Recipes
5-Minute Raspberry Oat Smoothie
A sweet-tart, five-ingredient smoothie with raspberries, banana, Greek yogurt, and oats
Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes
20 minSeasoned sweet potato cubes with crisp edges and tender centers, ready in 10 minutes
Baked Oatmeal with Apples
Warm cinnamon-spiced baked oatmeal layered with diced apples and optional nuts
Beer Battered Fish
35 minClassic British-style beer battered cod or haddock — crispy golden crust
Best Brownies
55 minRich, fudgy brownies with a honey-cocoa frosting
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies (Dora's)
27 minFamily recipe from Dora — chewy, double-sugar chocolate chip cookies
Cajun Spice Mix
Carl's cajun spice blend — proportions in parts, use 2–3 tablespoons per recipe
Cheese Fondue
30 minClassic Swiss fondue with Emmental and Gruyère
Chicken and Bowtie Pasta with Asiago Cream Sauce
60 minChicken, prosciutto, and mushrooms in a rich Asiago cream sauce tossed with farfalle
Chicken Tikka Masala
60 minRich, creamy north Indian curry
Cincinnati Chili
140 minMeat sauce seasoned with warm spices — cocoa, cinnamon, cardamom — served over spaghetti as a 3-way; Carl's recipe
Cinnamon-Sugar Blend
The ideal all-purpose cinnamon-sugar ratio — 4:1 sugar to cinnamon by volume
Classic Caramel Sauce
15 minTraditional dry-sugar caramel — richer and more complex than brown sugar shortcuts
Creamy Habanero Sauce
20 minRich, mildly spicy cream sauce with habanero — great over chicken or pasta
Double K Grilled Salmon
95 minSalmon marinated in a sweet-soy-pineapple glaze and grilled to perfection
Easy Caramel Sauce (Ree Drummond)
15 minNo-fail brown sugar caramel sauce — mix everything in a pan and cook; no candy thermometer needed
Easy Dahl Lentil Soup
25 minFragrant Indian lentil soup with mustard and cumin seeds bloomed in oil — quick, vegan, and endlessly adaptable
Easy Garlic-Cheese Biscuits
20 minDrop biscuits with cheddar and garlic butter — melt-in-your-mouth and quick
Farmers Eggs with Creole Seasoning
30 minHearty skillet breakfast with potatoes, andouille sausage, eggs, and Creole seasoning
Fish Taco Seasoning
Smoky, spicy dry rub for fish tacos
Fish Tacos
20 minTilapia fried in avocado oil with homemade seasoning on street taco flour shells
French Onion Soup
70 minTyler Florence's classic — deeply caramelized onions in red wine beef broth topped with Gruyère croutons
Garlic Butter Baked Rainbow Trout
18 minTender rainbow trout baked in foil with melted butter, garlic, and dill
Good Old Fashioned Pancakes
20 minSimple, fluffy pancakes from a classic family recipe
Grandma's Gingersnap Cookies
29 minMelt-in-your-mouth ginger cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar — a family recipe since 1899
Hawaiian Shrimp Curry
35 minCoconut-milk shrimp curry with a light, fragrant sauce — serve over rice
Homemade Biscuit Mix
All-purpose biscuit mix to keep on hand — makes biscuits, waffles, or pancakes
Homemade Egg Noodles
25 minFour-ingredient egg noodles — no special equipment, ready in 25 minutes, perfect for soups and stroganoff
Homemade Lasagna Noodles
46 minFresh egg pasta noodles for lasagna — rich, thin, and worth the 45 minutes
Homemade Sports Drink (Natural Gatorade)
All-natural electrolyte drink with coconut water and fruit juice — no artificial dye or sweeteners
Hot Fudge Sauce
20 minGlossy, bittersweet hot fudge sauce with Dutch-process cocoa and real chocolate — Gourmet magazine classic
Irish Chips
45 minThick-cut, twice-cooked deep-fried chips in the British pub style
Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon
330 minThe classic French braised beef with red wine, pearl onions, mushrooms, and bacon — from Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Kittencal's Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce
8 minQuick 5-minute caramel sauce with salted butter and heavy cream — richer than the half-and-half version
Mango Salsa
Fresh mango salsa with cilantro, tomato, and lime
Meat Rubs (Oink, Cluck, Moo)
Three dry rubs: Oink (pork), Cluck (chicken), Moo (beef brisket) — each makes 1 cup
Merwin's Shrimp Gumbo
165 minClassic Louisiana dark-roux shrimp gumbo with smoked sausage — the darker the roux, the better
Mexican Meatball Soup (Albóndigas)
60 minJill Cole's Christmas Eve albóndigas — beef and pork meatballs with rice and cilantro in a tomato-salsa broth
Moist & Tender Chicken Breasts
27 minStovetop chicken breasts cooked perfectly moist every time via steam-resting
Mujadarra (Lentils with Rice)
45 minMiddle Eastern lentils with caramelized onions, garlic, and spices over brown rice
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
34 minClassic crosshatch peanut butter cookies from Bon Appétit — crisp edges, chewy center, no chocolate
Panang Curry with Chicken
35 minRich, fragrant Thai-style panang curry with chicken in coconut milk
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
30 minRich, chewy peanut butter cookies loaded with chocolate chips — adapted from Aunt Cora's World's Best Cookies
Penne Rustica
60 minGrilled chicken (or shrimp) and penne in a Romano cream sauce, finished in a 500°F oven — Carl's recipe
Recovery Protein Smoothie
Post-workout recovery smoothie with protein powder, Greek yogurt, and peanut butter
Rosemary Pork and Garbanzo Bean Soup
140 minCarl's hearty pork and chickpea soup with rosemary and warm spices — simmers for hours and gets better over time
Shahi Paneer
50 minRoyal North Indian paneer curry — paneer in a rich onion-tomato gravy with almond-cashew paste, curd, and cream
Spaghetti and Meatballs
20 minClassic weeknight spaghetti with beef meatballs and jarred pasta sauce
Tandoori-Style Grilled Chicken Breasts
95 minYogurt-marinated chicken with aromatic spices — grilled to juicy perfection
Tangy BBQ Sauce
20 minNorth Carolina-inspired vinegar BBQ sauce with added tomato — thin, tangy, and spicy
Texas Roadhouse Butter
Sweet honey cinnamon butter — perfect on rolls, pancakes, or sweet potatoes
Texas Roadhouse Rolls
200 minSoft, buttery copycat dinner rolls — fluffy and slightly sweet
The Ultimate Creamy Potato Soup
65 minOne-pot bacon and potato soup — puree half for creamy texture while keeping real potato chunks; ancho chili powder is the secret
Zuppa Toscana
70 minOlive Garden-inspired Tuscan soup — Italian sausage, bacon, russet potatoes, and kale in a cream broth