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What is Apple Butter? Apple butter is made by slowly cooking pureed apples for over an hour. The sugars in the apples caramelize as the puree cooks, giving the apple butter its rich, sweet flavor and dark color. In contrast to what the name implies, there is no “butter” in apple butter. The name comes from its smooth and buttery texture. Apple butter is delicious on buttered toast. Apple Cores Add Pectin for Body Although apple butter takes time to make, the upfront part is easy....

Here’s the thing with a burrito bowl, it can be made in 15 minutes with pantry items and toppings from the fridge. Canned beans, reheated frozen cooked rice, prepared salsa. It’s fast, it’s easy, it works. Or you can take your burrito bowl to another level and cook your beans from scratch (on the stovetop or in a pressure cooker), or even make Spanish rice or cilantro rice. For this burrito bowl pictured here I cooked up a bag of beautiful Rancho Gordo black beans from scratch, in a cumin, garlic, and bay leaf infused broth....

My friend George R patiently explained to me how he made it, and how much he loved it. The light in his eyes when he was talking about it should have been a clue. Yet all I could think of was, why would anyone want to cook grapefruit? Well friends, the answer is the same for why someone would want to eat hot cereal instead of cold. It tastes good!...

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This Cheesy Potato Casserole is an update on a very classic casserole. The old school version is a creamy dish of pure comfort food. I kept the flavors but ditched the canned soup for a homemade sauce! The result is a baking dish full of deliciousness that can be the main focus of a dinner plate served with a side salad or grilled protein. Video: How to Make Cheesy Potato Casserole I was pretty concerned that my kids wouldn’t touch this casserole — my five-year-old hates cheese....

I first encountered colcannon potatoes while doing research on traditional Irish cooking. Not surprisingly the Irish have all sorts of ways of cooking potatoes, with festive names like champ, bruisy, pandy, boxty, and this one, colcannon. Irish Mashed Potatoes In the following colcannon recipe, we mix the mashed potatoes in with chopped cooked kale, green onions, milk or cream, and lots of butter. To serve, make a depression in the middle of the mashed potatoes and put a knob of butter in it....

There’s even somewhat of a cult of Dorie lovers who weekly cook through her recipes and blog about it. But I, not being much of a baker, have mostly been admiring her work from afar. Until now. One cannot live on strawberry tarts alone. With her latest cookbook Around My French Table Dorie has shifted her attention away from baking and directed it instead to the full menu of every day foods that she enjoys cooking in her Paris kitchen....

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Easy Crockpot Chicken Gyros These Crockpot Chicken Gyros are the easiest chicken gyros you will ever make, hands down. Prep time is hardly anything and the Crockpot does most of the work. I love the sauce that goes on these, too. It is simple to make and complements the seasoned chicken perfectly. What is a Gyro? A gyro is a Greek dish made with seasoned lamb, veal, pork, beef or chicken....

While you’ll find a “best by” date stamped on every dozen you take home from the grocery store, it can be confusing to know what that really means. Is it safe to cook with and eat your eggs if it’s past that date? In general, eggs should last from 4-5 weeks in the fridge. Here’s a bit more about why that’s a safe estimate. How to Read the Dates on an Egg Carton No two egg cartons are the same when it comes to the date stamped on them....

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This is one of my favorite things to do with duck confit or the easier, slow-roasted duck version of it. This is a sumptuous pasta dish that has its origins in old Venice, where it was done with the Italian version of preserved duck. Despite this, it is an easy dish to make – the only tricky part is getting the garlic browned but not burned. Traditionally this is served with tagliatelle, a long, flat pasta both wider and thinner than the more familiar linguine....

I have found that the single thing that makes the biggest difference for making perfect creamy, heavenly potatoes is the type of potatoes you use. Yukon Golds Make the Best Mashed Potatoes Most people use starchy Russets for mashed potatoes. With their high starch and low water content, they’re good for baking, for making French fries, and for mashing. Here’s my secret though—even better than Russets for mashing are Yukon Golds....

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I was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and have multi-ethnic heritage–Pakistani, Afghan and Persian. Because of my father’s job as an international development banker, I grew up all over the world: the United States, Nigeria, Kenya, the United Kingdom, and Bangladesh. As an adult, I worked in Rome, Italy, after which I made my way to Toronto, Canada, a place I now call home. I started observing Ramadan when we lived in Nairobi, Kenya; I was 16-years-old....

I’ve been experimenting with muffins and have settled on this one, a riff on our banana bread recipe. Much like the banana bread, these zucchini muffins are insanely good and insanely easy to make! No mixer, wooden spoon only, and two bowls, though you could really even make the batter in one bowl. Very moist. Just sweet enough. Nuts and Raisins Are Optional I say that the nuts and raisins or dried cranberries are optional because today I watched my favorite 12-year old friend pick out all of them while still declaring how much she loved the muffins....

These brownies have a kiss of aromatic spices—cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves—the perfect complement to chocolate. They are sweetened with brown sugar, which also pairs perfectly with chocolate. It is Ramadan after all, and these brownies are extra special for those who are fasting. These are not your everyday brownies, though nothing should stop you from baking them every day! A Little Parchment Paper Hack I like to line the baking dish with parchment paper slings....

Remember when your biology teacher told you that your skin would turn orange if you ate a lot of carrots? He was right! Video: How to Make Carrot Ginger Soup When I went in for my physical my doctor looked at me with alarm; she thought I was jaundiced. Fortunately, it was just all that beta carotene from the carrots. No harm, no foul. Sometimes the most nourishing foods are also the most simple and easy to make....

Dark sweet cherries adorn grocery store shelves and farmers markets come summer. Knowing that their availability is limited, it’s easy to go overboard. When you’ve got more cherries than you know what to do with, look no further than this simple Cherry Cake that won’t make you break a sweat. This is a rich butter cake flavored with almond extract and studded with fresh sweet cherries. It’s wonderful as a snacking cake that can be served for breakfast or dessert, so you can enjoy cherries all day long....