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Imagine: a bite that’s perfectly chocolaty, crunchy on the top and moist on the inside. Yes, these chocolate banana muffins are calling you! They’re the perfect texture, not too rich and just sweet enough. This recipe happened by chance when I was searching for a banana bread recipe using two bananas. We turned our Chocolate Banana Bread into muffins and topped it with crunchy turbinado sugar. Now, these muffins have become one of our favorite banana recipes…ever. Made with just 2 bananas! Ever had only 2 solitary bananas with peels blackening on your counter? The other day, I had this...

Air fryer chicken wings are extra crispy on the outside and juicy delicious on the inside! A delicious alternative to deep-fried wings with heaps of flavor and crunch, these are the perfect snack for any occasion! Enjoy crisp with salt and pepper or toss in your favorite sauces! A Note About Air Fryers An air fryer is like a convection oven that circulates air in such a way that food not only cooks really fast, it can become extremely crisp and delicious! There are different types of Air Fryers, the following are ones I’ve used: MY TOP PICK FOR AIR...

Your Next Quarantine Baking Project You don’t have to visit the corner bakery for a good loaf of sourdough. It’s easier to make at home than you’d expect, especially when you use this Test Kitchen trick for simpler sourdough. The secret? Having the sourdough rise two different ways.Traditional sourdough bread uses only sourdough starter culture, a natural yeast. It yields a rich flavour. But natural leavening is much fussier than commercial yeast. It takes more time. The temperature has to be just right, and so does your starter culture. Any glitches along the way and sourdough can turn out more...

This week, I experimented with making super easy Chinese barbecued ribs. The idea came from grocery shopping and realizing that people had bought up a lot of chicken and ground beef. Pork wasn’t as popular. I’m prone to ‘pity purchasing’ and ended up buying a nearly four-pound slab of baby back ribs at Costco. Looking for a simple and fun recipe that used pantry ingredients lingering in my fridge, I decided to apply a Joyce Chen Cookbook recipe to the ribs. Filled with unfussy information, the book was written in 1962, and I’ve made a great fried rice recipe from...

But nailing that chicken to make sure it is super tender, juicy, and still flavoursome seems to be the hard part. No one likes dry chicken.  Not to worry, I’ve got a super easy recipe for you: a dry brined juicy roast chicken.  By brining the chicken, wet or dry, you’re allowing the structure in the chicken protein to break down so that the meat retains its juices and tenderness. It also means a super crispy skin. Tender meat + crispy skin = win win.  So what does this magical brine include? I’ve gone for smokey paprika, salt, pepper, brown...