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Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

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Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy
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  • What’s in our pantry? Out top 10 essentials for quick, tasty, and easy home cooking (Re-Release)
    What if the secret to making effortless, delicious meals was already in your pantry?If you’ve ever opened your pantry searching for dinner inspiration but ended up cooking the same-old boring meal, this episode is for you! By the end of this episode, you’ll: Learn how a staple like tomato paste can be the base of a flavor broth or quick sauce Learn why chefs swear by anchovies to bring a punch to countless dishes… including an easy dressing!Find out how Japanese curry cubes are your ticket to a quick dinner with any protein or veggies you have on handHit play now! The secret to flavor-packed cooking is already sitting on your pantry shelf! ***Links:Tomato paste: in Sonya’s manti in brothy tomato sauce, and Alison Roman’s caramelized shallot pasta, and for our go-to coconut red lentil dishCanned chickpeas: Kari’s #1 quick meal = bite-sized pasta with chickpeas, and whatever veg/herbs she has (we also love Serious Eats' pasta e ceci), and a simple chickpea salad is always a great base for a bigger salad. We love a simple chickpea coconut curry, and also using a can for a 5-minute hummus! Anchovies: Discover what to do with a tin of anchovies from Serious Eats, and we love them for a simple dressing, and as the base of pasta sauces like Midnight pastaCoconut Milk: for a 30-minute veggie coconut curry from Minimalist Baker, and for Coconut Miso Salmon Curry from Kay Chun for NYT Cooking (unlocked), and in Kari's sunny chicken soup with lemon and coconut milkTahini: Some of our favorite tahini brands: Soom, Seed & Mill, Whole Foods
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  • A weeknight pasta that makes the most of eggplant, and how to make a half-sour pickle at home! Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week
    Have you ever wanted to make a deli-style pickle at home, but are too intimidated to try? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you!By the end of this episode, you’ll learn how easy it is to turn a bevy of cucumbers + salt into homemade pickles – with no fancy equipment or complicated ingredients required! You’ll also discover a vegetarian Italian pasta dish that uses up all the gorgeous eggplant at the farmers’ market right now. Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration!***Links:One of our favorite recipes for lacto-fermented (sour) pickles is from The Gefilteria. They use 2 Tablespoons of kosher salt to 4 cups of water. For half-sour pickles, ferment for a shorter amount of time. A more exact and very helpful guide to making lacto-fermented pickles at home from Farmhouse on Boone!A simple guide to lacto-fermentation from NomaPasta alla Norma by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt for Serious Eats, similar to how Kari made hers, and David Lebovitz’s Pasta alla Norma that uses roasted eggplant ***Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at [email protected]!For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here. You can also now find us on YouTube. Book a farmers’ market tour with Sonya in Portland, OR!
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  • 8 No-Bake Desserts for Summer Entertaining at Home When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking! (Re-release)
    Craving a sweet treat to beat the summer heat, but can’t even imagine walking into your hot kitchen, let alone turning on the oven? In this episode re-release, we’re divulging our tried and true easy summer dessert recipes to make at home, from cold and creamy to perfectly packable, no cooking required! This week you’ll discover:Fast and easy icebox cakes and frozen pies that bring excitement to any table and rely on easy to find ingredientsA chocolatey cookie treat that travels easily to the beach, picnic, or on a road trip A make-ahead dessert from Sonya’s childhood that maximizes seasonal fruit and is perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice creamTune in now for a spoonful of sweet inspiration! ***Links:Sonya’s raspberry mocha icebox cake, strawberry tiramisu, and fruit compote recipesIna Garten’s mocha icebox cakeChocolate wafers for icebox cake (or use oreo thins!) 18 ice cream pie ideas from Taste of HomeNot-so-classic peach melba from David Tanis for the NY TimesClassic Scotheroos recipes from Tastes Better From ScratchBuckeyes recipe by Tammy Winters for All RecipesTricia Yearwood’s no-bake rocky road barsAll the rocky road bar combos on TikTokIna Garten’s limoncello fruit salad recipe ***Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here. You can also now find us on YouTube. We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at [email protected]!
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  • It’s more than a condiment: How a 5-minute hummus and a make-ahead red pepper relish can turn into an easy summer dinner! Our best home cooking bites of the week
    What if you could make the creamiest, smoothest hummus in only 5 minutes? In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you!By the end of this episode, you’ll learn how to make the easiest, most delicious 5-minute hummus that can be the start of your next great dinner or might become a lunchbox hero. You’ll also discover a recipe for a colorful red pepper relish that’s smoky, tangy, and perfect for crostini, which can be made ahead and easily packed up for al fresco dining.Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration!***Links:Michael Solomonov’s 5-minute hummus recipeSabich sandwiches from Serious EatsMake-ahead grilled pepper relish by Elaine Johnson from Sunset Magazine Hetty Lui McKinnon’s roasted tomato and dumpling salad from NYT Cooking Broccoli spoon salad by Beverly Kim from Bon Appetit ***Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here. You can also now find us on YouTube. We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at [email protected]!Book a farmers’ market tour with Sonya in Portland, OR!
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  • Cooking Corn, Beans, and Squash at Home: Our Three Sisters Recipe Roundup
    Have you ever wondered why corn, beans, and squash are often grown – and cooked – together?In late summer and early fall, sweet corn, tender squash, and every kind of bean offer a special kind of abundance at our gardens and local farmers’ markets. But with all that bounty, what do you actually cook?We’re sharing our top 10 Three Sisters-inspired recipes, and by the end of this episode, you’ll:Learn why these crops are called the “Three Sisters,” and get reliable recipes to combine all three... because “what grows together, goes together”Discover quick and easy ways to maximize all that remaining zucchini piling up, from a simple Korean side dish to a rich and nutritious bruschetta toppingFind out trusted recipes to make the most of corn while it’s still here, like an irresistible soup and a weeknight chicken dinner Tune in now for peak summer flavors, comforting meals, and exciting ways to cook with beans, corn, and squash!***This week’s episode is sponsored by La Baleine, makers of ancestral sea salts harvested from France.A high-quality sea salt can transform just about any dish, and finishing sea salt is one of those small touches that makes a big difference in home cooking. We love their Le Saunier de Camargue Fleur de Sel. It’s harvested by hand during a few weeks each year, when the sea, air, and wind align to create the delicate “salt flower” that rises to the surface. Grab a jar of their flaky fleur de sel here, or at your local Whole Foods Market, and add a little French sparkle to your next dish. Use code LESAUNIER15 for $2 off your order!***Links:Our three sisters’ episode from Season 2 with Javier Lara: The three sisters: Indigenous wisdom for growing, sharing, and home cooking squash, beans, and cornAlso from season 2, you can listen to an entire episode about Summer Corn To learn more about the three sisters, we highly recommend Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding SweetgrassCornSonya’s corn soup
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About 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, recipe developer Justine Doiron, #1 Food & Beverage Substacker Caroline Chambers, and more. 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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