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Home / Kitchen Basics

Kitchen Basics

Keep a few basic recipes in your back pocket, and you can elevate just about any dish. Take homemade dressing for salads, fresh tomato sauce for pasta, and hand-whipped frosting, for example; these scratch-made staples are way better than the stuff from the store! 

Recipes like Marinara Sauce, Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing, Grenadine Syrup, Whipped Cream, and more will make your mouth water. And the best part? The homemade versions of these meal essentials are surprisingly easy to make!

Close up photo of a bowl of yogurt topped with blueberries, granola, and strawberries.

Easy Honey Granola

Cherry simple syrup being poured into a pitcher.

Cherry Simple Syrup

Vanilla American Buttercream Frosting piped onto a piece of parchment paper.

American Buttercream Frosting

A pastry brush dipping into a jar of cake goop.

Cake Goop (Magic Pan Release)

A bottle of homemade simple syrup on a bar.

Simple Sugar Syrup At Home

Three brownies stacked on top of each other on a wooden board.

How To Make Box Brownies Better

Close up photo of two glass bottles of blackberry simple syrup and a glass with a blackberry cream soda.

Blackberry Simple Syrup

A jar of homemade enchilada sauce on a table.

Enchilada Sauce

A small jar of lavender simple syrup on a wooden board with lavender around it.

Lavender Simple Syrup

A spoon scooping toasted sugar out of a glass canister.

How To Make Toasted Sugar

Brown butter being ladled out of a bowl.

How To Make Brown Butter

A cupcake topped with Russian buttercream on a purple surface.

Russian Buttercream Recipe

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Kitchen Basics

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I believe having a strong foundation of basic kitchen skills and component recipes will lead to recipe success!

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