Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

Food Friends
Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

Do you love home cooking but hunger for better recipes that help you deliver quick and delicious meals to your dinner table? Two former personal chefs turned best friends share their expertise with each other and you! Kari and Sonya have been inspiring each other in the kitchen for over 15 years by swapping recipes, tips, and trade secrets in the pursuit of better home cooking. FOOD FRIENDS is a bi-weekly podcast inspiring home cooks to try new dishes in the kitchen by sharing trusted recipes, tips, and friendship. Every Tuesday, each host delivers 3 unique solutions to seasonal home cooking, like: how to make craveable soups with your farmers market haul, the easiest one-pot meals for busy nights, or what to do with leftover rotisserie chicken. On Thursdays, we serve up a pint-sized chat about our “Best Bite” of the week, pantry essentials we can’t live without, and more. Previous guests include Seth & Lauren Rogen, actor Randall Park & writer/director Evan Goldberg, and NY Times Recipe Developer, Sue Li! If you’re looking for a boost of fun in the kitchen by discovering recipes that will make mealtime easier and more delicious with a healthy dose of laughter, then you’ll want to dig in with FOOD FRIENDS! First-time listener? Tune into Episode 2: Don’t send flowers, send soup! and Episode 4: What do you bring to a potluck?

  1. The best of broccoli! From sheet pan meals to salads, our top 8 recipes for cooking broccoli at home

    3 DAYS AGO

    The best of broccoli! From sheet pan meals to salads, our top 8 recipes for cooking broccoli at home

    Bored of the same old side of steamed or roasted broccoli? Let’s change that!  Whether you're looking for quick weeknight meals, vibrant salads, or rich vegetarian mains, this episode is full of broccoli boosts!  By the end of this episode, you’ll discover: A crispy sheet pan meal that will liven up any night of your weekThe broccoli salad with an unexpected dressing that's designed for meal prep or potlucksA surprising technique that transformers broccoli into a meltingly soft addition to pasta or crostini Tune in now and discover how to make broccoli the most exciting part of your plate! *** Correction from this episode: Broccolini and broccoli rabe are two different things! Broccolini is sometimes called baby broccoli or tenderstem broccoli. Broccoli rabe tends to be far more bitter and tough and requires different preparation. *** Links:  Three ingredient smashed crispy Parmesan broccoli from Live Eat Learn Roasted broccoli with nutritional yeast from Something Nutritious – Kari likes to cut up the florets super small so they’re more popcorn-sized Sonya’s sheetpan crispy harissa tofu, chickpeas, and broccoli Roasted broccoli + chickpeas with herb jalapeno topping can be found in Cook Beautiful by Athena Calderone Quinoa and broccoli spoon salad by Sohla El-Waylly for the NYT Cooking Hetty Lui McKinnon’s broccoli, date, and pistachio salad Pecorino Fried Bread with Broccolini by Melissa Clark for NYT Cooking, or try Smitten Kitchen’s broccoli melts for something similar Alice Waters’ long cooked broccoli from The Art of Simple Food Roasted broccoli and potato tacos with fried eggs by Kay Chun for NYT Cooking, and here’s the same recipe via the Baltimore Sun *** Got a cooking question? Call in and leave us a voicemail on our kitchen phone! 323-452-9084 Sign up for our newsletter here for special offers and opportunities Order Sonya's debut cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes! We love...

    28 min
  2. It’s time to celebrate! Our favorite recipes for holiday home cooking

    12/17/2024

    It’s time to celebrate! Our favorite recipes for holiday home cooking

    Are you searching for impressive holiday recipes that infuse your kitchen with irresistible aromas, beckoning your loved ones to gather around a festively appointed dinner table?  In this episode, we share expert tips for hosting with ease and grace, guiding you toward the dishes you’ll want to cook for pleasure, as well as menu items that rely on store bought help.  In this episode, you’ll:   Learn simple, time-saving strategies to help you breeze through hosting any partyDiscover the secret to sweet swirly slices of babka, and freshly baked cinnamon rolls, that will have your home smelling of sugar and spiceUnlock the secret to the flakiest biscuits—and the unexpected gravy you’ll want to smother them with! Tune in now to discover the recipes and tips that will fill your holiday table—and your heart—with joy! *** LINKS Sonya’s babka can be found in her cookbook Braids, and you can find Shannon Sarna’s babka via The Kitchn Sonya's recipe for sweet potato latkes with cranberry salsa, and her Salad Olivier (potato salad) The Gourmandise School cinnamon roll recipe  Chocolate babka sufganiyot (donuts) by Retrolillies and traditional sufganiyot from Once Upon a Chef Sweet cheese dreams via FoodTalk: add lemon zest and 1 tsp juice, cut into thirds!  Savory Cheese Dreams by Melissa Knific for NYT Cooking  Cheesy potatoes from Salt & Lavender, and cheesy potatoes with cornflake topping from Home Sweet Eats  Simple garlic sauteed collard greens from Yup It’s Vegan, and Southern style collard greens from All Recipes  Lemon-marinated Tuscan fried chicken from Serious Eats Edna Lewis’ biscuit recipe (with a description for homemade baking powder at the bottom of it) Sausage gravy recipe from Southern...

