Food FAQ - Recipes for the Home Cook (The food podcast with a sense of humor)

Red cup season just met its match with these homemade cranberry bliss bars! 

We’re teaching you THE copycat starbucks cranberry bliss bars recipe that’ll save you serious cash. ☕✨

This budget-friendly dessert for a crowd features tangy cream cheese frosting and white chocolate.

AND…

Guess what? These are not only better than starbucks bliss bars, they’re probably the best cranberry bliss bars and festive holiday dessert you...

Potatoes are the undisputed main character of every holiday spread! 🥔✨

This sheet pan potatoes gratin recipe  from Damn Delicious is the decadent potato side dish of your dreams. 

AND…It will make THE best Christmas side dish on any budget. 

We’re giving you the play by play on making these cheesy scalloped potatoes with ALL those crispy edges potato gratin lovers crave! 

It's pure comfort in a pan. Press play!

Let’s kee...

You can stop paying twenty bucks for fancy butter now... 

Because, we’re sharing the ultimate expensive butter hack that works! 🧈

This week, learn how to make cultured butter and be the hero of the holidays!

This easy fermented butter is truly budget friendly gourmet food! 

This European style butter recipe is so easy, even a beginner can master this project! 

QUICK! Run to your kitchen now!

Let’s keep the kitchen t...

Raise your hand if you're not a baker. 

Good news: this no bake cookie butter pie is your new superpower! 🥧

This week, we share the best no bake pie recipe perfect for the holidays! 

It's a minimal ingredient pie that’s truly a quick and easy pie. 

This biscoff pie recipe is an amazing easy thanksgiving dessert that requires zero oven time. 

We’ll show you how to make this beginner friendly pie—it’s the ultimate simple d...

Forget boring spaghetti night. This quick pasta recipe is the gourmet pasta on a budget you deserve! 🍝🌶️

We've got THE ultimate easy creamy sausage pasta that’s a cheap family dinner lifesaver. 

This chili crisp pasta recipe is an accessible pasta recipe using just a few ingredient pasta staples! 

It's the best creamy pasta—a truly simple family dinner that tastes expensive. 

Get ready for your new favorite quick weeknigh...

Your favorite childhood treat is getting a serious glow-up! 

Get ready for salted brown butter rice krispys that are truly next level! 🤩

We’re spilling the secret ingredient rice krispie treats hack you need! 

This easy gourmet dessert uses brown butter and it’s truly the best rice krispy treat recipe you will ever find. 

Learn how to make gourmet rice krispies that are perfectly chewy, crunchy, and totally bakery style! 

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Charcuterie boards are out, these are in: Our best hot honey crackers are the new quick party appetizer hero! 💥

This week, we share the fire crackers recipe—the ultimate easy appetizer for a crowd! 

They’re the perfect sweet and spicy appetizer that’s also a total budget friendly appetizer. 

Learn how to make this simple cracker appetizer that’s beginner friendly and ready in no time. 

It's the perfect sweet heat appetizer...

Foolproof Butter Chicken Recipe 🍛 Affordable Weeknight Meal That’s Better Than Takeout! 

Put that takeout menu DOWN! 

We’re serving up restaurant style butter chicken at home without the wait! 🍛

This week, learn our easy butter chicken recipe—a truly foolproof butter chicken perfect for a weeknight dinner. 

We’ll show you how to make butter chicken that’s a simple Indian dinner your whole family will love. 

It's the bes...

Forget overpriced restaurant nachos. 

We’re spilling the secrets to making better than restaurant nachos—at HOME (for a lot less)! 🧀🌮

This week, we’re sharing our easy nachos recipe and ALL our  ultimate nacho hacks! 

Our homemade nachos are delicious family friendly nachos (promise your kids will them up) that are a total budget meal win. 

This affordable nachos recipe is perfect for an easy weeknight dinner or as easy p...

Your favorite savory soup just had a major glow-up. It's our French Onion Soup Pasta! 🍜

This easy French onion pasta is a flavorful pasta recipe that's a total game-changer. 

