Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy · Episode 148 · January 30, 2025 · 12 min

A savory shallot pasta dish and an unexpected way to make sweet potatoes! Our best home cooking bites of the week

Are you stuck in a dinner rut, relying on that familiar jar of pasta sauce for a quick weeknight meal?  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 caramelized shallot pasta to your weekly dinner rotation (and it makes enough sauce for 2 meals!). You’ll also learn one of our favorite techniques for cooking sweet potatoes so they’re fluffy and tender — and topped with a flavorful sauce that takes just minutes to make! Tune in now for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! *** Links: Alison Roman’s carmelized shallot pasta recipe and video Carla Lalli Music’s steamed sweet potatoes with tahini butter *** 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 . Order Sonya's cookbook Braids for more Food Friends recipes! We love hearing from you — follow us on Instagram @ foodfriendspod , or drop us a line at [email protected]!