Did you know you could prepare most (maybe all) grains in a 9×13 and freeze some for later use? Do you like adding grains to your salads like we do? For a while now, I’ve been preparing a batch of farro or quinoa once a week and keeping it in the fridge to add to…
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Meatballs, the Easy Way. The 9×13 BCP Way.
What if we could make a family favorite dinner even easier? Here at Between Carpools we get lots of emails. Some are seeking advice (we do our best, and at times, add those topics to future posts we want to explore), some are taking the time to thank us for a post that helped their…
The Most Delicious Cauliflower Soup You Will Taste This Winter
Or maybe the most delicious cauliflower soup ever. And I say it with confidence. I know it’s that good because when foods are that good, this question inevitably pops up: “Is this dairy?” And no. This soup isn’t dairy. It’s just that good. You can garnish your soups with toasted bread, some of the roasted…
Risotto: The Comfort Food You Have Been Craving
Served as an appetizer, side dish, or even a main, you can never be wrong when it comes to serving risotto. It’s a true crowd pleasing experience. ri·sot·to /rəˈzôdō,rəˈsôdō/ an Italian dish of rice cooked in stock with other ingredients such as meat and vegetables. Risotto, also known as the comfort food of your adult life. Try…
Cinnamon And Nuts Bundt Cake, No Mixer Needed!
This is really a 9×13 life kinda recipe, but in a bundt pan. So you’ve made my amazing eggplant appetizer, I presume, by now. If you didn’t, you should. Ok fine, I know not everyone loves eggplants. But then again, you should try it. You might discover that you do love eggplant. But, can we agree that…
A Super Flavorful Zucchini Soup with Turkey Broth
No more bland zucchini soup. Turkey bones is the secret to a richly flavorful soup. Zucchini soups have a long reputation for being bland when they’re not being helped by artificial flavorings. Since zucchini is a vegetable with subtle flavor, it could really use help to shine. This time leave your onion soup mix in…
Start Your Day With This Fat-Free Gluten-Free (and Actually Good!) Breakfast Muffin
This muffin tastes like a hearty bowl of breakfast oatmeal in muffin form. We recently put out a call for a healthy (non-banana) muffin from our social media followers. Tzippora reached out with this recipe she created for her husband. He has celiac disease and she wanted to create a grab and go breakfast that’s…
Nutty Biscotti: A Hit From The Voice’s “Taste”
Taste: The Best of the Food World features the best recipes published in The Voice over the years. This nutty biscotti cookie recipe is one of our favorites from the book. Taste is an exciting collaboration of today’s best recipe developers, designers, and photographers. Jam-packed with over 160 innovative recipes, the cookbook has you covered…
The No-Bean Chili All Your Kids Will Love
Perhaps your kids won’t eat ground beef? Now they will. This chili is an easy family-favorite dinner. For years, when I would hear of friends making meatballs, sloppy joes, or meatloaf for dinner, I would think to myself, “It’s such a shame no one in my family will eat ground beef.” The fact that no…
Take These Hot Gooey Lotus Ramekins Straight from the Oven
Our 9×13 Lotus Blondies are transformed simply by changing the serving dish. Come Yom Tov, you might not want to serve most desserts in a 9×13. But you still want them to be easy! You don’t need new recipes. All you need is a new serving dish. Mix any 9×13 in a bowl, add it…
