Category: Side Dishes
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How to Cook a Pumpkin and Turn it into Puree
In the fall, we’ve got pumpkins coming out our ears, and it just pains me to think that 95% of the pumpkins grown in this country are simply carved for Halloween and then tossed into the trash. Sometimes people buy 4 or 5, carve only one, and let the rest sit on their front porch…
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Smoked Mozzarrella, Eggplant, and Mushroom Fritters
The inspiration for this recipe came from the book Artisan Cheesemaking at Home, which is a FABULOUS way to get hooked on a new hobby. Before I even started making my own cheese, though, I had to try this recipe. The only problem was that I didn’t have most of the ingredients it called for,…
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Candied Ginger
Every tried to buy candied or crystallized ginger in the spice rack at the grocery store? It is ridiculously overpriced…a single small bottle can cost upwards of $10, which is silly because you can make your own for about $10 a POUND. To get started, you’ll need: 1 pound of fresh ginger root To make…
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Mind-Boggling Life-Altering Earth-Shattering Mac and Cheese
It’s everyone’s favorite food. And I confess, I even get excited about eating a fake-orange bowl of the artificial stuff from the box or at a restaurant. Who doesn’t like macaroni and cheese? The problem is that we get accustomed to this impossibly-creamy texture that we get served at chain restaurants, which contain processed cheese…
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Homemade Sriracha (fermented red pepper sauce)
If you have a garden, like me, and have more than a couple of pepper plants, chances are in the early fall you’re INUNDATED with so many chiles that you can’t give them away fast enough. What on EARTH do you do when you’ve got pounds of hot peppers? If you’re me, you preserve them…
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1-Hour No-Knead Yeast Dinner Rolls
Bread. It can be a problem with dinner, because sometimes you just don’t have 4-5 hours to prep contemporary yeast bread or roll recipes. You all know that I prefer to use long, slow fermentations with my yeast breads to produce incredible flavor and crust. But that requires me to start the bread the day…