Cook With Us
Good food starts with good ingredients — and the courage to step into the kitchen with an open heart. Cook With Us is where we share seasonal recipes, kitchen stories, and the techniques that help us create meaningful meals at home.
Whether you’re cooking for a crowd or making something simple on a weeknight, we hope these posts and videos inspire you to slow down, cook with intention, and fall in love with the seasons.
Resources for Learning Seasonal Cooking Techniques
These posts and videos help home cooks understand ingredients, build skills, and learn how to cook seasonally.
Seasonal Recipes & Kitchen Stories
Spiced Oatmeal Crumb Cake
There’s always a point toward the end of summer when my mind starts wandering toward fall. I’m not necessarily ready for full-on pumpkin and apple season, but suddenly I want oats, warm spices, brown sugar, and the kind of cake that practically demands a cup of coffee alongside it.
This oatmeal spice crumb cake hits exactly that note.
The oats add a chewy texture that makes this cake almost like a softer oatmeal cookie but with some irresistible crunch from the crumble. The warming spices make it hard to resist going back for another slice. Try it warm with a scoop of ice cream and a little drizzle of caramel for a super indulgent treat or enjoy a slice with your morning cup of coffee.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Barley Cookies
If you’ve never baked with barley flakes before, this is a great place to start. They look a little like rolled oats, but barley has its own distinctly nutty, malty flavor that becomes even more pronounced when toasted.
That flavor happens to be particularly good with chocolate and peanut butter. A little cinnamon adds warmth without turning these into a spice cookie, while brown sugar keeps the centers chewy and gives the edges plenty of caramelized flavor.
The extra step of toasting the barley flakes is worth it. It only takes a few minutes, and it transforms an ingredient that could disappear into the background into something you can actually taste in the finished cookie.
Cook With Us — Live & In the Kitchen
We host relaxed, seasonal cook-alongs on YouTube so you can cook right beside us — asking questions, learning techniques, and having some fun in the kitchen along the way.
We’ve taken a little break on creating new videos but feel free to explore past episodes below anytime the cooking mood strikes. We link our shopping lists in the show notes so you can shop for the video in advance.
