What is Oat Milk? Oat milk is a popular dairy-free milk alternative that’s made with oats. It is ultra creamy, very simple to make, and tastes great. It also calls on simple, inexpensive ingredients. You only need two main ingredients to make oat milk: rolled oats and water. From there, you can add extra ingredients to really make the oat milk your own. We’ve provided suggestions below. Making Your Own Oat Milk From Scratch Once I realized how simple oat milk is to make, I’ve found myself making it regularly....

As you know, the Kentucky Derby® is right around the corner (did you see last week’s Sparkling Mint Juleps?). Today I’m partnering with 14 Hands Wine to share some Derby Day party tips, recipes, and a few great wine pairings. It’s time break out your fancy hats, pour some wine and get started! First up are these colorful open-faced (crust off!) tea sandwiches. These are super easy to make if you make the spread ahead of time and assemble these just before your guests arrive....

These lemon cookies are my new favorite treat! They have that bakery-perfect chewy middle with a lightly crisp edge and a lovely balance of light and bright citrus flavor. I’ll be making them on repeat throughout the holiday season, but honestly, these lemon cookies are so delicious that I would happily take one any day of the year. This lemon cookie recipe comes from my friend Melissa Coleman’s book The Minimalist Kitchen....

When I asked Jack to taste this mashed cauliflower recipe, I told him it was mashed potatoes. Call me cruel, but I wanted his honest opinion. He loves mashed potatoes more than anyone I know! He wasn’t completely fooled (“I was standing next to you when you bought the cauliflower…”), but he did happily enjoy bite after bite. Since then, he’s devoured several bowls of this mashed cauliflower and accidentally called it “mashed potatoes” more than once....

Happy Sunday! As promised, here’s a recap of this week’s 3-day meal plan! If you’re tuning in for the first time this week, here’s what’s happening: A few months ago I did a 5-day plan where I started with one set of ingredients that worked into 5 consecutive meals. A lot of you wrote me to say that it was helpful, so using that same inspiration – meals that share similar ingredients but do not all taste the same – I came up with this week’s plan: Here are the main ingredients: Mangoes: because they’re so juicy and refreshing for summer....

– This Recipe is Sponsored by Gold Medal Flour – Have you ever had a stuffed cookie? We hadn’t until these amazing, gooey stuffed cookies with Milky Way bars. We’re still cleaning our fingers from all that chocolate and caramel. (Not that we’re complaining). We made our own cookie dough, but if you have a favorite store-bought cookie dough in mind, use it. It will work great. How to Make Candy Bar Stuffed Cookies These cookies are really easy to make — all you need is an extra 5 to 10 minutes so you can stuff a fun-size Milk Way inside cookie dough before baking....

This recipe is my take on muhammara, the Middle Eastern red pepper and walnut dip. I love to make it in the summer, when peppers are abundant and a cool dip sounds like the perfect starting point for a meal or snack. In case you’re not familiar with muhammara, here’s a little background: this punchy dip originated in Syria, and it’s now common throughout the Middle East. Its key ingredients are roasted red peppers, walnuts, breadcrumbs, chile flakes, and pomegranate molasses, which combine to make it thick, nutty, zingy, spicy, sour, and sweet....

Indian Pickles are easy to make if you know the right proportions of all your ingredients and use abundant patience and care. I don’t possess much patience so I just bring back bottles of homemade pickle from anyone who’d care to share a bottle from their share. In fact, the only pickle I buy is the Priya mango ginger pickle, which you must try if you haven’t already. Lime Pickles are a standard addition to Onam Sadya and since we have Onam fast approaching, it’s time to make a batch of lime pickle and let it soften in the pickling juices, right in time for Onam....

Paal Poli Recipe Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 45 minutes Serves 6-8 Recipe source: Divya Ingredients: 1.5 litres of milk 1 can (400gm) of evaporated milk 1 can (400gm) of condensed milk Powder together: 2-3 tbsp of sugar (adjust to your preference) 6-8 pods of green cardamom For the Pooris: 1.5 cups of all-purpose flour 1 tsp of oil Salt to taste Oil of for deep frying To Garnish: 10-12 of cashew nuts, slivered A few of almonds, slivered (optional)...

