How to Cook Fresh Shelling Beans, and a Retro Fish Dish That’s Perfect for a Quick Weeknight Meal! Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Weekt

Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

What’s the secret to cooking fish so that it doesn’t stick to the pan? 

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 discover an easy way to turn seasonal shelling beans into a brothy, rustic meal, and you’ll find out why grilled fish with tropical fruit salsa might be the next thing you’ll cook up for dinner. 

Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! 

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Links:

Sonya’s style of cooking cranberry beans, and a similar recipe from Taste Space (just use fresh tomato and basil instead of tomato paste, and add stock to simmer the beans in)

A recipe for grilled swordfish with mango-pineapple salsa from Kevin is Cooking blog

The secret to perfectly grilled fish: mayonnaise! from The Kitchn

Kari tried this dish at Bluewater Grill Avalon on Catalina Island 

Nicole Rucker’s amazing banana bread recipe can be found in her book Fat & Flour

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Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084

For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here. You can also now find us on YouTube. 

We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at foodfriendspod@gmail.com!

Book a farmers’ market tour with Sonya in Portland, OR!

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What’s the secret to cooking fish so that it doesn’t stick to the pan? 

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 discover an easy way to turn seasonal shelling beans into a brothy, rustic meal, and you’ll find out why grilled fish with tropical fruit salsa might be the next thing you’ll cook up for dinner. 

Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! 

*** 

Links:

Sonya’s style of cooking cranberry beans, and a similar recipe from Taste Space (just use fresh tomato and basil instead of tomato paste, and add stock to simmer the beans in)

A recipe for grilled swordfish with mango-pineapple salsa from Kevin is Cooking blog

The secret to perfectly grilled fish: mayonnaise! from The Kitchn

Kari tried this dish at Bluewater Grill Avalon on Catalina Island 

Nicole Rucker’s amazing banana bread recipe can be found in her book Fat & Flour

***

Got a cooking question? Leave us a message on our hotline at: 323-452-9084

For more recipes and cooking inspiration, sign up for our Substack here. You can also now find us on YouTube. 

We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @foodfriendspod, or drop us a line at foodfriendspod@gmail.com!

Book a farmers’ market tour with Sonya in Portland, OR!

2025-09-04 15 min
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