Set out a platter with all the ingredients, and let everyone build his or her own wrap. Pass the spicy dipping sauce, which you cleverly made in advance to marinate the steak. What Is the Best Lettuce for Wraps? Choose soft lettuce leaves from a head of red or green leaf lettuce or butterhead lettuce such as Boston or Bibb lettuce. Break larger leaves into hand-size pieces, or use smaller whole leaves for your wrap....

The sauce includes an entire bottle of bold red zinfandel wine. The vegetables in the sauce are cooked until every ounce of flavor is extracted from them, and then the sauce is pressed through a sieve and reduced even further. The beef, braised for hours is fork tender. Enjoy! Salt the roast well and set aside at room temperature while you prepare all the other vegetables. When the pancetta is crispy and brown, remove it with a slotted spoon and set aside....

Our list of notable tea subscription box companies affords the tea-lover options for switching up blends according to mood or the need for more (or less) caffeine. Continue reading for our selections. Best Tea Subscription Boxes of 2022 Best Overall: Blendbee Best Personalized Service: Free Your Tea Best Value: Tea Runners Best for Unique Blends: Art of Tea Best Eco-Friendly: Tea Drops ProsEccentric tea blendsOrganic or wild-crafted ingredientsSupports small and fair-trade farms ConsPersonalized blends not available for club members This woman-owned company believes a good cup of tea makes everything better....

I’m thinking about margaritas made with wonky ingredients like bubblegum, fish sauce, or chocolate. I think the worst I ever saw was a dill-passionfruit flavored “margarita” where the tequila was swapped out for vodka. Vodka! Can you imagine?! If you’re going to riff on a classic, then the recipe should be kept simple so that the qualities that made original so spectacular still shine, but the drink can be experienced in a new way....

Feta cheese and spinach are such a classic and irresistible combo – doubly so when paired with the soft scrambled eggs in this recipe. The wraps are so quick to assemble, though you can also make them up to two days in advance and reheat in the oven or microwave. What’s not to love?! If you are making these for a brunch buffet, cut them in half to make smaller portions....

How to Shave Brussel Sprouts The most difficult part of this salad is shaving the Brussels sprouts into thin ribbons, which isn’t hard. You have some options: If you have a food processor with a slicer attachment, I would highly recommend using it. Give the sprouts a nice cold rinse, trim the bottoms, pull any sad looking leaves off, and pop them through the slicer.Use a sharp knife and a cutting board....

In my belly! Or your belly if you decide to make this Cajun twist on the classic chicken salad. It’s easy enough, you can basically prep the ingredients as the chicken is poaching. I love the spicy kick that the Cajun seasoning brings to the salad. It makes for great leftovers and works well on lettuce or in a sandwich. Enjoy! Serve over butter lettuce or between two pieces of bread for a sandwich....

Carrots are a great bridge between flavors, and marrying them with bananas, sweet potatoes, walnuts, dates, and a touch of cinnamon hits all the notes for a well-balanced beverage that is easy to make and a hit with the whole family. And you needn’t relegate this just to breakfast! Smoothies, especially a more hearty one like this, work well as an afternoon snack for myself or my kids. Carrot Cake Smoothie Flavor Profile I want something called a Carrot Cake Smoothie to taste like carrot cake, and here, all the familiar flavors are present: sweet and earthy carrots, vanilla, cinnamon, and walnuts (which may or may not be in your version of the cake)....

The main cheese is mild ricotta, with some Swiss cheese and Parmesan for extra oomph. With flaky phyllo dough and plenty of eggs in the mix, the pie turns out to be light and delicate. Made with canned artichokes, this pie is easy to make: layers of crisp and buttery phyllo, artichokes, a burst of bright lemon zest, and fresh parsley. It’s a vision to behold. Serve it with a big salad or steamed asparagus and some crusty bread....

Usually turkey soup is a pretty standard affair, but if you are looking for a soup that might pack a little more punch, I recommend this pozole. It’s made with turkey stock, leftover turkey, a little tomato, lots of hominy, and seasoned with smoky chipotle chile peppers in adobo. I’ve written about pozole before. It’s hard to resist this soup, essentially “taco night” in a bowl, but not as messy!...

I love a slice of this pound cake with my beloved morning coffee. It also satisfies my after-dinner sweets craving. Recently, I poked a few (yes, just a few!) candles on top to celebrate my chocolate-loving mother’s birthday. I will be baking it over and over again. Before you rush off to preheat your oven, I want to share a few things I learned that will help you bake the best chocolate pound cake ever....

Food writer and activist Toni Tipton-Martin has done just that with Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking. The title of her cookbook directly references the day that honors the freedom of enslaved Americans, but she extends that term to celebrate the contributions Black Americans have made to cooking. She writes, quite simply, “We have earned the freedom to cook with creativity and joy.” The book is pretty radical in that regard, and its recipes are pretty delicious....

Bruschetta is the perfect lazy summer dinner—it requires less than 30 minutes (from start to finish) and I never use more than five ingredients (not including pantry staples like butter, salt, and pepper). And the form is extremely flexible; I can top the toasted bread with any seasonal vegetables I’m craving or to use up whatever I have in my refrigerator or pantry. Your Bruschetta Can Be Topped With More Than Just Tomatoes Many people probably think of bruschetta as small pieces of bread topped with chopped tomato, but the form is actually far more flexible....

Cranberry orange nut bread is a great loaf for late fall and early winter as cranberries, oranges, and walnuts are all in season. Buy an orange and squeeze it fresh to get the best juice for this recipe (grate the peel first for zest to add to the batter). How to Prep Fresh Cranberries You can easily prep the cranberries by pulsing them a few times in the food processor, or manually cut them in half first, then do a rough chop....

I confess this simple vegetarian side dish dropped below my radar in recent years until my cousin called me for my grandmother’s recipe. My grandmother’s holiday spinach was embraced by generous amounts of butter and cream with the occasional pinch of nutmeg, which let the vegetable shine. Modernizing Grandma’s Creamed Spinach Things have changed since Grandmother’s day. I suspect she used frozen spinach, but with pre-washed baby spinach leaves now ubiquitous in every supermarket, why not use those tender and sweet leaves?...

And while I’m always happy to work around dietary needs, cooking for my younger brother takes a bit more consideration. Not only is he lactose intolerant, he is also allergic to gluten. (Sadly, this means every single recipe from my mac and cheese cookbook is off the table!) Rather than see these dietary restrictions as inconveniences, I prefer to see them as challenges. Or, at the least, an excuse to buy and explore alternatives such as buckwheat and amaranth flours....

What’s hummus made of? Cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans), tahini, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, and salt. Purée everything, top with some paprika and a swirl of olive oil and voilà, you’re done. Use Quality Ingredients for Hummus With this few ingredients, their quality is important. You can cook your chickpeas from scratch or use canned, which is what we are doing here for our quick and easy version. Note that not all canned chickpeas are equal....