Grilled Zucchini Roll-Ups With Herbs and Cheese. The Food You Crave Ingredients 3 small zucchini (about 1/2 pound each), cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/8 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste 1/16 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste 1 1/2 ounces fresh goat cheese 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 2 ounces bagged baby spinach (2 cups lightly packed) 1/3 cup basil leaves Preparation 1. Preheat grill or grill pan to medium. 2. Discard the outermost slices of zucchini; brush the rest with oil on both sides. 3. 4. Print Prep Time: Cook Time: Yield: Makes 4 servings (serving size: 4 rolls) Nutritional Information Ellie Krieger. Cooking Challenged | {So Wonderful, So Marvelous} My sisters are insane and beautiful and hilarious and absolutely delightful to be around when they aren't being bitchy. They are equipped with an innate ability to have fun wherever life might take them, they march to the beat of their own drummers, and they don't mind telling you to buzz off if you don't agree.
They do things like marry a handsome foreigner in a quickie ceremony at the courthouse without telling anyone, pick their colleges out of a hat, or get auctioned off as a date on the local radio station... and those are just the things I'm allowed to tell you. They do not, however have a lick of cooking sense between the three of them.
That wasn't fair... there may be a tiny, itsy bitsy bit in there, but for the most part, all of the cooking genes came my way. To remedy this a bit and provide an excuse for my family to have dinner all in one place before Elise returns to school, I decided to teach them how to cook. The Menu Sauteed Chicken in White Wine Sauce Baguette. Mashed Potatoes with Brown Butter, Goat Cheese, and Sage Recipe. Guest author Garrett and I made these mashed potatoes the other day. So good! ~Elise The story of my first Thanksgiving away from home is one I tell with pride. Sure, we all have epic disasters in the kitchen and Thanksgiving horror stories to tell, but mine is epic.
The dinner was a wreck: the cornbread burned, the turkey was frozen inside, the green bean casserole was served as a soup, the bacon for the stuffing caught fire, I forgot to add sugar to the cranberry sauce, and my roommate exploded a pie in an aluminum pie plate in the microwave. Still, one dish came out perfectly – the mashed potatoes. Many years later and I’ve tinkered the recipe with Elise. Ingredients 1.5 lbs. yukon gold potatoes, peeled and quartered1/2 teaspoon of salt3 tablespoons of butter3 tablespoons of milk1 teaspoon of chopped fresh sage4 ounces of goat cheese chevre Method 1 Place the potatoes and salt in a pot and fill the pot with cold water until the potatoes are covered.
Crispy Hash Browns Recipe. Print Photography Credit: Elise Bauer My father, being of the solid German stock that he is, is naturally a connoisseur of all things potato. In particular he loves nothing more than very crispy shredded hash browns for breakfast with his eggs. Now, there are many ways of frying up potatoes for breakfast, and I think we do all of them. But the shredded variety of hash browns holds a special place in his heart (mine too!) And for that reason he has mastered the way to make them extra crispy. He explained his approach to me one day, while my mother was in the room and couldn’t help but overhearing: ME: Dad, how do you make your hash browns turn out so crispy?
Mom’s hash browns are mushy. The trick to great, crispy, shredded hash browns is to squeeze as much of the moisture out of them as you can. Then you need to make sure you are using enough oil, the pan is hot but not so hot as to burn the potatoes, and you spread the shredded potatoes out in an even, thin layer, the thinner the better. Super Easy Side Dish Ideas: Veggies « Secrets of Moms Who Dare To Tell All. Goat Cheese and Chive Mashed Potatoes Recipe - Eric Ripert Recipes. Hasselback Potatoes. Fancy looking potatoes, aren’t they? You’d never think how incredibly easy they are to make. When I was leafing through Falling Cloudberries, I couldn’t help sticking a note against the recipe for Hasselback potatoes once I read the note from the author that said “Hasselback Potatoes are gorgeous: they have style and show up with beautiful crust and structure.”
And from experience, you and I can both vouch for our love for all things potato, and all things crispy on the outside and comfortingly tender on the inside. Its potatoes! Its oven roasted! And just as a bonus, you get to top it with hand pounded pesto! Okay, so my food processor bailed on me just when I wanted make the sauce, but just like all other things that result from accidents or improvisations, I’m really happy to have discovered the goodness of making chunky pesto sauce in my mortar and pestle.
