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Ground beef kabobs seasoned with grated onion, garlic, saffron water and smoked paprika, shaped by hand, baked and broiled for a charred finish.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-9651 · Hand-built original
Beef short ribs braised until tender and glazed with a homemade barbecue sauce, served with baked Gruyère macaroni cheese and a tangy raw and cooked beetroot slaw.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-12809 · Hand-built original
Seasoned crispy rice and shawarma-spiced ground beef over cucumbers, tomatoes, mint, pickles and feta, with a Greek yogurt tahini dressing.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-11240 · Hand-built original
Thin-sliced flap steak marinated in olive oil, lemon and shawarma spices including allspice, sumac and cinnamon, then seared over high heat.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-9652 · Hand-built original
This one pot Beef Stroganoff is a delicious and comforting weeknight dinner and is easy like hamburger helper, but homemade!
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-0231 · Hand-built original
Thinly sliced beef seared and returned to a sauce of caramelized onion, mushrooms, tomato paste, Dijon mustard and beef stock finished with sour cream, served over pappardelle.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-9259 · Hand-built original
This Beef Taco Skillet can repurpose your leftover ingredients into a fast, easy, and hearty weeknight dinner.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-0233 · Hand-built original
Cod fillets dipped in a beer batter seasoned with paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, Creole seasoning and cayenne, fried until golden and crisp.
Main ingredient: fish
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-9192 · Hand-built original
A lightly chocolaty, crimson layer cake made silken with beet purée, sandwiched and frosted with a tangy cream cheese frosting.
Main ingredient: beet
HB-12817 · Hand-built original
Dense, moist chocolate brownies made fudgy with puréed cooked beetroot and ground almonds, baked until the top is firm and the centre still slightly smudgy.
Main ingredient: squares
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-12822 · Hand-built original
A beginner-friendly sourdough loaf from flour, water, active starter and salt, shaped after stretch-and-fold rounds and a long cold rest, and baked in a lidded Dutch oven until deeply golden.
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-6149 · Hand-built original
Yeast-raised beignets from a vanilla milk dough enriched with butter, chilled, rolled and cut into squares, fried until golden, and served warm under honey and a snowfall of powdered sugar.
Main ingredient: bread flour
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-6150 · Hand-built original
Yeast-raised squares of soft dough, fried until golden and puffed, and dusted very generously with powdered sugar while warm.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-9653 · Hand-built original
Whipped egg whites fold into a vanilla batter so these Belgian waffles bake crisp outside and soft within. The deep grids catch every topping.
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-18006 · Hand-built original
A layered vanilla cake with a cooked berry filling and a chantilly cream of cream cheese, mascarpone and whipped cream, finished with fresh berries over the top.
Main ingredient: berries
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-6152 · Hand-built original
No-bake layered cake of speculoos cookies, mascarpone chantilly cream and a cooked mixed-berry compote, chilled overnight.
Main ingredient: mixed berries
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-4992 · Hand-built original
A layered icebox dessert of graham crackers, no-bake cheesecake filling and strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, topped with whipped topping and chilled until the crackers soften.
Main ingredient: cheese
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-12346 · Hand-built original
A layered coffee-cake-style traybake with a jammy mixed berry filling under dotted cake batter and a buttery crumble topping, baked until golden.
Main ingredient: frozen berries
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-12830 · Hand-built original
Crisp lettuce with raspberries, blueberries, and pecans under a creamy raspberry dressing made from crushed raspberries, raspberry vinegar, mustard, and Greek yogurt.
Main ingredient: raspberry
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, soup
HB-12831 · Hand-built original
A deep-dish apple pie with a flaky butter crust, cider and vanilla-reduced spiced apple filling, and a demerara sugar sprinkle, made with firm sweet-tart apples.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-12698 · Hand-built original
Canned pork and beans baked with crumbled bacon, green pepper and onion in a sweet ketchup and brown sugar sauce sharpened with Worcestershire sauce.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-6153 · Hand-built original
Russet potatoes soaked briefly in salted water, baked on a rack until their centres reach temperature, brushed with oil for a final crisping, and split open with a squeezed X.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-6154 · Hand-built original
Light, fluffy yeasted doughnut squares, fried until puffed and golden and tossed generously in powdered sugar, with chocolate or caramel syrup for dipping if liked.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-12833 · Hand-built original
A deep-dish blueberry pie with a tender vodka and butter crust, filled with four pints of blueberries thickened with cornstarch and brightened with lemon.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-12700 · Hand-built original
Tall, flaky buttermilk biscuits made by stacking and flattening a shaggy butter dough, cut into twelve squares and baked until deep golden, brushed with melted butter.
