Meal registry made easy. If you haven’t noticed, the movie Frozen is all the rage these days, or at the very least, some of the songs. We took our kids to see it in the theater a couple months back but now it seems all memory of it has been replaced by the more recent and more endearing (to my boys, at least) The Lego Movie. Not just frozen, but very frozen is how our meal from The TLC Kitchen arrived on our doorstep recently. We were the lucky recipients of a meal gift from The TLC Kitchen, and I must tell you, I was blown away by the quality of the food. Let me give you the play by play: 1-We received a big box from Fed Ex on a Friday afternoon.
I knew we had a meal gift coming but I didn’t know the box would be so big. 2- I eagerly opened the box, to see what was included and how it was all packaged. 3- Inside the big box was a styrofoam cooler-shaped box packed with dry ice, and inside that box was our “Pot Roast Meal.” I was so surprised with how fresh the meal tasted after being frozen rock-solid.
The Richest, Fudgiest Brownies: A Recipe with Chocolate Chips and Ground Nuts. Chocolate Chip Brownies. Can a brownie be too rich? I suspect that many brownie-lovers would answer with an immediate—and perhaps slightly defensive—no. L.V. Anderson is a Slate assistant editor. Follow Historical chauvinists might disagree. Let us then accept that the purpose of a brownie recipe is to maximize fudginess and minimize everything else. There are at least two ways to circumvent flour’s dehydrating properties. Another way to heighten brownies’ fudginess is to stir extra chocolate into the batter right before baking. These brownies are thicker and a little saltier than average. Chocolate Chip Brownies Yield: 12 to 16 servings Time: About 1 hour, partially unattended Oil or butter for greasing the pan ½ cup almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts ¾ cup flour ½ teaspoon salt 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch slices 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped 1¾ cups sugar 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup milk chocolate chips 1. 2. 3.
The Feed | Recipes and Home Cooking from America's Test Kitchen. 3 Deliciously Easy Holiday Gifts from Your Kitchen. Even the best of us can be hard-pressed to concoct the perfect homemade holiday gift that’s heartfelt, creative, and won’t drive us bananas in the process. Add the demand of concocting something stunning enough to cut through all of the opulent seasonal fervor, and the pressure is on. But simplicity ultimately wins—and smartly too—with these three terrific DIY ideas from the Test Kitchen. They’re wonderfully easy to make as gifts, and you definitely want to make an extra batch for yourself, too. Homemade Vanilla Sugar Vanilla extract might be good for some people, but for me, only vanilla beans will do. Now, if I win the lottery, I plan to buy a whole case of vanilla beans, but for now I need to stretch the beans I have as much as possible.
That’s why I started making vanilla sugar. Homemade Smoked Salt Smoking is one of my favorite ways to give salt a little more firepower. Meringue Cookies (Photo: erika g.) Kitchen Window — Bread Redux: Don't Throw Out Those Stale Loaves. A classic French onion soup is not complete without its crown of bread and gratineed cheese. This method has the onions slow-cook in the oven, which, while time intensive, requires little effort. The onions cook throughout the afternoon, and an hour before dinner the soup is ready to finish. Lynda Balslev for NPR Makes 4 to 5 servings 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 5 large yellow onions, about 3 pounds, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup dry white wine, divided 1/2 cup sherry or Calvados 5 cups beef stock or an equal combination of beef and chicken stock 4 thyme sprigs, tied with kitchen string 1 bay leaf Salt and freshly ground black pepper 12 to 15 baguette slices, cut 3/4-inch thick 1 cup grated Gruyere cheese Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Remove pot from oven. After 2 hours, remove pot from oven and transfer to stovetop. Add sherry or Calvados and cook, stirring until alcohol evaporates. While the soup simmers, make the croutons. Pumpkin Roll Cake Recipe.