This is the kind of thing I make for big family feasts. If you are looking for a real “show stopper” of a dinner, consider making these sumptuous short ribs. prepare this dinner earlier in the day and let it slow-cook over several hours. Even if your dinner is finished early, you can still keep this warm in the oven for a while. This dish is best with a creamy, starchy side dish like mashed potatoes. Be sure to serve this with creamed horseradish sauce and maybe some baby peas or other vibrant green vegetable. The intensity of the […]
Daily Archives: October 27, 2023
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Roasted vegetable season is here and there’s nothing quite as delicious on a cold day as a big plate of roasted vegetables topped with a gooey and flavorful cheese sauce. A preservative-free and all natural cheese sauce – this recipe uses real cheese and nothing “processed”. If you’ve ever melted cheese in the microwave and been dismayed at how quickly it becomes thick and gummy, you know that there is more to a cheese sauce than just melted cheese. In order for cheese sauce to be smooth and malleable, it needs to first start as a white sauce […]
By far the most tedious part of making this dish is the peeling and chopping of each individual sprout. My son John, who has always been “tactile”, adopted this chore when he was about four-years-old. Thankfully, at nearly fifteen, he’s still keen to help me. My whole family (even little Rosie) absolutely adores roasted Brussels sprouts. I served these with my simple cheddar cheese sauce. They were amazing, and I was very happy to have repeats for lunch for the next few days. I made a large quantity of these for my family. For my family, four pounds […]
The history of peanut butter cookies. Peanut butter cookies are distinctly American! First published in a cookbook in 1910, the peanut butter cookie is credited to none other than George Washington Carver! Carver published a cookbook entitled “How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption”. Now, with their distinctive waffle-marks on top – they are the quintessential American after school snack. It’s important to let the baked cookies rest on the hot pan after coming out of the oven so they won’t fall apart. The peanut butter softens to almost a liquid when […]
The cast iron is the secret to creating an incredibly sumptuous and moist chicken, as the cast iron becomes a “super oven” that charges heat and flavor into the meat and seals the moisture in the chicken. A perfect recipe for your very first baked whole chicken, or for a seasoned cook to remember the basics and why you fell in love with cooking in the first place. This is an excellent recipe for any day – your busiest days or a lazy day. You can serve this baked chicken as is for a fabulous dinner, or you can use […]
Delicious, creamy and easy-to-make mashed potatoes. An excellent recipe for a beginner!