Main ingredient: powder
HB-12701 · Hand-built original
Chewy peanut butter cookies made with sourdough discard, rolled in granulated sugar and baked in short bursts interrupted by pan-banging, so the centres stay puffed and slightly underbaked.
Main ingredient: peanut butter
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-6155 · Hand-built original
A rich chicken stew simmered from chicken legs with leek, carrot, celery, and herbs, thickened and finished with cream, shredded chicken, and tender buttermilk dumplings.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12702 · Hand-built original
Buttermilk and hot-sauce-marinated chicken thighs, dredged in a seasoned flour and cornstarch crust and fried crisp, served on golden waffles with maple syrup.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-12835 · Hand-built original
Saltine crackers baked under a bubbling butter and brown sugar toffee, covered with melted semi-sweet chocolate and a crunch of chopped pecans, then hardened and broken into pieces.
Main ingredient: crackers
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-12836 · Hand-built original
A coconut cream pie with a toasted coconut graham crust, a layer of coconut caramel, a coconut milk custard filling, and whipped cream topped with toasted coconut flakes.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-12703 · Hand-built original
A beef and two-bean chili that starts with crisped bacon, onion and bell pepper, simmers with fire-roasted tomatoes, beef broth and a bay leaf, and is garnished at the bowl.
Main ingredient: ground beef
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-6160 · Hand-built original
Green beans and browned crimini mushrooms in a garlic Parmesan cream sauce, baked until bubbling and topped with crispy fried onions.
Main ingredient: beans
HB-12704 · Hand-built original
Chopped kale massaged by hand with olive oil and salt until soft, then tossed with raw minced garlic, lemon juice, grated Parmesan and toasted breadcrumbs until the leaves are thoroughly coated.
Main ingredient: kale
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, soup
HB-6162 · Hand-built original
Enriched yeasted morning buns made from a chilled honey and egg dough, filled with a cinnamon, cardamom, brown sugar, and honey butter, baked and sprinkled with sugar.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-12705 · Hand-built original
Gooey crispy rice squares made with browned butter and a double measure of mini marshmallows, with reserved marshmallows stirred in at the end for pockets of softness.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-12837 · Hand-built original
Turkey wing portions rubbed with all-purpose, poultry and Cajun seasonings, smoked paprika and celery salt, baked with sliced peppers and onions under pats of butter until tender.
Main ingredient: turkey
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-9193 · Hand-built original
Soft, chewy bagels leavened with bubbly active sourdough starter and a little granulated sugar, with no commercial yeast. The shaped rings are briefly simmered in a honey water bath, dipped in seeds or everything seasoning while wet, and baked until set.
Main ingredient: bread flour
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-12838 · Hand-built original
A boxed yellow cake mix enriched with flour, sour cream and vanilla for a moister, scratch-style crumb.
Main ingredient: cake mix
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-5032 · Hand-built original
Rice bowls topped with caramelized bulgogi, buttered mushrooms, sesame carrots, spinach, quick-pickled cucumber and bean sprouts, with gochujang sauce and a fried egg.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-9654 · Hand-built original
Double-decker beef burgers with a relish and ketchup spread, iceberg lettuce, onion, pickles and American cheese on toasted three-part buns.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-9655 · Hand-built original
Double thin-smashed beef patties layered with cheese, pickles, onion, shredded lettuce, and a tangy special sauce on a three-part sesame seed bun.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-12843 · Hand-built original
Mason jar salads of browned ground beef, iceberg lettuce, tomato, pickles, onion and cheddar over a Greek yogurt, relish and ketchup dressing layered at the bottom.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-11258 · Hand-built original
A mayonnaise-based burger sauce with sweet relish, paprika, turmeric, mustard, garlic and onion powder, sharpened with vinegar.
Main ingredient: distilled white vinegar
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-10232 · Hand-built original
Mini flour tortillas smashed with ground beef, crisped meat-side down, topped with American cheese, lettuce, onion, pickles and burger sauce.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-9656 · Hand-built original
Gluten-free sugar cookies made with applesauce and melted vegan butter, folded with natural sprinkles, chilled and baked until just set.
Main ingredient: apple
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-11259 · Hand-built original
Marshmallow cereal treats mixed with confetti cake mix and sprinkles, dipped in white chocolate and drizzled over the top.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-9657 · Hand-built original
A no-bake layered dessert of blended cottage cheese, cookie butter and protein powder with Biscoff cookies and sliced bananas, chilled until set.
Main ingredient: banana
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans, coffee
HB-9658 · Hand-built original
Crumbly oat bars sandwiching a thick, gooey layer of spiced cookie spread and melted milk chocolate.
Main ingredient: butter
Pairs well with: coleslaw, cornbread, potato salad, baked beans
HB-17383 · Hand-built original
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