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Healthy Basics

Healthy basics are easy recipes that form the foundation in the kitchen. Learn how to make simple sauces, homemade milks and nut butters. And learn a few techniques like making cauliflower rice, blending hummus or steaming vegetables.

A glass jar of homemade ghee.

How to Make Ghee

A mason jar of pickled red onions next to a lid

Quick Pickled Red Onions

Homemade tahini in a glass jar.

Tahini Recipe

Several plates of zucchini noodles

How to Make and Cook Zucchini Noodles

A brown bowl of cauliflower rice.

How to Make Cauliflower Rice

Baked sweet potato on a white plate.

Baked Sweet Potato

Kale chips in a glass mug.

How to Make Kale Chips

Oven baked chicken breasts in a casserole pan.

Best Baked Chicken Breast

A big bowl of cooked lentils.

How to Cook Lentils

Scraping the inside of a spaghetti squash.

How to Cook Spaghetti Squash

Learn how to brew coffee in a Chemex Coffee Maker! Here's step-by-step instructions along with a tutorial video and tips on filters and how to clean your Chemex.

Chemex Coffee: Brewing Tips and Advice

Pouring a glass of oat milk.

How To Make Oat Milk

Basil pesto in a white bowl

Basil Pesto

Mayonnaise in a glass storage jar.

How to Make Mayonnaise

Hard boiled eggs on the counter.

Hard Boiled Eggs (Easy to Peel)

Jars of chia pudding with a spoon

How to Make Chia Pudding

Balsamic glaze on a spoon

Balsamic Glaze (Balsamic Reduction)

Almond milk in glass jars

How to Make Almond Milk

Hard boiled and soft boiled eggs on a counter

How to Boil Eggs Perfectly (Every Time)

Two trays of frozen banana pieces

How To Freeze Bananas

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