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While this gluten-free brownie recipe is far from traditional, it is deeply chocolatey and rich, from the addition of an unexpected ingredient—soy sauce. Soy sauce may seem like an unusual addition but if we think about it, it makes perfect sense. It is common knowledge that chocolate tastes better with a pinch of salt. Salt brings out the natural sweetness of chocolate and masks any bitterness. In this brownie recipe, we replace salt with soy sauce, and the result is even more spectacular....

This is a reliable recipe you can use in a pinch (when you don’t have time to run to the grocery store and guests are arriving at your backyard BBQ in less than an hour.) This ketchup is a balance of sweet, salty, and most of all, a little sour from the vinegar. We don’t want a cloying dollop of sugary tomatoes or complicated spices. Ketchup is one of those condiments you can depend on, so this is a super straight forward version that will get the job done....

Optional and tasty additions include sea salt, honey, and coconut oil. I love this butter plain, but my family members prefer it with added flavors. I love nut butters. I have a wide selection of store-bought nut butters at home, including peanut butter, almond butter, and sunflower seed butter. But when it comes to walnuts, it’s not so easy to find the butter version in stores, so I like to make it at home using this simple and easy recipe....

This simple sheet pan dinner is packed with spicy, savory, and sweet flavor and couldn’t be easier to make. Roast shrimp and broccoli florets in the oven, drizzle them with a sweet and spicy hot honey, and you have the ultimate 30-minute meal. Pair it with white or brown rice, quinoa, or even orzo for a complete meal!This sheet pan dinner is also totally customizable. Swap the broccoli out for cauliflower florets, chunks of bell peppers, or halved Brussels sprouts, if you have these vegetables in your crisper drawer instead....

But how good could they be, really? I’m going to go ahead and say they’re life-changing—and that’s not a superlative I throw around lightly. But trust me: try this technique and you’ll be eating crispy chickpeas by the handful while you plan to make a double batch next time. Forget the Oven and Bring on the Skillet Many recipes call for making crispy chickpeas in the oven, and there are advantages to that method— namely, it requires less oil and makes less mess....

If you have never cooked live lobster, you are in for a treat. It seems daunting, we know. We were a bit skittish the first time we tackled this too! But everyone should experience home cooked lobster once in their life! You’ll feel extra fancy. Never killed your own dinner before? Not everyone is comfortable with this part, and that’s OK. To reassure you, lobsters do not possess a real brain and are not self aware like we are, therefore, they do not feel pain the same way humans do....

It’s unapologetically pungent, yet balanced. There is a momentary bitterness from the mustard seeds, a background sweetness from the white wine and sugar, and a delicate acidity from the vinegar. This complex set of flavors gives it the versatility we look for in a mustard. And whether it is spooned atop a grilled hamburger at your next BBQ, used to dress a potato salad when dinning al fresco this summer, smeared on a turkey sandwich this homemade Dijon mustard recipe is one you are bound to make again and again....

The best part? Making donuts is mostly hands-off. You can spend the bulk of this recipe flipping through a book or binging the latest TV show while you wait for your dough to rise. Am I saying you’ll never buy a “hot now” donut from the store again? Nope. But you’ll sure taste the difference and have a blast experimenting with your favorite flavors at home. Plus, this is a great opportunity to get the kids involved (pre-frying) helping with kneading and shaping the dough....

What Is Chinese Five-Spice? The distinct flavor of this dish comes from Chinese five-spice powder, a classic blend that usually includes star anise, Szechuan peppercorns, fennel seeds, cloves, and cassia (a culinary relative of cinnamon). The exact mix and ratio of spices can vary from mix to mix—the one I like is from Oaktown Spice Shop. This recipe converts Elise’s fantastic recipe for Slow Cooker 5-Spice Pulled Pork to the pressure cooker....

You would say no to microwave air-popped popcorn with this easy and failproof recipe. This pressure cooker popcorn is delicious, healthy and only requires 2 main ingredients, popcorn kernels and coconut oil. I love popcorn especially with peanuts when I eat this snack, I go overboard as it can be addicting but hey why not, we are allowed to live once in a while if not all the time. There are many ways to flavour and enjoy popcorn but today’s post is just showing you one of the basic recipes you can make in your pressure cooker....

Not only are they tastier, but they also cost about half as much as canned beans, and they’re so, so easy to make in a pressure cooker like the Instant Pot! 2 Steps for Instant Pot Refried Beans Making refried beans in the pressure cooker is a two-step process. First, you add beans, water, and salt to the pot and pressure cook them until tender (beans can be either soaked or unsoaked)....

No bunnies were harmed in the making of this dinner! I was unsure whether to share this one with you as it’s not the prettiest meal I’ve ever cooked up. But it just tastes so gooood! If you’ve never heard of Bunny chow, it’s actually a South-African fast food consisting of half a loaf of bread filled with meat (again not rabbit) or vegetarian curry. One of my office buddies (hey Shaun!...

This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....

We’re entering the busy holiday season: can you feel it? And with that comes weeknights when we want to get a healthy meal on the table for our family, but honestly just don’t have the energy or bandwidth. Never fear! This Italian Gnocchi Skillet with Chicken and Pesto is a filling and protein-rich meal that literally comes together in mere minutes. Because sometimes when the Zoom calls end and the days feel increasingly shorter, assembling a meal versus cooking it from scratch is a welcome change....

Italian Sausage Quiche I love to take classic dishes and put my own spin on them. It’s not that I think I can do it better. Anyone who thinks they can improve on a classic Quiche Lorraine is kidding themselves. There’s a reason it has stood the test of time!! I just like to change things up sometimes. This is a typical example – making a quiche but filling it with Italian-esque fillings and flavours....

So I had a bottle of Kahlúa sitting about collecting dust and figured that it needed to be put to decent use. Now, I’m all for a decent cocktail, but really, I try not to make a habit of breaking out the shaker in the middle of the day. That being said, one must be creative and incorporate neglected liquor in other ways. Is it any surprise that I poured a small amount into a batch of brownies?...

My mum used to call me a mash-oholic when I was little. Out of a whole roast dinner, it was the thing I most looked forward to. I could happily ignore the meat and veg, and just pour a huge ladle of my mum’s delicious gravy over my mash to slurpily enjoy what she called mashed potato soup. As I got a little older and started cooking in the kitchen myself (we’re talking maybe 11 or 12 years old now), one of my favourite ‘meals’ to make myself was mashed potato with bacon bits, finely sliced raw onion and gravy....

They are so very flavorful and wonderfully chewy! The fact that they are flourless makes their peanut butter flavor extra concentrated. Made with just four ingredients, these cookies are incredibly good. They are sweet but not too sweet, soft, and chewy. I make them with natural peanut butter and a powdered sweetener, to ensure a smooth texture. I like to add a few dark chocolate chips on top, and although you could skip those, they really take these cookies to the next level....

They’re made with coconut flour and are super easy to make - it’s the perfect recipe to make with your kids! These muffins are so fluffy and delicious. They are made with a simple list of ingredients: coconut flour, eggs, pureed pumpkin, and spices. I like to have two of these muffins for breakfast with my coffee ☕. It’s a great keto breakfast that keeps me full for several hours....

A Little Lavender Goes a Long Way Lavender is edible, though English lavender and Provence lavender are most often used for culinary purposes. Here’s the tip with lavender: It doesn’t take much. Use it sparingly, like rosemary (which would also be terrific in lemonade, by the way). Too much and your lemonade may taste like expensive soap. But just a little? Lovely. Many thanks to my friend Kori Farrell who introduced me to this lavender lemonade!...