracle Whip or heaping on the Hellmann’s, this is for you. Rather than buying sugary mayonnaise made with unhealthy oils, why not make your own? It’s pretty easy to do and, once...
Makes 8 cups (1920 ml) Broth is an ingredient often found in recipes. Although you can buy it in the store, making it at home offers a nutrient-dense way to get in calcium, magnesium, and other essential vitamins and minerals. The nutrients are easily and readily...
Apple bacon slaw — "Cole's slaw" at our house — is coleslaw rebuilt: salted-and-drained cabbage and carrot, crispy diced bacon, sweet apple, and a tangy apple…
Maple butternut squash purée boils cubed squash until tender, then whirls it with coconut milk, maple syrup, and nutmeg into something silky enough to pass for dessert. A…
Roasted sweet potatoes cooked right on the oven rack — or out on the grill — taste almost like dessert for dinner. Bright orange, full of beta-carotene, and finished with a…
Greens and bacon is the three-ingredient side that turns a pile of spinach into the dish everyone fights over: half a pound of nitrate-free bacon fried until almost crispy, then…