Cooking for multiple people is always challenging, especially if some diners are picky eaters. But no matter who’s sitting at your table, I bet they can appreciate a good burger! Today we are going to look at the easiest way to make a burger that will satisfy picky and adventurous eaters alike, and we’ll also conduct an experiment on the best additives to ensure your burgers are juicy and flavorful.
Has there ever been a vegetable with a worse name than Brussels sprouts? For one, why is “Brussels” not possessive? Must the “b” be capitalized? Let’s just decide, here and now, that no it does not. And if you have been misspelling it “brussel sprouts” for years upon years, I sympathize. But don’t let the grammatically frustrating name dissuade you from embracing this rich, adaptable vegetable in your diet.
For some reason, leftovers get a really bad rap. Many of us are just not aware of the proper way to store and utilize leftover food. Well, let’s remedy that! Today I’m writing about tips for making some leftover magic happen in your kitchen, saving you time, money, and preventing food waste.
So, kid, you wanna know about roasting? This isn’t just some arbitrary step in a recipe. This is the real deal, a technique you can master to make infinite meals out of any meat or veggie. Roasting may look easy as pie, but just like pie, it’s not all that easy. What a misleading idiom.
Just in time for soup and stew season, today we’re talking about the building blocks of a great recipe. You (hopefully) wouldn’t build a skyscraper without a foundation, just as you shouldn’t make a stew without a mirepoix. Pronounced “meer-pwah”, this combination of finely diced vegetables roasted or sauteed at the start of a recipe is a crucial element to enhancing and balancing savory flavors. It’s also a great term to drop into conversation with no context because it sounds French.
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Blue Apron, the meal delivery service start-up that has taken over my demographic’s kitchens, does this nifty thing where they give subscribers a coupon to pass on to a friend, good for one week’s worth of food. A free week’s worth of food? Heck yeah!