Berkeley and Beyond

SuperSimple RECIPES

These super-simple recipes have been refined in the kitchen of super-busy travel writer Carole Terwilliger Meyers.  Give one a try when you are super-busy and need something on the table pronto. 

BREAKFAST
Sour Cream Coffee Cake Ring
Carole’s Spectacular Crepes
World’s Best Granola
Morning Pie
Amazon Scones
Orange Scones

MAINS
Avocado Toast
Chicken Adobo
Curried Cauliflower Soup
Veggie Chili
Eggs in Bell Pepper Rings
Garlicky Low-Fat Hummus
Skillet Lasagna
Lentil Stew-Soup
Lemon Pepper Pappardelle
One-Pan Pasta
Baked Portobello Mushrooms
TJ’s Japanese Style Fried Rice with Broccoli
Sausage Bake with Roasted Root Vegetables

SALADS
Roasted Cumin-Chickpea Salad
Kauai Fruit Salad
Jicama Salad with Grapefruit-Avocado-Pumpkin Seeds
Orzo-Spinach Summer Salad
Tomatillo Guacamole
Tuna and White Bean Salad
Wild Rice Salad With Cashews

VEGGIES
Roasted Brussels Sprouts a la Suzie
Roasted Carrots with Avocado a la Huckleberry
Curry Dip with Raw Cauliflower
Roasted Curry Cauliflower
Kale Chips
Roasted String Beans

SIDES+BREADS
Best Corn Bread
Cream Biscuits
Fresh Cranberry-Orange Relish
Piatti Dipping Oil
Irish Brown Soda Bread

DESSERTS
Mom’s Apple Pie
Best Banana Bread
Carole’s Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Frosting
Chocolate Guinness Cake
Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Skillet
Chocolate Chip-Oatmeal Cookies
Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars
Coconut Homestead Cookies
Fat Little Peanut Butter Cookies
Mexican Wedding Cookies or Snowballs
Pecan Drop Cookies with Lemon Frosting
Snickerdoodles
One-Crust Galette
Kiwi Palm Tree
Lemon Curd
Best Rice Pudding
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Stuffed Strawberries

DRINKS
Green Juice
Classic Margarita 1-2-3
Aperol Spritz
Mint-Lemon Water
Raspberry Water

MISCELLANEOUS
Foaming Soap
Fresh Snow Recipes
Playdough
Yoga Mat Cleaner Spritz


COOKING/FOOD VIDEOS
cashew factory, Thailand
cheap easy way to store leftover wine, Cape May, New Jersey
cheap easy way to store leftover wine to take on a picnic, Cape May, New Jersey
cheese tasting at Mahane Yehuda market, Israel
food vendor making green crepes, Thailand
food vendor mixing green crepe dough, Thailand
how to cut up a pineapple, Kauai, Hawaii
how to aerate a Tawny Port, Healdsburg, California
how to grate a coconut, or what exactly is this guy doing?, Fiji
how to husk a coconut, Fiji
how to make caramel, Israel
how to make coconut sauce, Fiji
how to open a coconut, Fiji
how to pronounce and eat a lychee, Kauai, Hawaii
how to put foods in a lovo oven, Fiji
how to ream a coconut, Thailand
how to roll garginelli pasta, Atlantic City, New Jersey
how to make a proper Irish coffee
how to take a pizza's temperature, NYC
how to wrap chickens beautifully for the lovo oven, Fiji
making a Rum Runner cocktail, Lake Tahoe, California
matzo factory, NYC
on the basics of good pizza, NYC
The Pickle Guys do their thing, NYC
prepping at Chef Tali Friedman's cooking school, Israel
Sexy Oatmeal by Meryl Srreep

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