Recipe: Twice-Baked Potatoes

Twice-baked potatoes along with ribs, broccoli cheddar gratin
and popovers w/gruyere = a perfect meal

Twice-baked Potatoes
Bon Appetit, March 2015
4.5 stars

Why have we never made twice-baked potatoes before?  I've had them . .  but we usually default to making regular mash which I love.  After seeing this recipe in Bon Appetit magazine (and knowing we were going to make ribs AND that we had tarragon and sour cream in the fridge) -- I added this to our weekly recipe selection.

Yum.

Ingredients:  potatoes, vegetable oil, sour cream, butter, chives, tarragon, salt and pepper

Just 8 ingredients including salt and pepper!

Adding this to our side dish rotation!

Recipe: Oven Risotto with Kale Pesto

Oven Risotto with Kale Pesto
Bon Appetit, February 2015, p.46
4 stars

Low-maintenance risotto!  I was a little skeptical about this recipe, but it turned out great!  Good flavor, easy and healthy. It's good if you like kale.  (I like kale.)

It only takes 11 ingredients (not including water, salt and pepper) . . .

• Pesto ingredients:  garlic, toasted walnuts, parsley, chives, kale, oil, water, salt, pepper
• Other ingredients:  onion, arborio rice, white wine, kale, butter, Parmesan, walnuts, olive oil

Recipe: Three-Cheese Gougeres

Three-Cheese Gougeres
Saveur, Issue #172, p. 66
4 stars

These gougeres were very nice -- would be a great hors d'ouevers for a party!

This recipe calls for just 8 ingredients which includes 3 different cheeses:  whole milk, unsalted butter, flour, 5 eggs, kosher salt, Comte cheese, Emmentaler cheese, Gruyere cheese

For a dinner side dish, I would actually make the Popovers with Gruyere recipe instead which are full-size popovers/muffins, not mini ones like this recipe, and are actually even simpler to make.  The popovers recipe also doesn't require butter or the mix of cheeses and requires fewer eggs.