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Dutch Oven Cinnamon Roll This is a guest post from our brother, Devin. Before we go on, the Dutch Oven Cinnamon Roll pictured above was made from this recipe tripled. So if you are afraid it will make too much, the regular recipe will be one-third this size. Now, back to Devin’s big idea. I have been looking for a new Dutch oven dessert for a long time now. Cobbler is delicious but can get boring, so in my spare time I have been thinking, or perhaps obsessing, about just what I can do to make Dutch oven desserts fun again....

Biscuits and Gravy Biscuits and Gravy is the ultimate comfort breakfast food, especially popular in the South, but always requested at our Idaho breakfast table. Warm, spicy, rich and filling, this recipe really sticks to your ribs, making it a hearty breakfast or dinner. My girls ask for this breakfast recipe every year on their birthdays, and I happily oblige. We make a huge batch of fluffy buttermilk biscuits and smother them with the rich, creamy gravy for breakfast, sometimes for lunch and even dinner....

Healthy Pizza This Healthy Pizza recipe is perfect for family pizza night! My family eats pizza at least a couple of times a month, and when I’m watching my weight, I usually can only indulge in one slice. But with this recipe, I can eat the entire pizza without feeling guilty! These These low calorie flatbread pizzas are VERY healthy, VERY low-calorie, and VERY delicious! Feel free to add more veggies such as mushrooms, red and green bell peppers, and onions… they hardly add any calories and their nutritional value will make the pizza even healthier!...

Fried Green Beans A lot of people love green beans. But like so many other vegetables, the traditional version of these greens sometimes get a bad reputation with kids (and some adults). One of the biggest culprits is serving green beans that are too soft. Luckily, we have the solution. These lightly fried green beans are so addicting, especially when you dip them in our tasty lemon dill dip. You will have no problem getting your kids to eat their veggies when you serve these with dinner....

Grilled Ranch Potatoes in Foil These delicious Grilled Ranch Potatoes are perfect for when you are grilling out on the barbecue. They make the perfect side to any meat you’re grilling. We love them with anything from chicken to burgers, steaks to fish. I love how you can customize each foil pack based on your own personal preferences. Toss all the potatoes with the ranch mixture then divide the potatoes out onto individual foil pieces and top them the way we want them....

If you celebrate Rosh Hashanah, this would be a great dish to complement the meal. It incorporates honey, an ingredient that is commonly enjoyed for the Jewish holiday because it symbolizes a sweet new year. Tips for Roasting Carrots For the best roasted carrots, cut them as uniformly as possible. If some of the carrots are super thick while others are thin, they’re going to cook unevenly. To make them as close in size as possible, cut them all into roughly 3-inch long pieces....

Sweet potato plants give a lot and require very little. They actually improve the soil, and their lush vines shade out noxious weeds. They’re reliable and produce generous crops, even in poor soil with little rain and high heat. No wonder they became popular everywhere they could grow. The other, and most obvious, reason for the sweet potato’s worldwide fame is that they’re delicious, and versatile. Sure, they’re purportedly full of nutrients and are super good for us, but if none of that were true, they’d still be a favorite....

Breads in India are mostly flatbreads. It’s the way they’re cooked or the type of flour used to make them that determines what they are called. Naan is a popular variety of Indian leavened bread made with wheat flour maida (just an Indian name for all-purpose flour) and cooked traditionally in a clay oven. Before getting too deep into the air pockets of this soft pillowy bread, I’d like to clarify something....

Cooked in a mixture of Mexican spices and tangy pineapple juice, chicken thighs quickly become tender and easily shredded, ready for piling into tortillas. How to Make Shredded Chicken in the Pressure Cooker This recipe is a riff on Elise’s original slow cooker version, just sped up in the pressure cooker. (I love my Instant Pot!) I didn’t do much to change Elise’s recipe—it’s delicious as is. My one tweak for the pressure cooker was to use ketchup instead of tomato paste to ensure that there was enough cooking liquid for the pot to come up to pressure; if it’s too thick it won’t....