We'll show you how to make French onion pasta that's so good, it’s a gourmet pasta on a budget. 

This simple French onion pasta is perfect for a weeknight dinner or a showstopper for a crowd—a truly delicious and budget friendly meal! 🧀✨

Let’s keep t...

Forget everything you know about dinner, because we're talking about a savory, tomato-y meat-stuffed pocket of pure joy! 🥟

This week, we’re showing you the best empanadas recipe! AND…Our homemade empanadas are perfect for empanadas for beginners. 

Learn our foolproof beef empanadas recipe—a truly simple empanadas method. We'll show you how to make a delicious empanada filling, making these authentic Cuban empanadas the ultimat...

Beans for dinner? Trust us! We're talking big flavor, little effort, and even less cash. 🤑

This week, learn our easy pinto beans recipe that's a total game-changer. 

These homemade pinto beans are a simple pinto beans lover dream, with only a few ingredients for a truly budget friendly meal. 

We'll teach you how to cook pinto beans that are so good, you'll actually WANT to make them from scratch. 

Bonus: a pot of these bea...

Dinner in under 30 minutes with only a few ingredients? Say less. 

This quick bacon pasta is a weeknight game-changer! 🥓🍝

This week, learn our easy bowtie pasta recipe that's a total win. 

It's a simple bacon pasta with just a few ingredients, making it an incredibly economical pasta dream. 

We're talking rich pasta with bacon and parmesan that’s a fast weeknight dinner the whole family will love. 

THE ultimate frugal p...

Need dinner that's faster than your favorite TikTok? We've got a fast Korean beef bowl ready in minutes! ⚡️

This week, learn our easy ground beef recipe that's a total weeknight ground beef hero.

It’s a delicious, simple Korean beef that makes a fantastic one pound ground beef dinner with minimal fuss. 

Get ready for a flavorful, 15 minute Korean beef bowl that proves you can eat like a king on a budget. 

This is the easy w...

Ever try a viral TikTok recipe fail? Or how about a Facebook recipe disappointment? 

Today, we're setting the record straight and dishing out the truth on the viral French casserole recipe, and letting you know if banana jam is worth the hype! 🍌

We're tackling what to do with ripe bananas (or what not to do) and giving you the rundown on casserole hell.

Forget those misleading viral recipes that just don't work!

We’re maki...

Don't toss that stale bread! We're transforming it into a cold summer treat that'll blow your mind. 🍞✨

This week, explore this TikTok easy bread pudding recipe we found – perfect for what to make with old bread. 

It's a budget bread pudding that tastes totally gourmet, proving you can make a delicious bread pudding from scratch with ease. 

This no fuss dessert is a fantastic make ahead bread pudding, ideal for any summer des...

Got leftover rice? Don't toss it! We're transforming it into the ultimate cold summer treat – pure dessert magic! 🍚✨

This week, unlock a truly delicious rice pudding recipe that's shockingly also a budget rice pudding! 

It’s a simple dessert recipe from pantry staples that uses what to make with leftover rice a question of the past. This easy summer dessert is also a no fuss dessert that is also THE perfect make ahead dessert....

Hot outside and your oven's off-limits? No problem! 

We're obsessed with Sally's Baking Addiction's No-Bake S'mores Icebox Cake! 🍫🔥

This week, dive into the magic of this easy s'mores icebox cake, perfect for summer. It’s a homemade s'mores icebox cake that's a total no bake dessert for summer win!

Seriously affordable and utterly delicious- A match made in Food FAQ heaven. 

This icebox cake recipe easy enough for anyone....

It's hot, you're thirsty, and your wallet's feeling light. It's time for a sauvignon blanc cocktail! ✨

Forget complicated recipes and tiny glasses. We're showing you how to make a simple white wine cocktail that's a perfect make ahead wine cocktail. 

This budget sauvignon blanc cocktail is the ultimate summer wine cocktail for a crowd, proving you can host like a boss without spending a fortune. 

Get ready for your new favori...