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Crusty Bread. Jan. 1, 2015: Just released.
Instructional video for the Crusty Bread recipe. Crusty Bread 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour 1 3/4 teaspoons Kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon Instant or Rapid-rise yeast 1 1/2 cups water In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt and yeast. I must begin by saying where the recipe originated, if in fact it originated anywhere...really. Baker's quest: What makes perfect popovers? For many years, whenever I would meet friends for lunch at Union Square, I would insist we go to Neiman Marcus.
The food was always good, but that wasn't the main draw. It was the incredible popovers that lured me back. I could easily skip lunch and fill up on a basket of those crisp, airy, golden rolls. Neiman's popovers are almost the size of baseballs. Whole Foods Friday: Two Quick Recipes. There are times when I cooking a fun project for me - so it doesn't matter how long it takes.
Other days, I want something good, but I don't have a lot of extra time to spend. These recipes are good for those busy days. Whole Wheat Bread I won't say that I rely on a bread machine, but sometimes it really comes in handy - like when it's evening and I decide I want a loaf of bread in the morning. Or noonish. 50 Healthy Recipes to Kick Off 2012.
Happy New Year!
Many of us are thinking about our New Year’s resolutions and healthy eating is often at the top of the list. If you are setting a goal to eat healthy in 2012, here are 50 healthy recipes to help you get started. Beverages Easy Strawberry Mango Smoothie. Recipe Index with Printable Grocery Lists. Fresh Food Friday: 50 Easy and Delicious Chicken Breast Recipes. Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Meatless Recipes. Ellie Krieger. 4 skinless, bone-in chicken thighs (about 1 ½ pounds) 2/3 cup low-fat buttermilk 4 cups corn flake cereal ½ teaspoon paprika ½ teaspoon garlic powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper Olive oil cooking spray 2 tablespoons honey Place the chicken in a bowl with the buttermilk and toss to coat.
Marinate in the refrigerator for at least one hour and up to four hours. Place the corn flakes in a food processor and process until crumbs are formed (You should have about 1 cup of crumbs). Transfer to a shallow dish and mix in the paprika, garlic powder, salt, black pepper and cayenne. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove chicken from buttermilk, shaking off excess buttermilk from the chicken.
Soups. Pizza. Mexican. Breakfast. Casserole. Grilling. Seafood. Preservation Guide: How to Freeze Herbs. Cut Off Long Stems The little stems between the leaves are fine to chop up.
Chop With A Mezzaluna If you have one of these handy chopping devices, chopping fresh herbs is all that much easier, but a regular chopping knife will work just as well. Spoon Into An Ice Cube Tray Once everything is chopped up, spoon the herbs into an ice cube tray, making sure to distribute evenly. Pack them in pretty tightly. Top Off The Tray With Water Pour the water in slowly.
Too much water pressure has the tendency to send your chopped herbs all over the place. Freeze & Preserve Fresh Herbs in Olive Oil Kitchen Tip. Do you use your freezer to preserve herbs, vegetables, or fruit?
The freezer can be a powerful, overlooked method of preserving. Pesto, strawberry puree, tomato soup — stash them away now for colder times! One of my favorite ingredients, a handful of fresh herbs from the garden, is one of the simplest things to preserve in the freezer, and I just learned a new, better way to freeze herbs: In oil! I noticed a post at The Gardener's Eden (read it here) recommending that you freeze some herbs in oil. Featuring 325 FREE Salad Dressing Recipes. 10 Easy Ways To Preserve Herbs. Enjoying a big bounty of herbs from the garden this year?
Fresh is best when it comes to cooking with them, but here are ten easy ways you can preserve them for year-round use (along with a nifty tip at the bottom of the page for crushing them fast). Air/Hang Dry Method: If you have the space and the time, you can tie small bunches together (about 4 or 5 cleaned stems) and hang them upside down in a dark, warm, well ventilated area. The drying time is about 2 to 4 weeks – you want the leaves to be crispy and easily crumble between your fingers before you pack them for storage. If space is tight, here’s a clever project you can make using old frames, fiberglass screens, chain and S hooks (for hanging in tiers): Hanging Frames Tutorial.Oven: Arrange cleaned stems in a single layer on a cookie sheet with temperature set at 180° F. 25 Time-Saving Freezer Tips. How To Store Fruits and Vegetables to Keep them From Spoiling.
I have been trying to eat healthier lately, and with that come a lot of veggies and fruits. The problem that I have noticed is that a lot of my produce will get soft, or rot a lot sooner than I anticipated. I can't get fresh produce every day, so I needed to know how to store them correctly. There really is a certain way to store each veggie or fruit to make sure they last the longest. I am so sick of throwing away good fruit and veggies.
Snacks. Desserts. Common Ingredient Substitutions Article. 50 Blueberry Recipes. Wednesday, August 15, 2012 Are you running out of ideas of what to do with all those blueberries?
There are blueberries everywhere, in the store, farmers market, in your garden maybe. Cooking with almond milk. Almond is delicious and versatile.
Sunday Night Prep to Eat Clean All Week. There is nothing easy about making most of your meals from scratch. I don’t care who you are, or how long you’ve been cooking and how much you love it, at the end of the day we all would love to put our feet up and have food delivered to our doorstep or swing through the drive-thru. You can always take that option, but who wants processed garbage full of artificial ingredients linked to diabetes, obesity, heart conditions, and more, when you can provide your family with wholesome, healthy, home cooked meals? And the best part, for me at least, is spending valuable time with my girls by giving them small tasks to help me, and teaching them all about healthy foods and why it’s important to eat them.
The worst part — clean up, but thank goodness for dishwashers! :) Sunday night has become my prep night for the week. Ellie Krieger. For the cupcakes 3/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour or regular whole-wheat flour 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 cup canola oil 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 large eggs.
Breakfast. 15 Essential Building Blocks for Quick Weeknight Meals. Most favorited all-time - page 3. Superfast Recipes: 20-Minute Cooking. 25 Quick Dinner Recipes in 20 Minutes or Less. 10 Vegan Sources of Protein. Meat-eaters will never stop asking and vegans always get sick of hearing it: “How do you get your protein?” The image of a skinny (not to mention gangly and dread-headed) hippie has typically been the poster child of veganism. After all, there’s no way we can be muscular, fit and even bulky as vegans, right? Wrong. How to Cook.
10 Things to Cook in a Muffin Tin. Of course, you can make muffins and cupcakes in a muffin tin (FYI: any quick bread or cake recipe, even a boxed mix, will make great muffins or cupcakes), and if you’ve been reading recently, you know that I use muffin tins to serve food for Gracie. But what else can you use them for? A few of these things are the same as my creative uses for a bundt pan. Why? Because the meal itself is that versatile, and can adapt to almost any container. Clean Eating Recipes. Over 100 Quick and Easy Healthy Foods.