27 Easy Ways To Eat Healthier. Green Mac and Cheese. Mac and cheese is the ultimate comfort meal for Mandi and me.
Recipe Index. Here are the recipes, the outcome of my explorations, and our journey.
“Cooking is an art and patience a virtue… Careful shopping, fresh ingredients and an unhurried approach are nearly all you need. There is one more thing – love. Love for food and love for those you invite to your table. With a combination of these things you can be an artist – not perhaps in the representational style of a Dutch master, but rather more like Gauguin, the naïve, or Van Gogh, the impressionist.
Apple Cider Pancakes + Cinnamon-Sugar Topping. For more recipes like this one, check out my new blog, Set the Table at Around this time of year, I am conditioned to expect fall weather. Cooler temperatures, the slight change in the shade of maple leaves, and the crispness that suddenly hits the air. Warm mugs of hot apple cider become a daily indulgence and I cannot help but love every ounce of what the season has to offer. Blini with Dill crème fraiche. 19th July 2012By EmmaPhotography by Emma My first encounter with these bite-sized pillow-y morsels dates back prior to the turn of this brand new century.
To an afternoon in early autumn in a suburb on the outskirts of Paris named Fontenay Sous Bois. It was a Friday or Saturday, the afternoon light long and low as it stretched across an autumn sky streaked red and gold. I’m standing in the kitchen, its window faced out over the narrow street. The kitchen tiles are cool under my bare feet and the laughter of the children playing in the backyard drifts in through the open French doors.
Most favorited all-time. Cheesy Garlic Potatoes. The weather has been beautiful for the past two days here in New York!
Favorite Recipes from 2011. Can you believe 2011 is almost over?
Where did the year go? 2011 was a pretty great year, especially for this little blog of mine. Over the last 12 months, we have picked up lots of new friends along the way. 20 brilliant things to make in a jar. Via: mycakies.blogspot.com Start saving your old jam jars!
From cakes to herb gardens, pies to photo frames, and even entire meals … here are 20 fantastic things you never knew you could make with a jar. (Above: red velvet cupcakes in a jar. Get the recipe here). Guinness Braised Shortribs. The rest of this great meal was Guinness braised short ribs, and potato-celery root horseradish mash.
These 3 components went amazingly well together, tied with guinness, thyme and balsamic. This was a classic meat and potatoes, but it was elevated to steakhouse quality with simple tweaks and flavors. The meat was so tender and fell apart on your fork. The creamy mashed potatoes and flavorful onions were perfect compliments to the beef. If you missed the first part of this meal, it is an onion gratin we made here. 1 pound of short ribs per person is a good amount.
Pat them dry, salt and pepper nice, then dust with flour. Orgasmic Mac ‘n’ Cheese. Inspired by the Mac-n-Cheese Off, we’re eating an earthy ode to mac-n-cheese.
This dish is made with a bechamel based sauce that’s filled with herb goat cheese, sharp cheddar, parmigiano reggiano, sauteed shitake and crimini mushrooms deglazed with sherry vinegar, truffle oil, fresh rosemary, thyme, and sage. Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. I have been making pizzas quite a bit on the blog.
My old roommate Mark asks me each time I post a pizza, when are you going to write about the Chicago style pizza you used to make back in college. Well Mark, this one is for you. Quite frankly I was scared to recreate this meal, as it contains over 5lbs of food. Granted I could only eat one slice, but come on, it is pizza.
So here is my recipe for the Deep Dish. This one topped out at 5.5lbs. Deep Dish Pizza Dough 1 cup warm water – (110-115 degrees)1 package yeast2 1/2-3 cups bread flour1/2 cup cornmeal1/2 cup vegetable oil1 tsp salt. Italian sodas. June 30, 2011 | Sweet Recipes | Comments Growing up, these Italian sodas were my favorite!!
My mom and I would always stop by a little coffee shack on our road trips to Oregon. I remember ordering the blueberry Italian soda in the summer instead of ice cream because they were so refreshing. Easy Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers! With Avocado. Crave a veggie burger. One with Panko-crusted edges - infused with tender sweet potato and creamy, rustic white beans. Tall stacked on a toasted grain bun - crisp romaine leaves sprawling out the sides.
Lime green avocado. Dijon. Pepper. These Sweet Potato Tahini Bean Burgers are super easy to make. How-to video added Oct 2014!.. Valentine's Day came and went just as it usually does. "A salad of baby greens, roasted baby beets, tangerines, smoked almond crusted ‘goat cheese’ flirting with a creamy shallot dressing" -RFD menu.