How to Cook Corn on the Cob in the Microwave After a few minutes on high, you remove the corn from the microwave, cut off the bottom, and cleanly slip off the husk and silk. Perfectly cooked corn with no mess! This I had to see for myself. You know what? It works! It is probably not the most efficient way to cook corn if you are cooking more than a couple of ears....
What is Stracciatella alla Romana? Stracciatella alla Romana is made for days like these. “Stracciatella” means “little shred” in Italian, which well describes the “shreds” of egg in this light, nourishing soup. Ingredients in Stracciatella alla Romana At its essence, the soup is hot chicken broth into which a paste of beaten egg and Parmesan cheese has been stirred and cooked. You can also add greens or mix some breadcrumbs or semolina flour in with the egg mixture for a little more body....
Lush Bath Bomb Recipe I am so excited to share our copycat Lush bath bomb recipe! This is not a typical Favorite Family Recipe, you do not want to eat these!! As you know, rarely do non-food recipes, but this one is too good not to share. These homemade bath bombs are so easy to make, you will never need to buy them from the store again. Not to mention, they are so much cheaper to make them yourself, especially if you buy some of the larger ingredients in bulk....
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The drink itself though is a refreshing, subtly spicy cocktail—or not so subtly, if you’re drinking the red-hot ginger beer or ale version—featuring ginger and lime juice at the forefront, with the vodka relegated to the background, although its effects will be felt eventually. However, if you replace that vodka with mezcal—the agave-based liquor from Mexico—the drink takes on a whole new character: lively, earthy, smoky. Then you have a Mezcal Mule!...
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Here we’ve used caraway in a tangle of sautéed onions and chard. This simple side dish couldn’t be easier! You just sauté sliced onions on high heat until browned, toss with chopped chard until wilted, and season with honey, vinegar, a peck of celery seed, and caraway. So good. Feel free to use spinach or kale instead of chard. Spinach will cook very quickly. Kale may take longer to wilt....
I have good news! Bread pudding, usually baked in the oven, is a cinch to make at home using a slow cooker. This version uses the decadent dessert, Bananas Foster, as inspiration. Banana puree, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar flavor the bread pudding, and then I finish it with a drizzle of homemade caramel sauce. Making caramel sauce from scratch is so simple. You’ll want to generously drizzle it on top of the pudding (and everything else)....
The basil in the garden is so full, it’s spilling over the garden bed walls! Even the monster cucumber plant can’t keep it down. There is still plenty of corn to choose from at the farmer’s market, as well as bright shades of colorful bell peppers. Here’s a simple risotto that showcases the best of the summer vegetables — bell peppers, corn, and basil. Enjoy it now, while we still have a few days of summer left!...
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Watermelon gazpacho is a cold summer soup much like tomato gazpacho, but in this case watermelon takes the place of much of the tomato. In our version, we are still using some tomato (one), so you get a little bit of tomato flavor in the soup, along with cucumber, onion, and bell pepper. Watermelon is light, juicy, and a little sweet, which is what it brings to this gazpacho. As in the case when you make regular gazpacho, this soup improves overnight, as the flavors have had a chance to blend....
Most folks follow the directions for roasting the chicken pieces in the oven and heating the sauce in the microwave before tossing the two together (the package also includes directions for pan frying the chicken). But devotees will tell you the real joy of Trader Joe’s most popular item comes in upgrading this beloved basic. We scoured the web and brought you 5 of the best glow ups for this popular freezer find....
I have a confession. When I was little I tried to get Nonna Romana to make me SpaghettiOs. I’m not proud of it, but it is what it is. Nonna never gave in, but she was always ready with a solution. Thank God for Sicilian anelletti pasta, which are perfect little rings to recreate this Italian American comfort food. Nonna loved to get me involved in making this dish. She would make the sauce from scratch and then cook the pasta and have me roll all the mini meatballs alongside her!...
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Eventually, every home cook will brush up against these conundrums. Often there are no hard and fast answers because every baking dish (or pan or casserole) is a little different. But there are some tricks you can deploy in order to make an educated guess. How to Convert Baking Dishes Be mindful of the baking time any time you do a dish swap. It may very well be a little shorter or longer than the recipe says....
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With yeast breads you have to proof the yeast, knead the dough, let the dough rise, etc. But with soda breads? There’s no proofing, kneading, or waiting. In fact, because the leavening comes from mixing the base of the baking soda with the acid in the buttermilk (remember those fascinating-at-the-time childhood experiments of sprinkling vinegar onto baking soda?), you pretty much pop it in the oven as soon as you put the dough together....
If you are only hosting a few people for dinner and you don’t want weeks of leftovers, you can just roast a turkey breast! (You can also make it in less than half the time of a whole turkey.) This stuffed turkey breast is as delicious as it is beautiful, and easier to make than it looks. We’ve stuffed it like a roulade, a roll-up with minced chard, prosciutto, toasted pine nuts, and onions....
This recipe is the classic, the original dessert from which many other custard pies are derived. Switch out whole milk for buttermilk and you have buttermilk pie, or thicken the custard with cornmeal and you have chess pie. Egg custard pie is made with a basic custard baked in a flaky, all-butter pie crust. The flavors are simple: aromatic vanilla and nutty ground nutmeg. But its simplicity is the basis for its reassuring comfort....
