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Cooking Basics

Homemade sauces, cooking techniques, how-to recipes, basic tastes, cooking with salt, and why you should have a capsule pantry.

Dairy-free pie crust pressed into a pie pan.

Dairy-Free Pie Crust

How to Make Pumpkin Puree

How to Make Pumpkin Puree

A short glass of oat milk chia pudding topped with fresh fig slices and dukkah seasoning.

Oat Milk Chia Pudding

Four balls of homemade pizza dough with plain flour.

Homemade Pizza Dough With Plain Flour

How to Make Dukkah Seasoning

How to Make Dukkah Seasoning

a plate of perfectly cooked oven bacon

How to Cook Bacon in the Oven Without a Rack

Pouring basil infused simple syrup through a fine mesh strainer.

How to Make Infused Simple Syrups

2-Ingredient Cashew Cream

2-Ingredient Cashew Cream

Three jars of freshly made cherry tomato confit with garlic and fresh herbs.

Cherry Tomato Confit Recipe

plate with a baked sweet potato

How to Make Baked Sweet Potatoes

A plate of creamy whipped homemade miso butter.

Miso Butter

A jar of homemade chicken taco seasoning.

Chicken Taco Seasoning

Glass jars of food on pantry shelves.

How to Create a Capsule Pantry (+ Free Checklist)

Three jars of strawberry compote on a cutting board next to frozen strawberries.

Strawberry Compote

a plate of fish en papillote

How to Make Fish En Papillote (Without a Recipe)

jars of gluten-free grains

The Ultimate Guide to Gluten-Free Grains

Jar of homemade cashew butter with a knife.

Homemade Cashew Butter

Cashews and nutritional yeast in a blender and in a food processor side by side.

Food Processor vs Blender: What’s The Difference?

a pan of healthy breakfast hash with forks

How to Make a Healthy Breakfast Hash (No Recipe Needed)

A jar of homemade vinaigrette with vinaigrette dropping off a spoon into the jar in front of a cutting board with a bowl of kale.

How To Make Any Vinaigrette Dressing

Fresh herbs

Cooking with Fresh Herbs

Pickled red onions and cucumbers

How to Make Quick Pickled Vegetables

a variety of seasonal produce

Seasonal Produce Guide

A skillet of homemade caramelized onions.

Caramelized Onions For Burgers (And Beyond)

How to Make Cashew Ricotta Cheese

How to Make Cashew Ricotta Cheese

Cubed Bread

5+ Ways To Use Day Old Bread

A large skillet of gluten-free dairy-free risotto with a pat of melting non-dairy butter.

Creamy Dairy Free Risotto (Versatile Recipe)

Bone Broth Made in the Instant Pot

How to Make Bone Broth In An Instant Pot (With Slow Cooker Option)

Lemon Halves

The 5 Basic Tastes of Cooking

Bowl of Fresh Produce

15 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Food Waste

Fresh Ingredients

10 Tips For Cooking On A Budget

Bag of Fresh Vegetables

How To Be More Eco-Friendly While Buying Groceries

Easy Egg-Free Mayo Recipe

Easy Egg-Free Mayo Recipe

Bottle of cooking oil

The Ultimate Guide To The Healthiest Cooking Oils

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