17 Essential Kitchen Ingredients and Apple Ginger Chicory Salad

Chicory Salad with ginger & apples recipe - cookin5m2-2

In the previous post, I’ve covered the basic kitchen equipment needed to start making magic in the kitchen. After setting a kitchen up, you need to have some basic spices, condiments, and ingredients that are necessary for making some simple recipes.

I have included at the end of the post a simple salad recipe that is so fresh and full of flavor, you won’t stop eating until you’ve finished the whole bowl!
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Plum and Apple Salted Caramel Pie & a Digital Giveaway

Come on-a my house, My house

I’m going to give you candy

Come on-a my house, My house

I’m going to give you apple and plum….

It’s the end of the season. A good covered pie is still on my mind. I brought granny Smith apples and some red plums to bake. As always, I get busy with something else, or put the project on hold until I have more time and a better mindset. My little sister doesn’t share this notion. She swept the whole bag of apples. All but one, as I discovered later.

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Halloween Candy Apples (without corn syrup)

Halloween Candy Caramel Apples Recipe - Cookin5m2-7 Some time ago, I went apple picking and came back with around 25kg that I bought. One part went for direct consumption, another went for apple pies and another part went for testing a recipe for Halloween (even though we don’t celebrate it in Lebanon but it got imported and I root for our traditional dress-up feast) but sweets are out of this argument. Right?
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