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Home | Recipes | The Arsenal® | Page 9

The Arsenal®

Just started cooking? Is the kitchen as foreign to you as Uzbekistan? Have no fear. These are the recipes that will build the foundation of your pantry and teach you the skills you need to grow as a cook, not to mention rack up compliments faster than Katy Perry gains Twitter followers.

A single basic crepe, folded into quarters on a sheet of parchment with two lemon wedges beside it.
A jar of pumpkin spice syrup with a spoon resting on top and two spoons beside the jar.

Pumpkin Spice Syrup

30 mins

A loaf of ciabatta, sliced, and filled with large air holes.

Ciabatta

4 hrs 20 mins

A wooden cutting board topped with two rack of smoked pork ribs.

Smoked Pork Ribs

4 hrs 30 mins

A white serving bowl filled with sauteed spinach and bread crumbs.

Sautéed Spinach with Bread Crumbs

20 mins

A metal skillet filled with warm olives, rosemary, and lemon zest.

Warm Olives

10 mins

Espresso being poured over gelato in a cup to make affogato.

Affogato

5 mins

Sautéed Shishito Peppers

How To Cook Shishito Peppers

15 mins

A blue ceramic bowl filled with classic coleslaw.

Classic Coleslaw

2 hrs 25 mins

Three homemade ice cream bars, coated with chocolate and sprinkled with almonds, coconut, and chocolate crumbs.

Homemade Ice Cream Bars

12 hrs

A glass of cold brew coffee with a French press and jar of cream in the background.

How To Make Cold Brew Coffee

1 d

Two glasses of lime soda and one glass of angostura orange.

Lime Soda

5 mins

Four plates topped with broccoli with peanut sauce and a small dish of sesame seeds on the side.

Broccoli with Peanut Sauce

20 mins

An oval platter topped with Greek salad - sliced cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, peppers, and feta cheese.

Greek Salad

1 hr 15 mins

A jar of the best kimchi with a spoon standing up inside it

Kimchi

3 hrs 45 mins

A grilled cowboy steak with coffee rub on a wooden cutting board.

Cowboy Steak with Coffee Rub

1 hr 15 mins

A tall glass of frozen margarita with a salt rim and lime wheel beside a bowl of chips and guacamole.

Frozen Margarita

10 mins

Sixteen Sriracha deviled egg halves and a teaspoon on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Sriracha Deviled Eggs

1 hr

12 schnecken, pecan cinnamon buns, covered with pecan-caramel topping, and chopped pecans on a wire rack

Schnecken ~ Pecan Cinnamon Buns

4 hrs

Meatball lasagna, with one piece missing, in a large baking dish beside a spatula.

Meatball Lasagna

3 hrs

Homemade hummus sprinkled with paprika and drizzled with oil swirled on a grey plate.

Homemade Hummus

1 hr

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