Quick and Easy Sources and Inspirations

Live links from the SOURCES AND INSPIRATIONS section of Quick and Easy: Comfort From the Kitchen, listed by book sections as they are in the paperback cookbook.


How to Use This Cookbook

Wendy’s Food Blog
https://wendysfoodblog.com/my-cookbooks
(You are here now, but I wanted to be consistent with the list in the book!)

What’s This All About?

USDA Food and Nutrition Service Farmer/Producer page
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/farmer-producer

Appetizers

The Pioneer Woman
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a83200/how-to-make-french-onion-dip/

Brooklyn Supper
https://brooklynsupper.com/roasted-zucchini-dip/

Kitchen at Hoskins
https://www.kitchenathoskins.com/air-fryer-zucchini-parmesan/

The Kitchen is My Playground
https://www.thekitchenismyplayground.com/2021/01/crab-roll-ups.html/

Breads and the Like

Budget Bytes
https://www.budgetbytes.com/

The Self-Healing Cookbook: A Macrobiotic Primer for Healing Body, Mind & Moods with Whole, Natural Foods
Turner, Kristina. Grass Valley, CA, EARTHTONES PRESS, 1987, page 172 for the cornbread recipe.

Bigger Bolder Baking Tortilla Rolling Video
https://youtu.be/ryHlMzY8Rhc
(The “rest and how to roll” part starts at around 4:55 into the video)

Bigger Bolder Baking
https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/whole-wheat-tortillas/

Wendys Food Blog
https://wendysfoodblog.com/awesome-mostly-whole-wheat-tortillas/

Southern Fatty
https://www.southernfatty.com/5-minute-flour-tortillas/

The Feathered Nester
https://thefeatherednester.com/quick-and-easy-hamburger-buns/

Holy Cow Vegan
https://holycowvegan.net/whole-wheat-burger-buns/#recipe/

Love and Olive Oil
https://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2019/03/sourdough-crackers-with-olive-oil-herbs.html/

Dressings and Sauces

Gimme Some Oven
https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/salad-dressing/

Italian Food Forever
https://www.italianfoodforever.com/2008/05/5-minute-tomato-sauce/

Fork Knife Swoon
https://www.forkknifeswoon.com/quick-roasted-cherry-tomato-sauce/

The Self-Healing Cookbook: A Macrobiotic Primer for Healing Body, Mind & Moods with Whole, Natural Foods
Turner, Kristina. Grass Valley, CA, EARTHTONES PRESS, 1987, page 166 for the marinara sauce.

Serious Eats
https://www.seriouseats.com/bechamel-white-sauce-recipe/

Eight Parsley Sauces
https://www.foodcoop.coop/blog/2019/6/4/eight-parsley-sauces-for-summer/
(Scroll halfway down the page to the download link.)

A Blue Dot Kitchen
https://www.abluedotkitchen.com/

Homemade Soups, Some Condensed

Real Life Dinner
https://reallifedinner.com/make-condensed-tomato-soup-substitute/

Culinary Hill
https://www.culinaryhill.com/homemade-cream-of-mushroom-soup/

Craving Tasty
https://cravingtasty.com/swedish-meatballs-with-cream-of-mushroom-soup/#recipe/

Inspired Taste
https://www.inspiredtaste.net/27956/easy-tomato-soup-recipe/

Allrecipes
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/32089/awesome-grilled-cheese-sandwiches/

Taste of Home
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/mushroom-onion-soup/

America’s Test Kitchen
https://www.americastestkitchen.com/cooksillustrated/how_tos/5871-color-taste-off-white-vs-brown-mushrooms/

Allrecipes
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/13313/best-cream-of-broccoli-soup/

Veggie Sides

Longbourn Farm
https://longbournfarm.com/how-to-cook-frozen-green-beans/

New York Times Cooking
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012867-caramelized-corn-with-fresh-mint/
(Apologies if this is behind a paywall.)

Christmasphere
https://christmasphere.com/cabbage-sage-and-onion/

Bowl of Delicious
https://www.bowlofdelicious.com/mexican-roasted-zucchini/

Hearty Fare

Food Network
https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/best-cheeses-to-use-for-mac-cheese/

Budget Bytes
https://www.budgetbytes.com/miracle-mac-n-cheese/

Cougar Cheese from Washington State University
https://creamery.wsu.edu/cougar-cheese/

Wendys Food Blog
http://wendysfoodblog.com/chicken-pot-pie-for-four-or-forty-seasoned-to-taste/
https://wendysfoodblog.com/chicken-stock-under-pressure-the-best/
https://wendysfoodblog.com/frozen-steak-just-grill-or-pan-saute-it-really-no-need-to-defrost/

A Couple of Cooks
https://www.acouplecooks.com/baked-tofu/

Desserts

Kirbie’s Cravings
https://kirbiecravings.com/3-ingredient-apple-bread-rolls/

How to Cook Freely with Creativity & Instinct (Chef Todd)
https://webcookingclasses.com/

Colavita Recipes
https://colavitarecipes.com/recipe/apple-crisps-with-olive-oil-crumble/

Louisiana State University Masters Thesis by Keely Virginia O’Brien exploring the survival of probiotics in kefir, published in 2012
https://repository.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4318&context=gradschool_theses/

This and That

King Arthur Baking
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2023/10/13/measure-flour/

Food Blogger Pro
https://www.foodbloggerpro.com/blog/measuring-ingredients-by-weight/

The Spruce Eats
https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-press-tofu-3376642