The Best Broccoli. You know you’ve done something right with broccoli when the person you made it for describes it to someone else the next day as “better than biting into a steak.”
Those were Craig’s words and they were a marked change from the first words he uttered about the broccoli, before he bit in: “You made broccoli for dinner? Broccoli and sweet potatoes?” Then he did bite in and his eyes lit up. “Oh my God,” he said. “This is the best broccoli I’ve ever had in my life.” So what did I do to the broccoli to make it taste so good? I can’t take any credit. I’m going to have a hard time this week not posting all of the recipes from her new book, Back To Basics. Specifically, she loves roasting vegetables at a high temperature until they caramelize. Normally, broccoli gets squishy when you cook it. Seriously, this recipe is so easy I can recite it without looking at the book. You preheat the oven to 425. Now, it’s easy. I shook the pan around a bit as it went, but not sure that’s necessary.
Twice Baked Potatoes. How do you like your potatoes?
Fried, baked, mashed, au gratin? Everyone in my family likes them different. Everytime I my husband to the grocery store with a list he comes home with the everything on the list plus at least one bag of chips. He can kill a bag of chips in a sitting. I, on the other hand, can take or leave chips. Our friends the Clarks have brought these over for dinner a couple of times and they are always a hit. The Ultimate Twice Baked Potatoes Ingredients 4 large baking potatoes 8 slices bacon 1 cup sour cream 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk 4 tablespoons butter 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, divided 8 green onions, sliced, divided Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Notes. Extra-Crispy Tossed Potatoes. There are french fries and there are oven-roasted fries, both delicious in their own right.
What we’ve been craving is something in between. A potato wedge with the light crispiness of a french fry, but with the creamy sweetness of a slow-baked oven potato. We think we’ve found the perfect recipe. Here’s what we’ve started doing: we partially cook our potatoes in boiling water, toss them in a bowl with kosher salt and olive oil until the edges are roughed up, and then spread them out on a baking sheet to roast. Resulting from all this abuse are the crispiest potatoes you may ever eat short of deep fat frying. They also don’t take much longer than any other method of roasting potatoes. You can do any shape you desire.
We are hardly the first people to have stumbled upon this recipe. Extra-Crispy Tossed PotatoesServes 4-6 2 pounds waxy or all-purpose potatoes, like red skinned or Yukon Golds2 tablespoons olive oilKosher salt Preheat the oven to 450°. Homemade Naan. Another year is gone and we are all set with a new beginning, new dreams and new resolutions!
The last few days of every year are a little bittersweet for me. The days are full of celebrations and color and smiles but in the back of your mind you always think that this is going to end very soon and life will be again back to the grind. This time was no different! All the celebrations are over, we are all back to business although still a little hung over! But for us, although the party is over, it is not at all boring around here! If you know Indian food then you know what Naan is. How to make Naan bread at home: Serves 4Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour or wheat flour 1/2 cup of warm milk 1/2 cup of yogurt 1/4 tsp salt 3/4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tbsp sugar 1/2 tbsp oil These are the ingredients for dough and then you can flavor your naan with all kinds of herbs.
Method: Mix all the dry ingredients together and make a well of flour. For Gravy: For the gravy: Baked Sweet Potato Fries. Lately, I’ve been experiencing some seriously debilitating migraines and I’m unsure what to do about it.
I have a feeling it might be from sitting at my desk at work all day – my neck and shoulders are really tight and uncomfortable, so I think that might be triggering my migraines. I figured, who better to ask than you good people. I’m sure that everyone has had a problem like this, especially when they first started their “grown up” jobs. What do you do to combat headaches? My problem is that I’ve been waking up with a headache that gets progressively worse as I head to work (the poor ventilation underground in the subway probably doesn’t help), and by the time the fluorescent lights hit me when I get to my desk, I’m spinning.
One way that I try to make myself feel better is to make something comforting and delicious. All you’ll need! Peel and slice your sweet potatoes. Toss them with the oil, cheese, salt, pepper, and ancho chili powder. Try not to eat the whole tray yourself!