It’s easy to make this essential ingredient in traditional Middle Eastern cooking. you could also mix it with a little orange juice and club soda for a refreshing punch. Then strain through a fine mesh sieve. Elise Bauer Note that pomegranates vary in their acidity level and sweetness. Reduce heat just enough to maintain a simmer. Pour out into a jar. Elise Bauer Store chilled in the refrigerator until ready to use....

Potato bread has a firm crust and lots of little air pockets, making it the best toast ever. Do you like potato bread? Potato bread is essentially wheat bread with a mashed potato worked into the dough. Elise Bauer It has the most wonderful crust. And the light, but firm, structure with generous craggly holes make for the most fantastic toast. (All those nooks and crannies? Elise Bauer Perfect butter andjam receptacles....

Add this homemade poultry seasoning to so much more than just turkey or chicken! Homestyle casseroles, gravies, beany stews, and brothy soups can benefit from a generous teaspoon or two. What Is Poultry Seasoning? Simply Recipes / Jen Causey Its aroma conjures up visions ofroast turkey, even when theres no turkey in sight. Storebought poultry seasoning is all finely groundthere are no whole pieces of herbs. One place she did deviate is rosemary....

Hands-down the best pumpkin pie recipe on the internet. The single most requested dessert at our Thanksgiving table is pumpkin pie. (The second beingapple pie.) Elise Bauer Homemade vs. Canned Pumpkin Pie When making a pumpkin pie from scratch, you have a choice. Canned pumpkin puree will give you a consistently good result in your pumpkin pie. Which one tastes better? Simply Recipes / Cambrea Gordon Each of us received two slices, one from each pie, without knowing which was which....

A few fresh items and pantry ingredients, and you have ranch. Did you know thatranch dressingis the number one most popular punch in of salad dressing sold in America? It’s even more popular than Italian dressing. Elise Bauer What Is Ranch Dressing? Ranch dressing is essentially a buttermilk mayonnaise dressing spiffed up with herbs. (According toSlate, bottled ranch dressing is shelf stable to 150 days or about 5 months. Elise Bauer...

Homemade rye bread is easier than you might think, and so worth it! For as long as I knew my friend George he was an enthusiastic bread maker. What Is Rye Bread? Sally Vargas and Elise Bauer Rye bread is simply bread that is made with rye flour. As for this particular bread from George?It was wonderful. Lightly flavored, soft inside, with a crusty crust. George holding his rye bread.Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas & Elise Bauer...

A sandwich layered with crispy fried eggplant, tahini, eggs, and refreshing Israeli salad. What Is Sabich? The Best Eggplant for Sabich Use Italian or Globesometimes called Americaneggplant. Simply Recipes / Micah Siva Japanese or Chinese eggplants are too tender, narrow, and thin for this recipe. When choosing eggplants, look for skin that is shiny and deep purple. It should feel firm and relatively heavy for its size. Simply Recipes / Micah Siva...

Make your own root beer from scratch using foraged sassafras roots. In what has now become a yearly tradition, we gather sassafras roots for homemade root beer. Homemade root beer is easy to make! Elise Bauer Root beer can be fermented, but my favorite method is what followskid-friendly, non-fermented, and non-alcoholic. We found our sassafras plants right at the edge of the backyard where it met a wooded area. Sassafras trees resemble young oak trees, but the key difference is in the leaves....

You dont need any special equipment to make delicious homemade spaetzle. Sauerkraut, soft pretzels, sausages,black forest cake, and the dish at hand: spaetzle. You dont need any specialized equipment to make spaetzle, and the results are more than worth it. Simply Recipes / Frank Tiu What is Spaetzle? Spaetzle likely originated in southwest Germany, specifically in a region called Swabia. The dish is popular in parts of France, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, and even Slovenia....

Make sweetened condensed milk with ingredients that are probably already in your kitchen. Simply Recipes / Tara Omidvar I have used condensed milk all my life. There was always a can of condensed milk in the cupboard when I was growing up. Simply Recipes / Tara Omidvar While we ate, my dad would make himself chicory coffee with a big dollop of condensed milk. What Is Condensed Milk? Condensed milk is milk that has been condensed by means of heat....

This is your new go-to taco seasoning for everything from ground meat to popcorn. This taco seasoning is a spice blend thats smoky and herby. It will cover all the spice bases for your next epic Taco Tuesday. Simply Recipes / Marta A Rivera Diaz Whats in My Taco Seasoning? Make This Better-Than-Store-Bought Seasoning Your Own! Use this recipe as a foundation, then adjust any way you see fit. Simply Recipes / Marta A Rivera Diaz...

To make delicious homemade tagliatelle, you need the right tips and a pasta machine at your side. Here’s our beginner-friendly recipe to get it right. At the end of each class, we served and tasted each other’s dishes. Simply Recipes / Karishma Pradhan Years later, I still recall that first bite of soft, delicious twirls of pasta. What is Tagliatelle? Tagliatelle is wider than fettuccine but significantly thinner than pappardelle.Both tagliatelle and pappardelle are commonly served with hearty ragus....

Your crispy fried fish will thank you. I am a lover of tartar sauce. Not all bottled tartar sauces are created equally, however. Elise Bauer It’s really hit or miss out there in the prepared tartar sauce world. So, I’ve made my own homemade tartar sauce. And you know what? Simply Recipes / Nick Evans (Assuming you like tartar sauce to begin with. Otherwise, move along, this one’s not for you....