Next time, I’m going to sprinkle on some bread crumbs and parmesan cheese before I put them into the oven. Garlicky Baked Fries. I’m never going to make garlic potato fries any other way. These garlic fries, win hands down as the best garlic french fries I’ve ever made. Plus they are baked – so I won’t feel too guilty if I make it every time I’m craving for some potato comfort. When I read that there is garlic infused oil involved, my heart skipped a beat (in a good way, not the way oil would otherwise treat your heart). I got down to making them immediately.
Crispy golden baked fries These garlic fries are incredibly simple to make and are so full of flavour. Crunchy potato skin Garlic Fries Adapted from: Lottie + Doof Ingredients: 8 garlic cloves, minced or grated 6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 3 russet potatoes (about 8oz each), each cut into 12 wedges 3 tbsp cornstarch/cornflour 1 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt 1 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper ½ tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper Tools:Microplane to grating the garlic warm and soft interior Tagged as: garlic, garlic baked fries, savory bakes, sides. Roasted Baby Carrots with Marmalade Recipe. Crispy Potato Roast Recipe. Hey Guys! So…it’s still really hot out…wtf! I’m totally ready for fall…forget this, “I just don’t want summer to end” BS…I’m OVER IT! Okay, I apologize for being aggressive right there, but man does this weather make me grumpy.
There are a few things that get my mood up during weather like this: 1) My Dog (always) 2) Frequent Fro-Yo and Hawaiian Ice trips with the boyfriend 3) This Roasted Onion Dip. Remember when you were a kid and sleepovers were still the best thing ever? If you are willing to brave a hot kitchen for about an hour (woof, I know), this dip is totally worth it and a delicious treat to help keep you cool (once you’re sitting and enjoying it) and leave you feeling guilt-less afterwards! Xx Jenny Roasted Onion Dip Serves 5 to 6 Ingredients: 2 large sweet onions, quartered 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 yellow onion, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon light brown sugar 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 teaspoon cumin. French Fries: The No-Guilt Version. There’s nothing like a french fried potato.
The taste, the texture, the dip-ability; it’s probably one of my favorite go-to comfort foods. However, I don’t need the fat of an actual deep fried potato, and I certainly do not favor processed french fries that come from the frozen food section of the grocery store. Enter: Healthy French Fries* Step 1: Peel your ‘taters. Step 2: Cut them into strips. Step 3: Place potatoes in colander and rinse the starch off of them.
Step 4: Pat down the potatoes. Step 5: Drizzle Olive Oil over potatoes. Step 6: Salt those babies up. Step 7: Mix them up so they all get coated with the olive oil and salt. Step 8: Arrange them, on a baking sheet, in a single layer Step 9: Add anything else you like. Step 10: Place the potatoes into your preheated oven for 20 minutes. Step 11: Flip and continue to bake for 5-10 minutes. And then, voila… Healthy French Fries *I usually do the same thing with sweet potatoes. Enjoy! Outback Steakhouse Steamed Green Beans. Outback Steakhouse Steamed Green Beans are almost as good as the steaks at the Outback Steakhouse. I have a hard time passing up a loaded baked potato, but I can do it for these sweet and savory freshly steamed green beans.
You can make these at home. You don’t have to go out to a steakhouse to get these delicious Outback Steakhouse steamed green beans with this CopyKat recipe. Outback Steakhouse Steamed Green Beans Author: CopyKat Recipes Recipe Type: Copycat Restaurant Recipes, CopyKat Recipes, Side Dish Recipes, Video Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Serves: 4 You can make seasoned steamed green beans like the Outback Steakhouse in your own kitchen.
Ingredients 1 pound fresh green beans (preferably very thin), trimmed4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter2 tablespoons brown sugar1/2 teaspoon Maggi seasoning (see Note)1/2 teaspoon garlic powder1/4 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper Instructions Instructions Print Recipe. Never Eat Fast Food French Fries Again. {*style:<b><i> </i></b>*} Yes, you can do it! You can give up your beloved french fries and celebrate their exit from your life. Seriously. Before you start arguing with me about how you simply will never leave them – have you met “homemade sweet potato fries”? Baked sweet potato fries have the crunchy outside, and the soft inside and they pack a nutritional wallop with 219% of your daily allowance of Vitamin A in one serving.
Half a potato is going to set you back 111 calories (with the olive oil), but that is nothing compared to buying and eating fast food fries (560 calories for a large fries). What I really like about making my own fries is that I can customize the flavor. Brown sugar cajun spice cinnamon cayenne pepper minced garlic taco seasoning Grab your favorite flavors and just toss them in. After you make these, just pop them in your fridge. Sweet Potato Fries Recipe (serves 4) aluminum foil for pan 2 medium sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons olive oil salt and pepper to taste. Recipe: Spicy Oven Fries.