Ranch table recipes

This classic Southern-style bread is sweet and full of flavor. The batter has bananas, carrots, and crushed pineapple, and there’s a crunchy layer of walnuts and brown sugar running through the middle of each piece. I make this entire cake in one big bowl: All you have to do is make a well in the dry ingredients, mix t

This very simple, four-ingredient vanilla ice cream recipe is smooth, creamy, and delicious. It will wow all your guests and goes well with just about everything! It’s easy to prepare the base ahead of time, and then just put it in your churner before serving. TIP: Be sure to follow the manufacturer’s instructions spec

I love slow cooking meat because there is so little work to do. Just put the cut in with all the spices and vegetables and let heat and time work their magic. This carnitas recipe is the perfect cozy meal to have at home with your family, and it's also wonderful to make ahead of time to feed a crowd. Making your own to

The Ranch Table

I often make these hearty, flavorful sandwiches when friends and family come to help out on the ranch. I can prepare most of this meal ahead of time—the meat and coleslaw can be made the day before I need to serve them—and the sandwiches are big and meaty enough to fill everyone up on a day full of hard work. (They’re

This is a recipe my mom created and has made for our family since I was young. It is a one pot recipe that makes a simple yet hearty meal. The combination of saffron, rice, meat, and vegetables creates a colorful, beautiful, and flavorful dish. It is a wonderful meal to prepare when you have friends and family over bec

This cake is one of my favorite treats to bake in the spring, when fresh lemons pop up in farmers markets and backyards all across Southern California. I sweeten it with honey from the beehives that apiarist Billy Williams keeps all around the ranch, which makes the cake sweet and fragrant and gives it a hearty, dense

Growing up, I did not like meatloaf at all. Looking back, I realize my dislike stemmed from the dominant flavor of ketchup in most meatloaf recipes. Years later, I revisited the idea of meatloaf, and now it is one of my favorite comfort foods. I swapped out the ketchup for real onions, garlic, tomatoes and fresh herbs

The Ranch Table

Elizabeth Poett shares two of her favorite recipes from her cookbook, The Ranch Table. For some delicious proof that a cookbook can be so much more than a litany of instructions with an index, look no further than Elizabeth Poett’s The Ranch Table (2023, HarperCollins). Treasured Rancho San Julian recipes that will be right at home in your own kitchen, Poett’s collection of favorite dishes shared during “a year of harvests, celebrations, and family dinners on a historic California ranch”…