Upgrade your chips-and-dip game with this sweet and spicy option from crccooks.
Pineapple Habañero Salsa. The perfect balance of sweet and heat.
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Similar in style to a classic brie or camembert, but milder than its cousins, Fromager d' Affinois ($18 per pound) is a crowd-pleaser and perfect starter cheese for even the most aggressive brie denouncers. Made in France from cow's milk, this wedge is buttery, velvety, rich, and milky-sweet — almost reminiscent of unsweetened whipped or clotted cream.
Keep reading to learn more about why we love Fromager d'Affinois.
Although creamy peanut butter once ruled the supermarket aisle, today, nut butter options abound. Few, however, are as novel as Nuttzo, a new line of blended "seven-nut-and-seed butters," available in both peanut- and almond-based options. We've discovered a few favorites from this new brand; see some of our picks when you keep reading.
On first glance, this classic Korean dish, dobu jorim (braised tofu), might seem out of reach if you live far from an Asian supermarket. Thankfully, that's not the case. Fast, easy, and composed of easy-to-source ingredients, it's a must-try option that may even convert the tofu-ambivalent.
This weeknight- and wallet-friendly dish has a simple yet powerful, tongue-tantalizing sauce. And while it's typically served as part of a large banchan spread, it's equally at home as a main course supported by a hearty vegetable side. So what are you waiting for? Try this tofu tonight.
Cookies and ice cream may be righteous treats in their own rights, but sandwich them together and they become a supersweet indulgence far greater than the sum of their parts. Once you've mastered the basics of assembly, it's time to start thinking flavor combinations. It's hard to beat the classic chocolate cookie with vanilla ice cream, but if you're feeling more adventurous, then check out our suggestions. Just keep in mind that many of these flavors can be mixed and matched. As long as you stick to a relatively thin, soft, chewy cookie and use your best judgment, the results are bound to be delicious.
| COOKIE | ICE CREAM |
|---|---|
| Chocolate chip | Chocolate |
| Gingerbread | Pumpkin |
| Snickerdoodles | Vanilla |
| Chewy sugar cookies | Raspberry vanilla frozen yogurt |
| Chocolate chip | Butterscotch |
| Chocolate-covered pretzel snaps | Guinness |
| Oatmeal | Maple walnut |
| Chocolate-marshmallow crinkle | Salted caramel |
| Gingersnaps | Lemon buttermilk sorbet |
| Chocolate-walnut | Vanilla with caramel swirl |
| Graham crackers | Key lime ice cream |
| Peanut butter | Chocolate |
For a refined riff on the classic springtime combination of strawberries and rhubarb, try these dainty macarons from Running to the Kitchen.
Pretty in pink.
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If you've only tried rhubarb in sweet applications, it's time to consider the tart vegetables (yes, you read right!) as a welcome addition to dinnertime. It's just the ticket for brightening up chicken thighs, especially when paired with crisp cubes of cucumber, cilantro leaves, and lime for an unconventional yet utterly delightful salsa.
Bust out your knife skills, get chopping, and count down the mere minutes to an elegant and unexpected dinner perfect for busy weeknights.
While an all-beef burger is pretty darn hard to beat, these unconventional burgers give the all-American classic a run for its money. These burgers, which run the gamut in style from Southwestern crab cakes nestled between buns to Asian-inflected options (mushu pork or tandoori chicken burgers, anyone?), are bound to satisfy even those who swear by the bovine standard. Keep reading, get inspired, and then fire up the grill!
Salty, sweet, and slightly nutty, the original Wheat Thins are a simple yet satisfying classic snack that are pretty hard to beat. So it was with some excitement and just as much trepidation that we sampled their latest offering: Wheat Thins Lime. Could the snappy crackers hold up to a dusting of citrus, or would this novel addition take them from dangerously addictive to skippable?
For a Southeast Asian take on risotto, try this spicy stunner of a recipe from foxeslovelemons.
With its mix of sweet, spicy, nutty, herby, limey and shrimpy, eating this made me think of Pad Thai. Call it Pad Thai Risotto if you'd like, and enjoy!
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Bust out your best picnic blanket and sunhat, as you're bound to be inspired to take your next meal outdoors after a glimpse of our favorite snaps of alfresco-friendly fare on Instagram. From ultra-classic (think cheese plate, wine, and charcuterie) to unconventional (California rolls and wakame salad, anyone?), these nibbles are grumble inducing. Don't say we didn't warn you! Take a look at a few of the snaps that caught our eye, and then tag your own bites #savorysight on Twitter and Instagram to join in on the fun.
Ice cream is a hot topic around these parts, so it was with much excitement that we dug into the latest lineup of limited edition flavors from Dreyer's (known as Edy's east of the Rockies). We hoped these new additions to the supermarket ice cream section, which range from cake batter to salted caramel with pretzel, could live up their promise. Ice cream scoop at the ready, we dug in, and (spoiler alert!) may have found a new obsession along the way.
Dreyer's Slow Churned Sunny Salted Caramel Pretzel
Take vanilla ice cream and add a generous swirl of salted caramel and chunks of pretzels and it's bound to be a recipe for success, right? While promising in theory, this flavor fell short due to one crucial error: the pretzel chunks were unpalatably soggy rather than crisp and crunchy. And what a shame: the caramel has a strong salty punch, and the ice cream a just-right level of sweetness. This flavor would likely have earned full marks if the creamery had first enrobed the pretzel chunks in chocolate to provide a barrier from the ice cream's moisture and preserve their crunch.
Keep reading to see how the other flavors fared, and for our top pick.
Make like Grace Dickinson and elevate an otherwise unassuming dish of beans and rice with satisfyingly sweet plantains and a measured dose of spice.
A tropical twist on black beans.
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This simple ribboned carrot salad might not be the first thing to jump off the beautifully photographed pages of Louisa Shafia's much-lauded cookbook The New Persian Kitchen, but skimming past it would make for a small tragedy. Vinegary and bright, with a nutty, roasted note from the toasted sesame seeds and oil, it's not only visually stunning, but also delightfully balanced and far more nuanced than its simplicity would suggest.
Even better, it's quick (and easy) to prepare and can hold up to an overnight stay in the fridge, making it weeknight dinner- and brown-bag lunch-friendly, a rare and impressive feat. So what are you waiting for? Bust out the vegetable peeler, and get down to it.
If you've ever yearned for a gummy candy/jelly bean hybrid (and even if you haven't), the latest offering from Sour Punch, Sour Punch Punchies, may just be the ticket. These sour sweets have a thick, jelly bean-like shell with a center that's slightly firmer than the average gummy candy (similar to the texture of Sour Punch Straws and the rest of the line), making for a poppable candy fix unlike anything we'd previously sampled.
Find out if this hybridized candy is simply unique, or worth a taste.
In its classic preparation, pasta carbonara is immensely comforting but a hair heavier than I typically crave this time of year. To make this fast and easy dish springtime-friendly, I add fresh flavor in the form of grassy, slightly sweet leeks, a hefty handful of parsley, and a few slivers of candy-sweet sun-dried tomatoes.
Thin wisps of leeks take to browning in a bath of bacon drippings magnificently, without tacking on more than a couple minutes of prep time, keeping this fresh take on an old friend firmly in the weeknight-dinner camp. Carbonara purists will balk at this suggestion (if they haven't already), but I've even been known to wilt down a bunch of kale, in ribbon form, alongside the leeks for a bulked-up, greener iteration — consider this recipe a template for experimentation.
