This category is designed for the home cook that likes to explore all of the cooking techniques, from simple stovetop skillet cooking to slow cooking to indoor grilling to dehydrating. The recipes cover the range of cooking techniques popular in different cultures and cuisines, and include:
So quick and easy: just coat the salmon in sesame seeds and bake for 10 minutes. Mix up an Asian sauce full of umami to pour over some quickly sautéed bok choy and you have a low carb dinner that is chock full of flavor, as well as full of vitamins and minerals. Jump to: …
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Sweet potatoes are a traditional Thanksgiving side dish for our family, but there are many ways to customize the topping for roasted sweet potatoes. This recipe brushes a harissa sauce (or paste) over the potatoes while broiling and then drizzles a blackberry and rosemary compote over the top after they come out of the oven. …
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This easy pasta dish is rich creamy comfort food in a bowl, perfect for a fall weeknight dinner. It takes less than 30 minutes to from start to finish and hits all the high points: creamy texture, smoky protein, and the autumn flavor of fresh sage. Triple tested for ease of success. Jump to: RECIPE …
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The fruity undertones of smoked jalapeno peppers (aka chipotle peppers) complement the sweet and dusky flavor of raspberries. This easy raspberry chipotle sauce pairs perfectly with baked chicken, game birds and turkey. It is also wonderful spooned over cream cheese and served on crackers as a colorful holiday appetizer. Jump to: RECIPE | Ingredients | …
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This sweet and spicy blackberry sauce is a perfect pairing with a quick-cooking flank steak or skirt steak. The sauce is an easy blender sauce that can be kept in the fridge for a few days, and the flank steak is a cut that cooks very quickly (on the grill or in a skillet). In …
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This fried green tomato stack layered with a creamy, tangy crab remoulade is a Southern specialty that is truly sublime. It is the perfect way to shine a light on the end-of-season green tomatoes for an unforgettable appetizer, lunch, or dinner. Plate it as a “stack” for the visual restaurant-like appeal, or enjoy it as …
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I’ve been on a real fruit-with-dough bender lately, working my way through all the old fashioned dishes in an attempt to distinguish cobblers from crisps from crumbles from buckles, from pandowdys. This recipe is for the buckle, and although any fruit will work in the filling, I chose peaches as they are in season here …
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I’m always looking for ways to enhance the flavors of lowly vegetables, while at the same time keeping it simple as possible. Yotam Ottolenghi of course is a master at creating beautiful, flavorful vegetable dishes, but I always find myself opting for an easier recipe. Roasting the beets and carrots with a little spice and …
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As a blueberry farmer for the past 20 years, I have tested a lot of recipes using fresh and frozen blueberries. This skillet cake is one I always make for guests to the farm. It is the perfect balance between a sweeter blueberry cobbler and a savory cornbread. Made in a cast iron skillet it …
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These crispy zucchini fritters use shredded zucchini in place of potatoes, but the best part of this recipe is that the fritters hold their shape in the pan. I’ll never forget sharing the first version of this recipe with my daughter only to get a tearful phone call about them falling completely apart in the …
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Blueberries are one of the lowest-carb fruits that you can eat, and they have the bonus of incredible taste! Blueberries add interest and flavor to this classic chicken dinner salad recipe, and rotisserie pre-cooked chicken from Costco make this recipe an easy, no-cook summer salad. Jump To: RECIPE | Ingredients | Blueberry Rum Popsicles | …
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Piperade is the simple, elegant, and quintessential dish of the small Basque region that sits partially in France and partially in Spain. The signature ingredients are those found readily in this region and consist of onion, garlic, peppers, and tomatoes (and usually a spicy paprika). Jump to: RECIPE | What is Piperade? | Grow Your …
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