We found a “three-flavor” rice recipe in a recent Parade magazine - long grain white rice accented with carrots, lemon, and mint. Excellent served with roast chicken. I can’t quite figure out why Parade called it “three-flavor”; there are many discernable flavors here - garlic, lemon, carrot, onion and mint. An easy way to dress up rice! Related Video
This cauliflower soup couldn’t be easier! Just chop up a head of cauliflower (see how here), blanch the florets for a few minutes, and then purée them with some of the blanching liquid, salt, and butter. Serve with olive oil and chopped chives. Of course when you are working with so few ingredients, you have to make sure that each ingredient is as good as it can be. There’s no place to hide if something is off....
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Mine is strawberry rhubarb, without a question. When it’s the season (usually mid- to late-spring), and both strawberries and rhubarb are available in the market, it’s the one pie that we must make. Video: How To Make Strawberry Rhubarb Pie What Is Rhubarb? Do you cook with rhubarb? It looks like pinkish red celery, or the stems of really fat Swiss chard. In the store, you’ll only find the stems, as the green leaves are poisonous....
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars to the rescue! Instead of having to scoop and bake individual cookies, these cookie bars require minimal effort. No scooping required. Just press into the pan and bake! You don’t even have to use a mixer if you don’t want to. These chewy, buttery, chocolatey cookie bars are now our preferred take-along, crowd-serving treat because they check all of our cookie boxes. Plus, they’re so freezer-friendly, I can always have the dough on hand when the need for a bar cookie arises....
These Egg Roll Bowls are my new go-to for quick lunches, weeknight dinners, and meal prep. It is like a deconstructed egg roll over rice. The pork, vegetables, and sauce cook together in a pan while the rice cooks and it all reheats great in the microwave the next day! You can enjoy a filling dish of pork, veggies, and a delicious sauce over rice anytime. Ingredients in an Egg Roll Bowl Ground Pork – Ground pork is usually made from pork shoulder....
The good news is that I had one of those food epiphanies - soup stock comes from bones? I hadn’t connected the dots before. (So why was mom simmering that turkey carcass? Never bothered to ask.) The bad news is that I hadn’t the faintest idea what I was doing; I dutifully went to my local butcher, begged some beef bones, and boiled them for hours with a rolling boil until the bones were practically disintegrating....
My version is light and brothy but also comforting, savory, lightly smoky, a bit briny like the sea, with just a hint of sweetness. Cubes of silken tofu bulk up the soup to make it more filling while scallions add some freshness. Miso soup is a dish easily made on a weeknight. Most of the cooking is inactive time and can be made while I’m putting on a pot of rice and making a quick stir-fry or broiling some fish....
One Pan Chicken and Veggies Italian Style You can have a fancy Italian-style dinner on the table in about 40 minutes with this easy One Pan Chicken and Veggies. The clean up after the meal is easy, because the whole meal is all cooked on one sheet pan. Oh, and did I mention the flavor is incredible? Dinner couldn’t be easier or more delicious! HemisFares 100% Sicilian Extra Virgin Olive Oil This olive oil is as pure as they come....
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With this hack in your repertoire, you’re just minutes away from buttery garlic bread whenever the craving—or a spontaneous pasta night—strikes. Plus, this extra-easy recipe is designed to work with whatever you have on hand. Here’s how to make it. The Ingredients You Need The fat: If you’re making this shortcut recipe, chances are you didn’t set out butter to soften. That’s okay because all you need is melted butter, which seeps into the rolls and flavors every nook and cranny....
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The Trick for Great Avocado Fries Avocado fries are just what they sound like: strips of avocado that are breaded (I like using panko breadcrumbs) and then fried. They’re traditionally baked or made in a deep fryer, but they work great in the air fryer! The trick to good avocado fries is all about which avocados you use. You should use slightly under-ripe avocados for avocado fries. Not completely firm, but not soft....
Thankfully, there’s a way to avoid all this bad news and ensure perfectly cooked brats. Ready when you are! Sear First, Then Beer I love a great bratwurst and the key is that it cooks to temperature. In this case, 145º F. A bratwurst cooked on a hot grill can reach this temperature quickly. And often, not surprisingly, when we aren’t looking. I might have to blame the beer in my hand for this....
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Feta cheese and spinach are such a classic and irresistible combo – doubly so when paired with the soft scrambled eggs in this recipe. The wraps are so quick to assemble, though you can also make them up to two days in advance and reheat in the oven or microwave. What’s not to love?! If you are making these for a brunch buffet, cut them in half to make smaller portions....
