Simple Recipes to Make Every Meal a First Step Success

Discover easy, family-friendly recipes made with simple ingredients. First Step Recipes helps you cook confidently with approachable meals perfect for every day.

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The Best Dorayaki Recipe: A Japanese Dessert Made Simple

Hey there, fellow Japanese desserts lovers! As a passionate cook and lifelong fan of Japanese treats, I’m thrilled to share my journey with you and introduce you to my favorite Dorayaki Recipe. This isn’t just any recipe…

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Dinner ideas Lunch & Dinner Ideas

Lunch or dinner, I keep it simple. Sometimes it’s just a salad thrown together or yesterday’s sandwich warmed up. Other days I’ll slow down with soup on the stove or a plate of pasta for everyone to share. Easy or filling, meals like these remind me cooking doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to taste good.

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Emma Cooke, Founder of First Step Recipes

About the Founder

Emma Cooke

Hi, I’m Emma. Cooking never felt natural at first, but I kept at it. Somewhere along the way, I combined my background in nutritional sciences with what I’d learned by burning (and sometimes saving) meals, and that turned into First Step Recipes.

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Dessert recipes Best Dessert Recipes

Explore the best dessert recipes from around the world classic cakes, creamy pies, chewy cookies, no-bake treats, and authentic Japanese desserts. Easy, delicious, and perfect for any occasion.

Rhubarb Pie
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Rhubarb Pie

sakura mochi
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sakura-mochi

Pink Salt Trick Recipe: How to Make It the Right Way

This pink salt trick recipe blends Himalayan salt, lemon juice, and warm water to create a refreshing, mineral-rich drink that may support hydration and digestion…all for under $1.

Discover easy, family-friendly recipes made with simple ingredients. First Step Recipes helps you cook confidently with approachable meals perfect for every day.