If you’ve already been making this traditional rice and lentil dish, you will never make it in a pot again. And if you never tried it, you will still love it! Mejadra looks so simple…but it’s so good. It’s a traditional Syrian dish that’s often prepared during the Nine Days because it’s filling (lentils are…
Quick & Easy
Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner
This salmon dinner checks all the boxes for the easy, summer meal that uses all the fresh produce you already have in your fridge. When my cousin Leah Reichman told me she just throws whatever vegetables she has on a sheet pan and adds a protein—chicken, salmon, whatever—I asked her, “Can you please measure it?”…
9×13 Oven Mock Matbucha
Make delicious matbucha without the pot, and without the patchke. Over the years we’ve collected and shared an impressive amounts of dips and spreads. The sourdough / challah course keeps expanding and no one is complaining. Some BCP favorites include this Tomato Dip/Salad, this Sesame Dip, Chummus, Tomato Garlic Confit and now we’re excited to…
Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Dipping Sauce
These rolls are as fun to make as they are to eat—and they look beautiful on a plate. You can customize them a million ways (think shredded chicken, tofu, mango…). Call them summer rolls, Vietnamese spring rolls or salad rolls – either way they’re light, they’re fresh, and they make a gorgeous appetizer. Or a…
The Leftover Steak Hack You’ll Be Using All Summer
It was so good when it was fresh off the grill, but now it’s sitting in your fridge. But you can make that leftover steak into another amazing meal. You know that moment the BBQ ends and you’re cleaning up, and there’s that plate of leftover steaks sitting there? They were grilled to perfection hours…
9×13 Baked French Onion Rice
It takes five minutes to throw together (probably even much less) and the flavors are very tempting. This Baked French Onion Rice will be the dish you go to when you really don’t have time. Editor’s Note: We’ve always been fans of Vera’s unique style of cooking, and many of you have enjoyed her recipes…
Mini Chicken Pitas
A wholesome, kid-friendly dinner is so easy to prepare when you have Pinch spice rub on hand. When you have good flavor in a bottle, it almost negates the need for any kind of recipe. It’s just flavor that’s instant and easy. That’s what we learned when we tried Pinch’s King Salmon Rub in our…
The Easiest Way to Make Matzah Pizza
No more soggy matzah pizza this Pesach! We love matzah pizza in our house. (I think I do more than the kids!) It’s such a simple chol hamoed meal without too much work. In the past, we used marinara sauce. But the Pesach versions tend to be more watery than the all-year-round version so I’d…
Basics: Simple Syrup
The liquified version of sugar is super easy to make and comes in handy in so many recipes. We use simple syrup in a lot of recipes, especially over Pesach. If it’s not something you’re accustomed to making, no worries, simple syrup is, as the name suggests…completely simple. Making simple syrup simply involves boiling sugar…
Pesach Barbecue Sauce
Make a double (or triple) batch and use this BBQ sauce over and over again this Passover. There was one Pesach where I resolved: I am no longer going to experiment with meats for Pesach. The most popular main I made each year was simply whatever type of meat I served with this sauce. There’s…