    32 min
  3. 12/12/2024

    An easy no-knead sourdough that even a kid can bake! Bread baking at home with Adrian Hale

    Scrolling through your feed, have you ever stumbled on a loaf of gorgeous homemade sourdough bread and thought to yourself: “I can never do that.” Maybe you’re intimidated by shaping, managing the rising times, or even picking out the best flour to use…. But you still crave a good quality loaf of bread to share with family and friends.  This week we called in one of our favorite food friends, Adrian Hale, to help us demystify sourdough bread baking. Adrian is the author of Mama Bread, and regularly teaches both kids and adults alike how to make her easy, delicious, no-knead sourdough recipe – and she’s generously sharing itwith all of us! Press play now to learn how just a little flour, water, and time can lead to a loaf of golden, delicious home-baked bread! *** Links: Adrian’s recipe for: “Communal Table Bread - My easiest first bread recipe” You can find out more about Adrian on Thousand Bites of Bread, or on her Instagram  Order her cookbook: Mama Bread Adrian’s flour resources round-up If you’re visiting or living in Portland, you can book a baking class with Adrian! *** Got a cooking question? Call in and leave us a voicemail on our kitchen phone! 323-452-9084 Sign up for our newsletter here for special offers and opportunities Order Sonya's debut cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes! We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at foodfriendspod@gmail.com!

    16 min
  4. Is breakfast for dinner the ultimate comfort food? 10 recipes for cooking up our favorite meal at home

    12/10/2024

    Is breakfast for dinner the ultimate comfort food? 10 recipes for cooking up our favorite meal at home

    What’s more satisfying than the smell of sizzling eggs or the warmth of golden roasted potatoes to start your day? Celebrating the END of a long day with the comforts of breakfast-for-dinner!  If you’re looking for creative and nostalgic dishes that feel fun and easy, this week we’re sharing our top 10 breakfast recipes. While these meals work for any time of day, we think they make for simple, quick, and extra fun dinners.  In this episode, you’ll learn:  How to make crowd-pleasing, nourishing dishes like shakshuka to share family-styleA go-to potato dish that will have everyone asking for secondsCreative ways to make quick meals with pantry-friendly ingredients and minimal prep Press play now to discover simple, customizable breakfast-for-dinner recipes that are guaranteed to make your evenings more delicious and enjoyable! Links Ottolenghi’s classic shakshuka, Sonya’s eggplant and zucchini shakshuka, and green shakshuka by Adeena Sussman  Bacon, egg, and toast cups by Martha Stewart Potato chip frittata with carmelized onion from Delish, a quicker Spanish potato chip frittata with peppers from Food Network, and and the potato chip omelet from The Bear Migas con huevos from Muy Delish Matzo brei by Lee Mason from The Nosher How to make congee on the stovetop OR Instant Pot from Omnivore's Cookbook Blue corn atole video and recipe that Kari worked on, and another video on how to make traditional atole  Sheet pan potato nachos similar to what Kari makes but layered with crispy smashed potatoes + your fave roasted veggies instead of sliced potatoes  Sheet pan sweet potato hash from Detoxinista *** Got a cooking question? Leave us a voicemail on our kitchen phone! 323-452-9084 Sign up for our newsletter here for special offers and opportunities Order Sonya's debut cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes! We love hearing...

    29 min
4.8
out of 5
124 Ratings

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Do you love home cooking but hunger for better recipes that help you deliver quick and delicious meals to your dinner table? Two former personal chefs turned best friends share their expertise with each other and you! Kari and Sonya have been inspiring each other in the kitchen for over 15 years by swapping recipes, tips, and trade secrets in the pursuit of better home cooking. FOOD FRIENDS is a bi-weekly podcast inspiring home cooks to try new dishes in the kitchen by sharing trusted recipes, tips, and friendship. Every Tuesday, each host delivers 3 unique solutions to seasonal home cooking, like: how to make craveable soups with your farmers market haul, the easiest one-pot meals for busy nights, or what to do with leftover rotisserie chicken. On Thursdays, we serve up a pint-sized chat about our “Best Bite” of the week, pantry essentials we can’t live without, and more. Previous guests include Seth & Lauren Rogen, actor Randall Park & writer/director Evan Goldberg, and NY Times Recipe Developer, Sue Li! If you’re looking for a boost of fun in the kitchen by discovering recipes that will make mealtime easier and more delicious with a healthy dose of laughter, then you’ll want to dig in with FOOD FRIENDS! First-time listener? Tune into Episode 2: Don’t send flowers, send soup! and Episode 4: What do you bring to a potluck?

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