Sunday, March 24, 2024

Recipe: Baked Chipotle Cheddar Sweet Potato Chowder



This was DELICIOUS!!!! It is VERY similar to Half Baked Harvest's Instant Pot Chipotle Chile Corn Chowder. I like this one because it uses sweet potatoes, though both are good.

Can't wait to eat these leftovers! Again, the chipotle in adobo adds so much flavor and complexity to the soup.

Ingredients: sweet potatoes, cheddar cheese, bacon, yellow onion, flour, broth, apple cider, milk, garlic, chipotle in adobo, chili powder, smoked paprika, greek yogurt or sour cream, cilantro, green onion, butter, Kosher salt, pepper

Tips:
  • The prep time for this is not 15 min -- it's 30 min
  • The cook time is not 35 min -- it's 45-60 min
  • Used apple juice instead of apple cider since cider wasn't available

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Recipe: White Bean and Mushroom Cassoulet



White Bean and Mushroom Cassoulet
Food & Wine Magazine, Mar 2024, p. 39
4.8 stars

Delicious and EASY dish to make -- though the cook time is a little long. The dish will look soupy, but the liquid soak up.

Ingredients: cannellini beans, dried porcini mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, carrots, celery, onion, panko, Gruyere cheese,  garlic, tomato paste, dry white wine, dry sherry, parsley, extra-virgin olive oil, thyme, unsalted butter, Kosher salt, black pepper, hot water

Tips/Notes:
  • Used dried porcini powder that we had
  • Used a little less water since there was so much liquid
  • Next time consider adding some paprika and cayenne

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Recipe: Honey-Glazed Sweet Potato Steaks with Brussels Sprouts

Honey-Glazed Sweet Potato Steaks with Brussels Sprouts
Food & Wine Magazine, Mar 2019, p. 95
4.6 stars

This turned out better than we expected! Glad we decided to make it -- we'll definitely do it again but with the changes below.

Ingredients: sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, ginger, sea salt, coriander, red pepper, canola oil, honey

Tips/Notes:
  • Cooked on sheet pans; did not do any of the cooking on the stove
  • Doubled the recipe
  • Put brussels sprouts on a separate sheet pan from the sweet potatoes
  • Next time, use a LOT less salt -- instead, sprinkle sea salt on the vegetables vs. putting it in the rub mix
  • Remember to add honey to the vegetables about halfway through the cooking process
  • Use a little less ginger

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Recipe: My Favorite Salad I Created!

My Favorite Salad
I took ingredients that I love and put them together in an amazing salad.

Ingredients:
  • Mixed greens
  • Green beans
  • Hearts of palm
  • Avocado
  • Pistachios
  • Dates
  • A vinaigrette
I didn't have any fingerling potatoes, but that would be a delicious addition and perhaps cucumbers and red onion.

In restaurants, they often also add either rotisserie chicken or salmon.

Recipe: Kimchi-Fried Grains


Bon Appetit Magazine, Apr 2018, p,69
4.8 stars

Really delicious and SUPER EASY to make -- I probably don't even need the recipe to make it!

Ingredients: kimchi, carrots, cooked grains, scallions, extra-virgin olive oil, soy sauce, sesame oil, Kosher salt

Tips/Notes:
  • Forgot to eat this with the roasted seaweed I bought
  • Used 2 carrots instead of 1
  • Used a mix of farro and quinoa
  • Didn't squeeze the kimchi -- it was fine with the juice
  • Didn't make the eggs separately; instead made room on the side of the pan, cracked the eggs, cooked them on the side and then stirred them into the rest of the dish
  • Added the reserve scallions at the very end so that they had a little "cook" to them
  • Could serve with eggrolls next time

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Recipe: Green Goddess Wraps

Green Goddess Wraps
Better Homes & Gardens, Mar 2023, p.62
4.7 stars

I didn't put the ingredients into a wrap but made it into a salad and used Primal Kitchen's bottled Green Goddess dressing. So good!

Ingredients: spinach flour tortillas, green cabbage, cucumber, green onions, pepitas, green goddess dressing, avocado, hard-boiled eggs, radishes

Tips/Notes:
  • Made soft-boiled eggs instead of hard-boiled
  • Didn't use pepitas
  • Since I made mine into a salad, added croutons for some crunch.