Butterbean & Almond Hummus / Bangus (Milkfish) Sisig / Recipes for Beginner Cooks

Blog Post & Recipe: A New Favourite: Butterbean and Almond Hummus

I’m hardly a hummus connoisseur, but I preferred it, hands-down, to any chickpea version I’ve ever had. Served with some toasted pine nuts and a sprinkling of sumac, it was a perfect complement to whatever else what on my plate.

Blog Post & Recipe: Bangus Sisig

When prepared correctly, nothing quite captures the varied flavors and textures of Filipino cuisine like a sizzling-hot platter of chopped pig's face ... But sisig made from Bangus (or milkfish), is perhaps my favorite non-pork face option for the classic street food.

Blog Post & Recipes: Your Questions: Best Recipes For Beginning Cooks

Before we recommend some specific recipes, here are three pieces of general advice for getting started in the kitchen:

1. Only buy fresh ingredients with a plan in mind ... 2. Know what's in your fridge ... 3. Get a cookbook that can be a go-to resource for simple recipe ...

Here are a few recipes we've loved -- they're perfect for beginners and they require few ingredients:

Chicken Breasts with Zucchini Pappardelle ... Flank Steak with Paprika Butter ... Baked Eggs in Tomato-Parmesan Sauce ... Learn to roast a chicken ... Sugar Snap Peas with Mint and Orange ... Fajita Sweet Potatoes ... Buy some great salad greens ... Tipsy Affogato ... Make a crumble!

Three Recipes with Herbs / Maple Salmon / Tomato & Feta Baked Eggs

Article & Recipes: Simon Hopkinson's recipes using fresh herbs

THYME, ONION AND GRUYèRE TART ... BUTTER BEANS WITH SAGE, OLIVE OIL AND DRIED CHILLI ... PARSLEY, RADISH AND CELERY SALAD WITH CAPERS

Blog Post & Recipe: Maple Salmon

Adapted from Closet Cooking ... this is a very easy salmon dish that is similar to salmon teriyaki but doesn’t require as many Japanese ingredients. It is sweet and salty and the marinade bakes on top of the fish, coating it so it remains light and moist.

Blog Post & recipe: Tomato and Feta Baked Eggs

The tomato and feta baked eggs came out with the whites set and the yolks still mostly runny and they made for a really nice weekend breakfast treat! The tomato and feta sauce was nice and tasty and the fresh herbs added that something special that just hinted at spring.

Honey & Mustard Butterbeans / Vegetarian Curry Laksa / Spiced & Nutty Milk

Recipe: Baked Honey and Mustard Butterbeans

Mix the honey, mustard, a glug of olive oil and seasoning in a bowl. Add the butterbeans and toss well.

Recipe: Yotam Ottolenghi's curry laksa recipe

Make a special trip to an Asian grocer to get the ingredients for this heart- and limb-warming soup.

Recipe: Thandai-Spiced and Nutty Milk

It is made of milk, spices like cardamom, cinnamon, peppercorns, fennel, melon seeds and also mixed nuts like almonds, pistachios and cashews. There are several versions and even alcoholic ones as well.

Thanksgiving Thigh & Chips / Lentils & Beans / Japanese Pork Belly

Blog Post & Recipes: Never Too Early for a Thanksgiving Preview

These are plump turkey thighs ... They roast nicely and because it's dark meat, they stay moist.

Article & Recipes: Nigel Slater's lentil and bean feast

History shows that we are not good at the humble bean unless it comes in a turquoise tin with sweet tomato sauce.

BUTTER BEANS WITH MUSTARD AND TOMATO ... SAUSAGE AND LENTIL SUPPER

Recipe: Recipe: Japanese Braised Pork Belly (Buta no Kakuni)

Tender and fatty, the pork belly is simmered for a few hours in a broth of sake, mirin, soy sauce, and other ingredients until it falls apart and the fat is silky. It's a very simple dish that requires little preparation

Burgers. Ferhoodled Sausage. Butter Beans and Leeks.

Recipe: Creamy Butter Beans and Leeks

Butter beans have a sweet, buttery taste and are wonderfully tender. Not to be confused with lima beans, as lima beans are green and not as aromatic and tender as butter beans.

Recipe: Deliciously ferhoodled

Ferhoodled is a wonderful Pennsylvanian Dutch word meaning "all mixed up". In this recipe, sausage patties are mixed with rice and vegetables in a one-pan dinner. You prepare the next ingredient while the previous one cooks ...

Ferhoodled Sausage

Blog Post & Recipe: The Perfect Burger and All Its Parts

Nothing is taken for granted, not even pickles.

A PERFECT BURGER RECIPE ... THE RIGHT CHOICE OF MEAT ... A NICE ROUND SHAPE ... HOW HOT DO YOU GO? ... AND THE PERFECT BUN ... SWEET, SOUR BUT FRESH FIXINGS

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[The blogger at Smitten Kitchen thinks the buns are wonderful.]