Caramelized Leek, Ginger, and Egg Galettes
These mini galettes with caramelized leeks, ginger jam, and eggs are the perfect brunch to have on the weekend and/or breakfast to meal prep for the week. They’re quick and easy to use and the perfect way to use any leftover pie dough you have.
Fried Delicata Squash Rings
These crispy, crunchy, flavorful fried delicata squash rings are perfect to serve at a dinner party or gathering. They’re quick to fry and fluffy thanks to a bubbly seltzer water-cornmeal batter. When served with a plant-based, vegan, aji verse sauce, they can become a meal of their own!
Tunacado Melt
This flavorful, cheesy sandwich is a better version of the Tunacado that has graced the screens of so many TikTok users. It blends the famed “healthyish” sandwich from Joe and The Juice with the classic New York Deli staple, the tuna melt- with some North African flair.
Fried Cream Cheese-Stuffed Olive Bites
These crispy, salty olive bites are the perfect vegan snack to serve at any holiday party. Their Moroccan-spiced cream cheese filling adds the perfect tangy warmth to every bite, especially when served alongside a maple-harissa and tahini dipping sauce.
Minced Meat Briouat
These crispy Moroccan meat pies also known as Briouats are a plant-based take on the traditional snack for Iftar during Ramadan. Briouats can go sweet or savory, using crispy phyllo dough to hold the sweet almond paste or aromatically spiced chicken/meat filling. Make these for a party, a quick snack, or lunch!
Smashed Potato Nachos and Zesty Harissa-Date Sauce
Smashed Potatoes meets the essence of a nacho platter for the most fun, exciting, and easy snack that’s worthy of turning on your oven. It’s super customizable, plant-based friendly, and is the perfect meal for a party. Basically, you must make this snack now.
Za’atar-Crusted Maduros with Tahini Mojo Dipping Sauce
Maduros aka sweet plantains is an essential dish to many cultures within Latin America and amongst the African diaspora. This quick, sweet, and savory, affordable dish is absolutely perfect as a side for dinner or a quick snack to feed a crowd. Don’t forget that a plate of maduros is just as delicious as the dipping sauce you pair it with. The tahini mojo sauce served with these za’atar-crusted maduros brings middle eastern flair with every bite!
Summer Harvest Galette with Tahini Cream Sauce
This affordable and plant-based end-of-summer galette is the only thing worth turning your oven on. We take full advantage of the perfect product at the end of this blissful season! Tomatoes, eggplant, and zucchini are the star of this show. They pair perfectly with the flavors of a spicy and spiced tahini cream sauce. Each bite is sweet, salty, spicy, and perfect for a night on the roof.
Harissa Sardine Avocado Toast
Avocado toast is often bland, lifeless, and in need of a major upgrade. This version is full of bright flavors, zesty notes, and herbaceous gems that make for a perfect, healthy, and affordable snack for the summer. Moroccan sardines seasoned with harissa, lemon, and vibrant spices make for the perfect topping on avocado toast that has been seasoned with za’atar- creating a zesty, tangy, savory, and bright toast that will be your favorite lunch spread this summer.
Spaghetti Squash Fritters
Similar to a latke, these spaghetti squash fritters leave a new life for this typical pasta-like squash. Instead, we’re ADDING starchy ingredients to help this handheld snack have more body and density, ensuring you are full, satisfied, and comforted during every bite. Serve with a soy sauce-tahini dipping sauce and enjoy!
Latkes: A Staple
Latkes, a staple in any Jewish household during the month of December, is a beautiful reminder of how wonderfully delicious dishes with simple ingredients and steps can be. This recipe is nothing special, and quite frankly- the same as any other latke recipe on the internet. What is special is the childhood memories attached to them. I hope it sparks old , or creates new, memories for you too.
The Santa Clause (Spiced) Hot Chocolate
Judy, the infamous elf from “The Santa Clause”, spent 1200 years perfecting the most perfect recipe for hot chocolate- and I put it to the test. Let’s just say this version is stirred, not shaken (thankfully). It also includes some spiced notes of cinnamon and cayenne that will kick anyone in the holiday spirit!
Jalapeño Popper Corn Muffins
Cornbread muffins are a classic staple for any savory meal, but this recipe takes it to a whole other level. Inspired by the iconic Jalapeño Popper, these muffins are studded with finely diced jalapeño’s- and filled with a hot honey cream cheese center. The heat and cream will play tug of war with your tastebuds in the best way possible.
Flakey Buttermilk Biscuits
Biscuits are an integral part of the holidays (but who are we kidding, we love them year-round). These fresh, buttery, and flakey biscuits beg to be topped with gravy, butter, or jam. In this recipe, we layer the dough to create the classic bakery-style biscuit with all the height you deserve (and crave). Now go chill some butter, get your hands dirty, and make some mushroom gravy to pour over these bad boys. Enjoy!
Summer Harvest Galette
Think of the apple fritter you’d get at the state fair… now think of her in pancake form. This is her- in all her glory. Douse her in maple syrup, peanut butter, stewed apples, and dive in!