Two Gluten-Free Flours for the Best Texture Almond flour is one of my favorite gluten-free flours since it lends both richness and tenderness to baked goods. Tapioca flour is what makes the rolls chewy—it’s the main ingredient in Brazilian pão de queijo and is often used in gluten-free wraps and dumpling wrappers. When tapioca and almond flours are mixed in a one-to-one ratio, you get the best properties of both....
You can top a grilled pizza with almost anything, but when I came up with this recipe, I was thinking Greek-ish and all vegetarian, so I started with feta, olives, and fresh oregano for the topping. Because there is nothing I like more than carbs upon carbs, potatoes seemed like a good addition. I cooked the potatoes on the grill first so they would be ready for the topping. Revelation, people!...
Early 2022, green goddess salad created by the blog Baked by Melissa, became the recipe everyone was making and recreating across social media. While I try not to give into trends, this recipe was hard to resist. Why? The green was vibrant and eye-catching, the sauce tangy and herbaceous, and when served as a dip with salted tortilla chips, the crunch was so satisfying. However, there was one thing I didn’t love: all that chopping!...
But when it comes to grilled chicken, nothing feels as perfect as the tang of a mustard-based South Carolina-style barbecue sauce. What is South Carolina-Sytle BBQ Sauce? This recipe pairs zesty, mustard-based barbecue sauce with grilled chicken. The resulting dish has a hint of sweetness and spice, and every bite is wonderfully smoky with an ideal balance of piquant flavors. Keep in mind that grilling chicken slathered in sauce is a messy business....
No marinade required. The trick to grilled salmon, so that your fillets stay whole and don’t fall through the grill grates, is to use skin-on pieces. Grill the salmon flesh side down first. Once you have some grill marks, turn over the salmon so that now the skin side is on the grill. As the salmon cooks, the flesh tends to flake, but if the salmon does most of its cooking skin-side down, the skin will help keep the salmon together so it doesn’t flake apart into the grill....
What makes pink lemonade pink? Doesn’t the canned stuff just have food dye in it to make it pink? I haven’t bought canned pink lemonade in decades so don’t really know. (But just in case you’re curious too, Joe Sevier at Epicurious has some theories.) How To Make Pink Lemonade I’m guessing the canned stuff we grew up with is pink only through the addition of artificial dyes. But we don’t need to do that....
This Stuffed French Toast is the real deal, though, and it’s the ideal breakfast for someone who likes good flavors and just a touch of sweetness. While it is admittedly more work to stuff the toasts, this mix of mild ricotta cheese, honey, and lemon is one of the best flavor combos out there. And you don’t have to make a huge stack of slices to be satisfied. One big stuffed slice per person is plenty....
Need I say more? It’s been raining and in the 40s for the last month now (okay, no need to tell me that I’m a California wimp – I know it’s probably worse where you are. Heck, dad is from Minnesota, he knows) and any excuse to make something hot and cheerful in the oven is welcome! Here’s a quick, easy, and delicious, piping hot crab dip, perfect for a winter gathering....
What Is Blanching? Blanching is a process of cooking food (often vegetables) in boiling water for a few minutes before transferring it to an ice water bath, which shocks the vegetable and stops the cooking process. The result is a vibrantly colored, slightly cooked vegetable that is still crisp and ideal for freezing or use in a favorite recipe. Why Should I Blanch Broccoli? Blanching has a number of benefits. It destroys any dirt or microorganisms that may still remain on your broccoli....
The most important thing is to use the freshest corn possible! When you bring the corn into your kitchen from the farmers market, grocery store, or your own garden, decide right then if it’s going to be eaten fresh (we love it on the grill!) or go straight to the freezer. The older the corn is, the more it loses its optimal flavor and texture, and that’s what you’ll taste later if you freeze it past its peak....
Whether you binged over the holidays, drank too much alcohol on the weekend, want to boost your immune system or lose some weight, or just want to eat a bit healthier, smoothies are the easiest way to pack a ton of nutrition into your meal. You can make a smoothie in less than 10 minutes. And the best part is, you don’t even need to turn on the oven!...
We’ve all brought home a dud at some point, but with a little bit of guidance we can avoid that kind of disappointment. Here’s what you need to know to have yourself a winning watermelon season. When is Watermelon Season? Watermelon season starts as early as May in some places, and winds down in September. The very peak of the season is July and August. Grocery stores sell watermelons, mainly red seedless, year-round....
In this guide, I’ll cover the many different techniques used to thicken a soup or stew so that you can find the best method for your own needs. What Makes a Soup or Stew Thick and Creamy? Think back to the creamiest soups you’ve tasted. Cream of mushroom. Broccoli cheddar soup. Gumbo. What ingredients thickened these dishes? Some recipes add in thickeners like cream or flour. Others rely on techniques, like pureeing or mashing, to change the consistency of the soup....
How do they work? Is it really frying? What kinds of foods can you make in your new air fryer? Here’s everything you need to know about a basic basket-type air fryer. The Deal with Air Fryers First off, a disappointment: Air fryers are not deep fryers. Air fryers are full of hot air, and that’s what is great about them. They are basically small, powerful ovens, and ovens use air as a vehicle for heat, whereas deep frying uses fat as the vehicle for heat....
In my college years, I discovered a pasta with the ultimate creamy, dreamy sauce that packs a punch of complex cheesy flavor and didn’t put me into an immediate coma—as long as I didn’t devour the whole bag in one sitting. Trader Joe’s Gorgonzola Gnocchi ($3.29 for 1 pound) is one of the grocery store’s longest-running frozen meals. It takes five minutes to heat up on the stove—watch the frozen gnocchi plump up as the gorgonzola cream sauce melts around them....
Save 6 Hours by Cooking Beans in the Pressure Cooker Instead of taking eight hours to cook, I can make these pressure cooker baked beans in just over two hours! Looking for the slow cooker version? Slow Cooker Boston Baked Beans Another bonus with this pressure cooker recipe is that you don’t have to soak the beans overnight. Instead, I par-cook (partially cook) them with just water before adding the rest of the ingredients....
The tangy cream cheese cuts the sweetness of the pumpkin, brown sugar, and warming spices, and the graham cracker and pecan crust has just enough salt to make all of the flavors pop. A pecan-speckled crust, not-too-sweet pumpkin filling, and boozy whipped-cream topping made this cheesecake the favorite dessert at my family’s Thanksgiving dinner last year! I’ll be making it every year now, in my Instant Pot, while the rest of the kitchen is in serious holiday mode....
Here’s to the things kids can teach you! My young friends Piper (4), Alden (7), and Reilly (9) recently gave me a lesson in one of their favorite foods - a “wrap”. First they explained what a “wrap” is - basically a flour tortilla, with good stuff inside, tucked in the edges and rolled up to make it easy to eat. In my neck of the woods we would pack it full with a lot of rice, beans, and salsa and call it a burrito....
“The untamed beast”, “vine from hell”, or simply “the monster” are a few of the names my father and I have given this plant. Or plants. There may be two of them but I rarely fight my way through the mass of leaves and fruit to see what is really growing there. It’s my mother’s baby, so we are only allowed to cut it back when it threatens to completely overtake the vegetable garden, which it does on a weekly basis all summer long....
