At Home? Time to Cook!

Photography By Alfredo Añez | Last Updated March 17, 2020

Bake your own bread

Staying at home? Great time to cook and bake! We've rounded up some of our favorite easy recipes that use seasonal ingredients and items likely to be in your pantry.

Roasted Carrot and Coconut Soup

Coconut milk adds creamy sweetness to this rich soup. Look for local carrots at the farmers market.

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Local avocados, in season nearly year-round, add color and buttery flavor to this favorite Mexican soup.

Swiss Chard, Onion and Tomato Frittata

Local Heirloom Tomato and Beet Salad with Green Beans, Blue Cheese, and Walnut Vinaigrette

From Chef Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, Miami’s Design District

Pasta with Tomato and Onion Sauce

When Italian cooking maestra Marcella Hazan died in 2013, this was the most-shared recipe by her fans – perhaps because it captures the simple elegance and unfussiness of Italian cooking. This...

Roasted Lemon Pepper French Beans

If you don't have sliced almonds, try sesame seeds. This recipe is easily doubled.

Preserved Eggplant

Lots of eggplant in the market? Set some aside to make this no-cook recipe.

This recipe is the one Natalie Segal uses. We have baked this recipe many times and recommend the following adjustments: To avoid having the loaves stick to the pan (more likely because of the sugar...

Simple Yeast Bread

Masa Madre baker Lucia Meneses came up with this step-by-step recipe for foolproof yeast bread.

Lemon Blueberry Scones

Banana-Nut Carrot Cake

This layer cake looks homespun and humble, but it's super-moist and full of spicy flavor. Toasted walnuts add richness.

Cuban Coffee Doughnut Bread Pudding

Have your cafe con leche and doughnut all in one! Dark cafe cubano cuts the sweet edge on this creamy dessert. Slightly stale glazed doughnuts work the best.

Banana Pancakes

Local bananas, packed with flavor, can be so sweet you may not need to add any syrup! Make your own oat flour for this recipe by measuring one cup of rolled (old fashioned) oats and processing in a...