Kebabs are an easy way to control portions and eat healthy because you will cook them on the grill. Something simple and expensive like steak tips and potatoes can become a luxurious meal. Usually, the trick is making simplicity taste like it was complicated. This America’s Test Kitchen recipe for the sour cream-chive sauce is fresh and taste like summer. This recipe calls for the meat TO MARINATE FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS OR UP TO 24 HOURS. My recommendation is to prep the meat, placing it in the marinade before you start your workday. After the 8-9 hour workday, the meat will be perfect. Tricks I learned while…
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Chicken Lemon Pasta with Summer Vegetables
Looking for a way to use up your summer harvest? For this Chicken and Lemon Pasta, you will spend more time prepping than cooking. Use store-bought rotisserie chicken to make it a weeknight meal. MAKES 4 SERVINGS TOTAL TIME 35 MINUTES Ideal Cooking Gadgets When Cooking Pasta COOK – pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water according to package directions. Drain and reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water. You can use any type of your favorite pasta. The recipe recommended campanelle, which I used, but I think a penne or bowtie would’ve been better. HEAT – butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add scallion whites…
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Sprouts, Shoots and Microgreens OH MY!
What are the differences between sprouts, shoots and microgreens? Moving to Greenville and discovering the diverse farmers markets has been enjoyable. However, I have discovered new food I had yet experienced. Sprouts, shoots and microgreens were once only popular in expensive restaurants, prepared by Le Cordon Bleu graduates…now, they are grown by specialty farmers and provide an enhanced flavor and texture to any home cooked dish. Shoots Once the new growth of a plant has formed from seed germination, this “up-growth” is called a stem, also knows as a shoot. Shoots have not yet developed a secondary cell wall, making them delicate, easy to chew and digest by animals. Photo…
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Simple Supper: One Pot Pasta with Spinach & Tomatoes
Easy pasta dinner with a few ingredients… My favorite go to meal when I have no idea what to make for dinner is PASTA. It is so easy to prepare and you only need a few ingredients to boost it up to an entree. Served with a slice of bread, this is a meal that was a crunch time touchdown that only took about 30 minutes from start to finish. Ingredients needed: 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil 1 cup of chopped onion 6 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 1 (14.5 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes – do not drain them 1 1/2 cups chicken stock – I use Swanson, unsalted…
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Forage for Ramps
I am searching for RAMPS This article about foraging for ramps is very informative, with great photos. I am on the hunt for wild ramps. I have never ate them before and cannot wait to try them. Help me find a patch! The Foraged Foodie Monday, April 30, 2012 Foraging: Identifying and Sustainably Harvesting Ramps Allium tricoccum, called sometimes wild leeks, spring onions, wood leeks, or ramson, but most commonly known as the ramp or Ramps, are one of the most sought after wild foods. Recently “discovered” by the gourmet world, Martha Stewart, the New York Times, the Food Network, and more have just learned what foragers and people…
