Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

A nostalgic one-pot pasta, an easy brunch dish that travels well, and what do you do with leftover tomato paste? Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

Jun 5, 2025 · 16 min · Season 3 · Episode 184 · 15.7 MB
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Looking for easy dinner ideas that you can cook up in minutes, all in one pot?

In this bite-sized episode, we share delicious moments about the best things we ate this week to inspire each other – and you!

By the end of this episode, you’ll want to get out your pasta pot and make scratch-made SpaghettiOs that are shockingly delicious, and only use a handful of ingredients. You'll also hear about a throw-back brunch option that travels well and can be made with a store-bought save.

Plus: wondering what to do with leftover tomato paste? We're answering questions from our kitchen hotline, and you'll also hear a great tip from a listener!

Tune in for a quick hit of home cooking inspiration!

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Links:

Maurice in Portland for their incredible quiche

A spinach, tomato and feta quiche from Food.com, and a mushroom and gruyere quiche by Elise Bauer from Simply Recipes 

One pot homemade “Spaghetti O's” by Ree Drummond from Food Network

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