This cake is actually a sweet, yeasted bread decorated with the purple, green, and gold colors of Mardi Gras. It’s traditional to kick off the season of Carnival with King Cake, which has a long, storied history that takes us all the way from France to NOLA. What Is a King Cake? The traditional New Orleans-style King Cake is an enriched yeasted bread, similar to brioche, that is often rolled in cinnamon and sugar, then baked, glazed, and dusted with colored sugar....

But there is only so much denying one can do, before the shivering reality sets in, and then it’s time for stew. Lentil stew in this case. My friend Clara and I were inspired to make this hearty lentil stew today, in the midst of yet another downpour, based on Clara’s family recipe. It’s made with bacon and sausage, a mirepoix of onions, carrots, and celery, and topped with parsley....

I had some gorgonzola cheese begging to be eaten, some puff pastry in the freezer, and my mother’s book club potluck event at our house coming up. Apples and walnuts we always have on hand. Apples, walnuts, gorgonzola, thyme, and honey make up the filling of these mini-turnovers and let me tell you, this is a great combination! Put the filling on a pizza, keep the apples fresh and make a gorgonzola version of Waldorf salad, or place it on a flour tortilla and roll it up and eat it as a wrap, whatever you do these ingredients belong together....

Mom made a delicious chicken soup today with just chicken broth and vegetables, no chicken meat. It was so good, I just had to get the instructions down before I forgot. The most important thing of course is the chicken stock. If it all possible use chicken stock you’ve made from bones or backs (see chicken stock recipe.) If you are looking for a more robust chicken soup, check out our Chicken Noodle Soup made with stock from a whole chicken....

You know all the times you pull out a fork or knife to test the tenderness/doneness/cooked-through-ness of something? Use a metal cake tester instead! The advantage of a metal cake tester over a fork or knife is that the tester’s tiny pinprick doesn’t let steam or juices escape prematurely (crucial if you’re testing the softness of a foil-wrapped baked potato or roasted beet and it ends up needing more time) or leave behind a noticeable slit or three-pronged poke in your food that can compromise the structure of a delicate piece of fish, for example....

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This delicious recipe comes from a Simply Recipes reader, Lou Grubaugh, who shares her favorite old family recipe for plum conserve. A Riff on a Reader Favorite We didn’t quite have the 3 pounds of tart plums that the recipe called for, so I substituted a few not-quite-ripe pluots, and some perfectly ripe plums too. Naturally tart Santa Rosa plums work best for this conserve, but if you don’t have them, a combination of tart plums and pluots will do fine....

Typically, the outer skin is forest green, though some varieties are sunset orange or red as well. My friend Kori gave me a kabocha squash this week, a big beautiful red one she grew in her garden. I had seen several peeking under the mess of sprawling vines and squash leaves when I visited her a while back. They were already red, but not quite ready to pick. Apparently, you have to wait for the vine to almost completely die back before picking the squash....

This meatloaf is superb — flavored with classic Moroccan spices with speckles of cilantro and mint. You can top it with a simple pomegranate molasses sauce, or skip the topping all together. This recipe is an adaptation of a recipe for Moroccan Meatloaf in the Niman Ranch Cookbook from Chef Monica Pope, of T’Afia in Houston, Texas. I’ve made it a few times over the years and have recently changed up the spice mix and the topping a bit from the original recipe....

You never know if biting into one is going to yield that wonderful flavor and kick that is the basis for so much of Southwestern food. Or if that one little bite will pack such a fiery punch that you’ll be running around the room mouth agape and tears in your eyes, begging for something to cool it all down. Dairy Is the Antidote to Jalapeño Heat If you find that the pepper you’ve bitten into is just too hot for your tongue, cool it off with sour cream, milk, or cream cheese....

The Best Blueberry Muffins Muffins are great kid-friendly recipe to have on hand for an easy breakfast or after school snack. This is also an easy recipe for kids learning to bake. These Blueberry Muffins are a year round favorite at our house! I love using fresh blueberries, but if those aren’t available, frozen blueberries also work great. These muffins can be a breakfast all by themselves or a perfect side for when you’re in the mood for a big Sunday or holiday brunch....