Times, they are a changin’. If you are a regular follower of Simply Recipes, you may have noticed that we’ve been posting a bit more than usual. I thought I would take this opportunity to let you know what is happening behind the scenes here, and to give you a little more back-story about the site. From lemons to lemonade First the back story. Around 9 years ago I got sick....
In fact, most aspiring bakers begin their journey with a hand mixer because they don’t require as large of an investment or much real estate in your kitchen. Hand Mixer vs. Stand Mixer Hand mixers are perfect for the occasional baker. If you get really into baking, kneading pillowy brioche or making airy pavlovas on the regular, you may be keen to invest in a stand mixer. Stand mixers are more powerful and are hands-free, enabling you to multi-task....
But let’s imagine a hypothetical situation wherein you have misjudged your guests’ enthusiasm for whipped cream-topped pie following a big holiday meal, and now you find yourself faced with a fairly large amount leftover. Do you throw it away? Do you save it, knowing that it will likely lose its billowy magic over the next few days? Let me offer a third option: Freeze your leftover whipped cream for later....
In the mornings, my bleary-eyed children wander from their bedrooms across our creaky hardwood floors. They wobble into the kitchen where I’m either standing at the stove or basking in the glowing light of our refrigerator. One will reach out and slowly click off the light switches, one at a time, to allow their eyes to adjust to the morning. I hug them and offer them a glass of milk....
9985 Baked Ziti - classic Italian American comfort food of pasta baked with sausage, tomato sauce and all kinds of gooey, yummy cheeses. So EASY and so good! Related Video
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Shrimp and Grits Shrimp and Grits is a classic Southern comfort food meal that our whole family loves. It is traditionally a breakfast meal, but a lot of people enjoy it for lunch or dinner. It start out with cheesy, creamy homemade grits. Then, you add a savory, spicy tomato sauce. Finally, you top the dish off with buttery, tender shrimp, Andouille sausage, and corn. Start with Quality Ingredients If there is anything I have learned from all my adventures in the kitchen, it is that an amazing meal starts with amazing ingredients....
The soup is so hearty and flavorful, and the beef gets so tender over the long hours of cooking. Let it cook all day and it just gets better. How to Make Taco Soup Note that you’ll need a few minutes to brown the beef before putting this soup into the slow cooker. Even briefly browning the beef gives it a better texture and flavor in the finished soup, and it also helps render out some of the fat before it goes into the slow cooker....
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Why should chocolate have all the fun? Here are some Austrian Linzer cookies with a red preserve filling that seem perfectly suited for the occasion. Enjoy. :-) Links: Hazelnut Raspberry Linzer Cookies from Serious Eats Rhubarb Linzer Cookies from Molly Yeh Linzer Cookies with an explanation of their Austrian origins from Joy of Baking Related Video
Can I just start by saying that these peppermint bark brownies are absolutely amazing?! These brownies are soft and chewy in every bite with the most flavorful peppermint taste. You can compare these delicious morsels to the Ghirardelli peppermint bark you can purchase. These are simple to make and are gone within minutes of serving! There is something about the combination of chocolate and peppermint this time of year. It just tastes like Christmas....
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Beef oxtails make a wonderful stock and sometimes you can get them (try Costco) at a reasonable price. If you’ve never cooked oxtails before, they do indeed come from the tail of a steer, and they make the most divinely flavorful stew. Their bones are also filled with marrow, perfect for making bouillon. It makes a delicious soup all on its own. You can also use it as a base for French onion soup or other beef-based soups....
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In my kitchen, there are a handful of Asian ingredients that I’m never out of. There’s the usual like soy sauce, oyster sauce and ginger, of course. But, there’s the other category of foods that are so versatile, they can be used in any style of cooking, whether Asian, Italian or Greek. What is Panko? And at the top of that list is panko bread crumbs. Panko is a Japanese breadcrumb that really shouldn’t be named “crumb” but rather bread “flakes....
Chicken Cacciatore I love saying “Chicken Cacciatore”… it sounds so fancy! Cacciatore actually means “hunter” in Italian. In cuisine, alla cacciatora refers to a meal prepared “hunter-style” with tomatoes, onions, herbs, often bell pepper, and sometimes wine (thank you Wikipedia). So basically, it’s an Italian dish with nothing really all that fancy at all– but it still tastes incredible! Simple Chicken Cacciatore Sauce This is a super simple version of Chicken Cacciatore where you just use your favorite canned spaghetti sauce or marinara and add some peppers and onions....
Maybe you didn’t grow up grilling processed cheese on squishy sandwich bread. Or maybe you know plenty well how to make grilled cheese, but you want to up your game. Great news—this grilled cheese party is open (and useful) to all experience levels! For Memorable Grilled Cheese, Good Cheese Matters The first big tip? I don’t recommend Velveeta. Those sandwiches of my childhood stood out in my memory as the ne plus ultra of grilled cheeses, until I replicated one as an adult and found it impossibly insipid....
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And then there is orange. I can’t remember a Thanksgiving without a vibrant dish of garnet yams (a.k.a. sweet potatoes). Usually we just mash them up with some brown sugar and spices. But a few years ago, we tried out this recipe from Bon Appetit and loved it! We’ve since adjusted the recipe a bit, removing the flour from the topping and replacing it with ground pecans for our gluten-intolerant family members....
