Talia Hazelton

First made in the Cantabria region of Spain, it has become one of the most famous foods of this area. This cheesecake is heavy and slightly lemony, thanks to the fresh lemon zest used in the recipe. The oils from the zest permeate the rest of the ingredients quite nicely and compliment the deep flavors of the cheese extremely well.

Use any fresh, red hot chile pepper for this recipe! We used cherry bomb peppers, which are just about as spicy as jalapeños.

If perhaps the title of this recipe confused you, we are here to let you know that no, the pasta is not grilled. Just the vegetables. The great thing about this recipe is that you can incorporate any of your favorite vegetables into it, though we used things like mushrooms and eggplant, zucchini, and yellow squash. When grilling your vegetables, if you want to rub just a little olive oil on them to prep them. They may stick to the grill otherwise!

This is a fun, creative recipe that really ignites the artistic flames in the brain. Get creative with how you shape your cookie shell. It’s easiest to do it while the cookies are still soft and warm, and it may take you a little practice. Be patient, you’ll get there! There are molds for this sort of shaping, but Jeff was innovative and used sugar horns wrapped in foil to shape the cookies into horns. For the cream, Jeff used Neufchatel cheese but you can use regular cream cheese in this recip

Fluffy like a pound cake yet a fully formed cheesecake, this is like a New York cheesecake in flavor but healthier. It’s less fattening, but it’s just as delicious. We used Neufchatel cheese since it has less fat than regular cream cheese, but if you want to use cream cheese it will do the same thing.

Overnight oats are nothing new, but for anyone who has never tried them before, you will find that they are so delicious that it is impossible to imagine how you could have survived before them. If you want a healthy meal with very little effort, this is the recipe for you. In fact, combining the ingredients for these overnight oats will eat up less than a half hour of your time and then will do all the work on their own.

The tricky little legumes take the place of flour for this recipe and leave you with a decadent dessert full of chocolate flavor.

Do not be fooled by their small size, these potatoes pack a hugely flavorful punch. We know it’s easy to grab some spicy potatoes from your favorite taco chain on your way home, but the labor of love you’ll put into these will make them taste that much better than you were anticipating. Another perk of these potatoes is that they are a great pick food, so they can be served on tiny plates as a deliciously spicy appetizer before dinner. This type of pick food is called “tapas” in Spanish, and Me

Mark Twain once said “cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education,” which is a funny way of saying that it is the fancier cultivated version of uncultivated wild cabbage. Cauliflower may just be fancy cabbage, but it is definitely not chicken.

With just a handful of everyday ingredients and a single pan, you too can enjoy the deliciousness that is a tortilla Espanola. Inspired by Spanish food, this meal is perfect for casual brunch dates with friends or family. It is a versatile dish that can also be sliced up and served as a delicious appetizer or tapas, as Spanish speakers would call it, before a fancy dinner.