Spare Spoons Kitchen
Spare Spoons Kitchen · A room in the house
The Pantry
Staples and building blocks made from what's already on the shelf — the small, foundational recipes the rest of the kitchen leans on.
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Cashew "Cheese" Sauce
Silky vegan cheese sauce from soaked cashews + nutritional yeast. Pour over pasta, nachos, veg.
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Compound Butter (Steakhouse Butter)
Garlic-herb butter you slice onto a hot steak — an instant sauce, made ahead.
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Graham Cracker Crust
Press-in graham crust — 5 minutes, no rolling. Bake for 8 min or use unbaked for no-bake pies.
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Gremolata
Lemon zest, garlic, and parsley — the two-minute bright finish for anything rich.
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Instant Pot Rice & Grains
Perfect white rice, brown rice, and quinoa in the Instant Pot — the ratios to memorize.
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Lemon Vinaigrette
Lemon, olive oil, and Dijon shaken in a jar — five minutes, and it ruins bottled for you.
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★Pesto alla Genovese
The real basil pesto — basil, two cheeses, pine nuts, good oil. Keep it cold to stay bright green.
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Pico de Gallo
Fresh tomato-and-lime pico de gallo — and your fresh salsa, too. Vegan, gluten-free, no-cook.
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Pimento Cheese
Sharp cheddar, cream cheese, Duke's mayo, and pimentos. Classic Southern spread. Vegetarian, gluten-free.
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Rice Pilaf
Savory pantry pilaf — rice in seasoned broth with dried veg and pine nuts. Hands-off, vegan, GF.
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Salt-Free Creole Seasoning
Tony's Original minus the salt — four spices, five minutes, and you control the seasoning.
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Simple Syrup
1:1 sugar and water, heated until clear. The sweetener that actually dissolves in cold drinks. Vegan, gluten-free.
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Yellow Rice
Sunny turmeric rice side — dried onion, garlic, a pinch of turmeric. Hands-off, vegan, GF.
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Basic Black Beans
Tender black beans from dry, no soaking — the building block for tacos, bowls, and soups. Vegan, GF.
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Madeira Pan Sauce
A glossy amber Madeira pan sauce — reduced with shallot and stock, butter-finished. Classic with ham steak or beef tenderloin.
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Pantry Porcini Risotto
The porcini risotto stripped to shelf-stable staples — dried porcini, bouillon, rice, hands-off in the Instant Pot.
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Refried Black Beans
Creamy refried black beans from dry — pressure-cooked soft, blended smooth in the pot. Vegan, GF.
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Vegetable Broth
Everyday aromatics into a clean broth — raw or roasted, stovetop or Instant Pot. Made to freeze.
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Chicken Broth
A carcass into golden broth — raw or roasted bones, stovetop or Instant Pot. Made to freeze.
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Mexican Rice & Black Beans
Hearty rice-and-beans side — rice in spiced tomato broth, folded with black beans. Vegan, GF.
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Orange Pan Sauce for Pork
A bright, glossy orange pan sauce for pork — fresh OJ and zest, reduced and butter-finished.
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Southern Skillet Cornbread
Crackly-crusted buttermilk skillet cornbread — savory, not sweet.
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Chicken Brine
A ~5% wet brine for juicy, well-seasoned chicken — weigh the salt, pick your aromatics.
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No-Knead Everyday Bread
Crusty no-knead boule — 2-hour rise, then the dough keeps in the fridge and you bake when you like.
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Buttermilk Sandwich Bread
Soft no-knead sandwich loaf — buttermilk-tender, and the dough keeps in the fridge for a week.
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Overnight Focaccia
High-hydration no-knead focaccia — crisp oily bottom, airy crumb, an easy overnight rise.
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