Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy · Episode 245 · January 8, 2026 · 12 min

A Big Pot of Chili and a Kale Salad Worth Making! Our Best Home Cooking Bites of the Week

Looking for a chili recipe that you can rely on to feed any kind of eater at your table? 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 cook up a pot of deeply flavorful vegetarian or turkey chili that’s freezer-friendly and even entertaining-worthy, and you’ll also want to try a fresh take on kale salad with a punchy pickled-raisin vinaigrette that gets better as it sits. Tune in for a quick dose of home cooking inspiration! *** Links: Sonya’s Vegetarian and Turkey Chili from our Substack Kale Salad with Pickled Raisin Vinaigrette by Sheela Prakash for NYT Cooking (unlocked) *** 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 [email protected]!