Happy New Year! Today I’m guest posting over at Better Homes and Gardens’ Dish Delish Blog. These granola bars were inspired by their recipe for Chocolate-Peanut Butter Granola Bars, which reminded me of the ones my mom used to pack into my school lunch everyday. I might not have that Barbie and the Rockers lunchbox anymore, but I thought it would be fun to recreate this favorite afternoon treat in a healthier way....

Not long ago, the Moscow mule, a vodka cocktail made with ginger beer and lime, seemed to be fading in popularity. However, it’s currently experiencing a resurgence! We’ve noticed Moscow mules popping up on cocktail menus and being promoted at local bars. Given this renewed interest, we’re sharing our favorite way to make this super refreshing cocktail at home! Key Ingredients Vodka: Use a vodka you already know and enjoy....

Once I tried this pumpkin bread recipe, I finally understood what all the fall pumpkin hype was about. To be honest, I didn’t get it for a long time. Why go crazy for pumpkin when apples, sweet potatoes, and hundreds of amazing types of squash (spaghetti, delicata, acorn, and butternut, to name a few) are in peak season too? Enter: this pumpkin bread recipe. Super moist, warmly spiced, and filled with delicious pumpkin flavor, it totally won me over to team pumpkin....

We thought we would share something a little different, today. These roasted beets and carrots are so pretty and delicious. We used yellow beets, which are a little milder than red beets. We also added some carrots to sweeten things up a bit, too. How to Roast Beets and Carrots with Sage The basis of this recipe is, of course, those sweet and succulent yellow beets. We added a pop of flavor with sage and rosemary and a punch from garlic....

Some thought they looked like hair – Barbie’s hair to be precise! I am looking at you Ruth. To assemble Roti Sai Mai, roll up the pancakes with some cotton candy strands inside. We had two colours to choose from and of course, I took a little bit of both – green and off white. Fold in the sides.

This easy baked spaghetti has everything we love about baked pasta. It has noodles, a hearty meat sauce, and lots of cheese. For more spaghetti recipes I love, see our weeknight spaghetti recipe or this veggie spaghetti! My favorite part of this baked spaghetti is the creamy pesto layer in the middle. It’s ridiculously simple to make and makes this pasta dish so incredibly delicious! Key Ingredients Spaghetti: I use plain spaghetti for this recipe, but other pasta shapes work great....

I’m always so happy when we make this healthy turkey chili for dinner. It’s quick and seriously tastes so good! I love the bump of meaty flavor from mushrooms and the extra heartiness of black beans. It even gets better with time, so if you’re looking for a great make-ahead meal, this is it! We have lots of chili recipes on Inspired Taste, and there’s something for everyone. There’s our classic beef chili, this Texas chili, and our vegetarian chili made with beans and quinoa....

The year I first became vegetarian I truly missed the turkey part of turkey day. It seems like ages ago now, but back then I barely knew how to cook for myself, let alone embrace seasonal foods like squashes, Brussels sprouts, and sweet potatoes (you know, the kind without marshmallows). Now, with hearty vegetarian main dishes like this stuffed acorn squash, I couldn’t miss the turkey less. When I started working on this recipe, I knew I wanted to make an unconventional stuffed squash....

A few things I love about this best chocolate cake recipe: This recipe uses no butter. So no setting it out, softening it, melting it, etc. Also easy to make the cake dairy-free if neededSpeaking of dairy-free, the milk needed in the recipe can be regular milk, any nut milk, rice milk, etc. I made it with rice milk for school one time to keep it dairy and nut freeThe amount of flour is quite low in this recipe, in relative termsThe cake itself is not very sweet since it’s meant to be frosted so you can adjust the level of sweetness to your preferenceI have make this cake in a single tier and double tier – all works really wellReplacing the flour with gluten free flour from Bob’s red mill works well tooDue to no butter in the cake recipe, it stays really well refrigerated and needs very little thawing time when you take it out...

My MIL is a fabulous cook and she has what seems like an unlimited supply of rasam recipes that she can make on request or whim. What I particularly find fascinating with her cooking is, all her dishes are super quick and easy ones. They are simple, mostly with only 5-6 ingredients and get done in less than half an hour each, at the most. In fact, when I visit my in laws, most of MIL’s cooking is done by the time I wake up (which I should admit is not very early!...