The Salty Cook

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  • Five Spice Beef Noodle Soup

    This is a Pho-inspired soup that can be put together in about a half hour. It’s flavorful and bright yet lightweight, so makes for a fantastic lunch or dinner any time of the year. Ingredients Process

  • Hamburger Quesadillas

    Hamburgers are a classic American dinner meal, especially in the summer months as we move firmly into Grilling Season. This twist on the classic hamburger is easy to execute and fun to make, however, it’s best made on a flat top vs. a grated grill. It goes great with a side of burger sauce for…

  • Orange-and-White-Chocolate Cookies

    Ingredients Process

  • Garlic-Ginger Salad Dressing

    Ingredients Optional: Process

  • Homemade Dill Dressing

    This homemade dressing is great on salad, but also works well to marinate chicken thighs or drummies. Featuring a creamy texture, bright and vibrant citrus, and the savory notes of dill and chives, this dressing is a humdinger. Best of all, it takes just minutes to prepare; you’ll spend more time gathering the ingredients than…

  • Tonight’s Dinner: Zuppa Toscana

    Tonight for dinner, we made Zuppa Toscana, a soup featuring spicy Italian sausage, bacon, yellow potatoes, and kale. This soup is hot, spicy, and savory, and is perfect for cool winter nights. To begin, assemble your ingredients. Measure out the broth, chop your veggies, cut up your meat, gather your seasonings. If you want to…

  • The Menu: Week of February 8, 2026

    This week’s menu features an entree soup, entree salad, and meatless pasta dish. Tonight – Super Bowl Sunday – we’ll be out at a social event so there’s no need to cook a structured meal. Monday will feature our soup of the week, our version of Zuppa Toscana. Tuesday is an entree Chef Salad with…

  • Weekend Bake: Cheesecake

    Weekend Bake: Cheesecake

    Follow along as I make a cheesecake from scratch.

  • Homemade Tomato Sauce

    There’s something special about homemade tomato sauce. Building a sauce from scratch is a lot of fun. Metaphysically, taking a pile of vegetables and turning it into a delicious sauce is a wonderful act of transformation. More concretely, you can convert about $15 of fresh vegetables into food that will actually get eaten instead of…

  • Pasta e Fagioli

    Pasta e Fagioli is a delicious soup. Rich, earthy, nutritious, and quite satisfying, this is a favorite soup of ours here at Salty Cook central. You can put this soup together several hours before you plan to eat and let it simmer a while to really get those flavors melded together. Ingredients Process I hope…