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Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
I really love Cheap Healthy Good. That and The Kitchn are probably a tie.
Not Technically Food Books, But Books with Good Food Passages
Definitely the Chronicles of Narnia - especially The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. The Turkish Delight, the fried fish at the Beavers', and the giant feast at the end of Caspian, with roasted sides of beef and boar...The descriptions of wine in that book engendered extreme disappointment when my parents let me taste the real thing. Luckily, I discovered sangria.
Taste Test: Gluten-Free, Vegan-Friendly Shirataki Noodles
@courtguerra - My god! They DO smell exactly like Gak! I'd been trying to put my finger on that scent for months!
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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Spaghetti and meatballs is hard to beat, I must say, but another unlikely family favorite for my family is satay and fried rice.
Cook the Book: 'The Pioneer Woman Cooks'
I really love Cheap Healthy Good. That and The Kitchn are probably a tie.
Not Technically Food Books, But Books with Good Food Passages
Definitely the Chronicles of Narnia - especially The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. The Turkish Delight, the fried fish at the Beavers', and the giant feast at the end of Caspian, with roasted sides of beef and boar...The descriptions of wine in that book engendered extreme disappointment when my parents let me taste the real thing. Luckily, I discovered sangria.
Taste Test: Gluten-Free, Vegan-Friendly Shirataki Noodles
@courtguerra - My god! They DO smell exactly like Gak! I'd been trying to put my finger on that scent for months!
Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 74: Can My All-Pie Fourth of July Diet Work?
I'm sorry to break this to you, Ed, but your calorie count for one slice of pie is pretty unrealistic. Just to give you a ballpark, my mother's homemade apple pie with a regular top and bottom crust (flour, shortening, salt, and water), apples, sugar, cinnamon, and a little butter in the filling, is 430 calories for one slice. I did the math. So, just be careful out there, but still enjoy your Fourth of July weekend!
Threadless T-Shirt Giveaway: Lemon Aid
Freshly squeezed, with pureed strawberries. It's the only way.
Mixed Review: Uncle Ben's Rice Pudding Mix
The real answer to saving time is simply to parboil your own rice ahead of time. You can even freeze parboiled rice if you need to keep it around longer. Then you, too, can have ten-minute rice pudding, but made with your own choice of ingredients.
Raspberry-Filled Cinnamon Muffins
As a cross-over reader of Cheap Healthy Good, I know you've got the calorie stats on these muffins, probably even broken down by ingredient. Could you post those on Serious Eats, too? It'd be awesome and I'd love you forever. (Not in a creepy stalker way, though. I swear.)
Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks
New York Strip is always good, but a fine tenderloin is excellent as well. Tenderloin, or filet mignon, gets a lot of flack for being low in flavor, but if it's done correctly and the meat is good to start with, that's really not a problem.
Win a Free Organic D'Artagnan Turkey Here!
I'm planning to brine a turkey for the first time this year, so that recipe is the most helpful to me. My brand-new mother-in-law is letting me do the cooking, so here's hoping it comes out...
Juicy Turkey Burgers
While my faith in Cook's Illustrated is usually limitless and well placed, the turkey burger recipe is perhaps the only one that has let me down. I think it must be the strength of the Dijon flavor combined with the fluffiness that the ricotta adds to the ground turkey, but there's something both overwhelming and offputting about the mouthfeel of the finished product. The technique, however, of leaving the burgers untouched in the pan to form a crust on the bottom is really useful.
Dinner Tonight: Blue Smoke’s Iceberg Wedges with Roquefort Dressing
I don't know at what point steakhouses decided that a wedge of iceberg lettuce was a salad, but I think there's a really lazy garde manger somewhere laughing behind his hand.
I'm not sure, in fact, that iceberg belongs anywhere but tuna fish sandwiches.
Cook the Book: Nigella Express
One of the best ways to save some time but still get a really fresh taste to things like soups and stews is to make the time-consuming part of the soup (stock, the meat and onion parts of stews, the harder, more resilient vegetables in vegetable soup) ahead of time, on the weekend, and divide it into portions and freeze or refrigerate. Then, during the week, you can take the heartier portion of the meal and add your delicate vegetables or spices and do a final finishing prep, and you won't get mushy overcooked veggies or pasta like you do when simply reheating. Works great for things like Minestrone, Chile Colorado, etc.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
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Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Wild rice soup. Creamy and comforting.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
My favorite family dinner is veggie lasagna
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
My mom would make a dish with country ribs and sauerkraut that was so good! I'm glad I finally learned how to make it.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
peruvian chicken with rice and green beans
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
One of our favorites would be roasted turkey with dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, butternut squash, green bean casserole and homemade biscuits.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
I've always loved stew that's cooked all day in the slow cooker paired with a mixed green salad and freshly baked bread.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Our favorite dinner meal is Lasagne, baked potatoes, Caesar Salad, Garlic bread and cherry pie. garrettsambo@aol.com
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Definitely meatloaf and mashed potatoes
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
When it gets cool, the husband likes to make turkey chili and I make the honey cornbread. So good!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Our fav meal is an oven roasted chicken with sides like green beans creamed potatoes and a nice dessert like cheese cake
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Deep fried breaded chicken breasts make with homemade super crunchy breadcrumbs :)
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Cold weather is chili time! Made with fresh tomatoes, chunks of steak and some diced habanero for a little extra kick. A big bowl of chili, caesar salad, and cheddary potato rolls are a truly memorable and satisfying meal.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Mom's homemade shrimp creole night is a big family favorite year-round, followed by Mom's holiday time cookie bake-a-thon. Yum!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
A big bowl of steaming hot noodle soup!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
chicken and biscuits!!!!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Old fashioned turkey dinner does it.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
I love my Mom's boiled chicken and a big bowl of soup she makes with the stock!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Kielke and farmer sausage with "gravy" (aka cream sauce with onions). Oh thank goodness for Mennonite roots. If only I worked like a farmer to work it off.
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
I love Ziti and galic bread! Delicious!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Mom's Thanksgiving feast!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Roast chicken with mashed potatoes!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
I love pot roast with roasted potatoes, onions, and carrots. YUM!
Cook the Book: 'New Classic Family Dinners'
Spaghetti and meatballs always goes over well here.
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Spaghetti and meatballs is hard to beat, I must say, but another unlikely family favorite for my family is satay and fried rice.