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.
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.
Friendship Bread
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.
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...
Orange Ginger Cookies
Tangy orange and peppery ginger - fresh and candied -pair perfectly in these chewy cookies.
Oranges in Rum, Cuban Style
Look for local guava jelly to use in Maida Heatter's recipe, from Happiness is Baking,
