Cooking Method: Boiling
Lemony Green Beans With Frizzled Leeks
These Lemony Green Beans With Frizzled Leeks for Epicurious have only 3 ingredients. The leeks are fried in olive oil, which become crispy and add a lot of flavor to these green beans.
By - Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 25 mins
- Yields: 8 - 10 Servings
Spaghetti with Garlic, Herbs, and Parmesan
A friend of mine recently took cooking classes in Tuscany and brought back some of this fantastic dried herb mix. I used to buy Ducros herb blend in France. Spaghetti with Garlic, Herbs, and Parmesan is one of my all-time favorite ways to eat pasta, especially when you are on a student budget. It was my equivalent of ramen noodles. It is so simple, yet so satisfying.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 4 - 6 Servings
Spaghetti Pie
Spaghetti Pie is an old family favorite of our friend Carol Stephens—sadly now gone but NOT forgotten—who served this to her large family in their farmhouse in the English countryside. It is traditionally cooked in a casserole dish (we always use a large soufflé dish) and served with ketchup, as there is no tomato sauce in this—it is spaghetti, minced beef, onions, parsley and cheese bound together with milk and egg (a twist of nutmeg is a must, and a bit of garlic and sautéed mushrooms are great in it, too. Cooking it in a bundt pan and cutting slices of it is a great improvement (we hope Carol would think so!).
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 45 mins
- Yields: 6 - 8 Servings
Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Maple Gastrique
The best thing about learning how to make a gastrique is that it’s extremely easy to do. It makes a simple dish look like it just came across the kitchen line of a four-star restaurant. A basic gastrique is a reduction of vinegar and sugar thick becomes a thick syrupy sauce. These Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Maple Gastrique is a perfect example. The tangy-sweet glaze works really well with these sweet potatoes.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
“16 Bean” Pasta e Fagioli
This “16 Bean” Pasta e Fagioli is from Ina Garten’s new cookbook, Cooking for Jeffery. Pasta e fagioli, meaning "pasta and beans", is a traditional Italian dish. Pastafazoola, a 1927 novelty song by Van and Schenck, capitalizes on the Neapolitan pronunciation in the rhyme, "Don't be a fool, eat pasta fazool", and the Dean Martin song "That's Amore" includes the rhyme "When the stars make you drool, just like pasta fazool, that's amore".
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hrs 50 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Chicken Noodle Soup
I have made chicken noodle soup for many sick clients over the years. There is something so cathartic about making soup.It's easy on the stomach and it is just what your body needs. Grandmother’s chicken soup was and is the ultimate cure for colds and new medical research says that chicken soup really does work just like Grandma always said it did.
- Prep: 2 hrs
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: Makes 2 quarts
Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash, Shallots & Sage
My husband made me this Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash, Shallots & Sage for Sunday lunch last week. It has all my favorite quintessential autumnal ingredients.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 45 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Mocha Cake
I had this Mocha Cake at The Shed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which opened in 1953. It’s made with their special blend of coffee and dark chocolate mousse, served frozen with fresh whipped cream.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 10 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Rangoon Racquet Club Peanut Soup
There was a time in the 70s and 80s when the cognoscenti in Beverly Hills eschewed the Polo Lounge, Bistro, et al, and headed for the real hot spot, the Rangoon Racquet Club, a restaurant reinventing the last days of the Raj with a Rodeo Drive vibe. Anglo-Indian food topped the bill of fare and the favorite starter was Peanut Soup. A silky smooth chilled soup of creamy chicken broth with creamy coconut and peanuts, this dish was served in a small cup nestled in a bed of crushed ice, with a half a lime on the side to squeeze over it before eating. The acidity of the tart lime cuts through the unctuous richness of the cream, coconut and pureed peanut and creates the perfect medley of flavors.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 35 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Butternut Squash & Bacon Mac n’ Cheese
This Butternut Squash & Bacon Mac n’ Cheese is perfect for a fall meal. It's super cheesy and delicious. Serve it will a mixed green salad and crusty bread.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 45 mins
- Yields: 6 servings
