DIY instant oatmeal in a jar.
Instant oatmeal cups are a delicious, quick way to start your day. But wow … so expensive. Here’s a recipe for making your own instant oatmeal in a jar.
Farro and summer vegetable salad.
This healthy summer salad is a wonderful way to use the season’s best ingredients: corn, tomatoes and basil (mozzarella, too!)
Peach crumb-top bars.
Here’s a wonderful summer dessert, great for a crowd for your July 4 bash. This crumb-topped peach streusel bar is buttery, easy and stores beautifully. A real winner! Get the recipe!
Pan pizza with zucchini and cheddar.
Sounds a bit unconventional, but trust me: it’s awesome. Perfect for supper on a busy night. And so easy, especially if you have pizza dough on hand in the freezer, which I totally advocate.
Super versatile herbed orzo salad.
You’ve had what I call “sad pasta salad” — that takeout deli stuff with corkscrew pasta and way too much bottled Italian dressing. This pasta salad is NOT sad pasta salad! It’s the only pasta salad recipe you need.
Quite possibly the best summer gazpacho.
I’m sort of a junkie for gazpacho — that most refreshing (and no cook!) of summer soups. This Quick Blender Gazpacho recipe is my go-to for the season: bright, flavorful, perfect for lunch on a hot day.
Grandmother’s blueberry buckle.
Armed with a pint of fresh blueberries, I dug out my Grandmother Ruth’s recipe for Blueberry Buckle. I found it in her battered copy of “Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book” from 1950 and made several enhancements.
Basic fruit shrub.
Folks, now is THE time to make a vinegar shrub using seasonal fruit. What’s a shrub, you ask? It’s a very old-fashioned-but-super-trendy infusion of vinegar with sugar and fruit or other flavorings. And it’s a great starting point for any seasonal cocktail you can come up with. Also great with a splash of club soda for a refreshing non-alcoholic drink. Get my basic fruit shrub recipe on writes4food.com!
Black pepper taralli.
Cute and round and packed with flavors of olive oil, pepper and salt, these little, round, shortbread-like crackers called taralli are perfect with an aperitivo. You could buy them, sure, but they’re SO fun to make!
Dark chocolate sea salt muesli.
On a quest to solve the between-breakfast-and-lunch hungries, I created this recipe for Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt muesli.
Cherry almond oatmeal in a jar.
Totally loving this supereasy overnight oatmeal in a jar, with sweet cherries and crunchy slivered almonds. Mix up several jars ahead of time and enjoy a healthy breakfast any day of the week!
Broccoli and brown rice bake.
My most popular recipe, for broccoli-rice bake, is so warm and comforting that you’d be surprised how healthy it is. Swap low-fat versions for the yogurt, ricotta, and cheese in this recipe for an even better-for-you variation.
Confetti couscous and vegetables.
If you’re fatigued by lousy pasta salad drowning in dressing, soggy potato salad or other sad, sad side dishes, give this vibrant and full-flavored side a try. Perfect with grilled chicken, fish, even BBQ.
The Dorothy Project: Best fudge brownies ever.
The Best Fudge Brownies Ever. That’s the title of this recipe that I found tucked into my grandmother’s “Kitchen Klips” file of old recipes. So, yeah, that one went on my list of her recipes to make. And it’s awesome. Best Ever? You decide!
The Findlay Market Cookbook
My cookbook, The Findlay Market Cookbook, is Cincinnati’s local cookbook — a celebration of local food as it’s best represented by Cincinnati’s historic public market.
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About Bryn
In addition to sharing easy recipes here, I’m the editor of Edible Ohio Valley magazine and the author of “The Findlay Market Cookbook.” I’m a journalist, writer and editor focused on food, wellness and creativity. I love to speak about local food and teach casual cooking classes around the Cincinnati region.
