Stocking the pantry.
What’s in your pantry (or refrigerator or freezer)? I’ve put together a list of what I think are essential ingredients in every kitchen.
Tag: basic recipes
Better than store-bought: Homemade chicken stock.
Good quality packaged chicken broth will do in a pinch, but it’s a snap to make fantastic homemade chicken stock.
Creamy basil salad dressing.
It may be low-fat, but this creamy basil-garlic salad dressing packs a ton of flavor and has about a zillion different uses.
Oven-dried tomato pesto.
In October, this late in the summer vegetable-gardening season, we’re still getting scads of cherry tomatoes, thanks to a stretch of absolutely gorgeous, mid-70-degree weather. I fear that will not last. We’re picking tomatoes faster than …
Roasted red-pepper sauce (romesco).
A glut of red bell peppers in my garden—they ripened all at once—sent me scrambling for a way to use several of them quickly. A Romesco sauce immediately came to mind. Romesco originates in Catalonia, Spain, …
Making pesto.
Over the weekend, I made what I call Panic Pesto. Gardeners, you know what I’m talking about: You scan the weather forecast, realize to your horror that a cold snap is projected overnight, and rush outdoors …
Better than store-bought: Homemade applesauce.
Me: Hi, Grandma! It’s Bryn. Grandma: Hi, darlin’! Me: So, I have a question for you. I found myself a 5-pound bag of Lodi apples at a farm stand this weekend and thought I’d make applesauce. …
In praise of: the swirl mixer.
I’m not much for kitchen gadgets. Please, I don’t need a quesadilla maker, or a frozen pop maker or any other ‘-maker.’ I like simple tools that function well. Like the swirl mixer. My grandmother and …
Our fast-food culture: Why we need to slow down.
We eat in our cars, at our desks, on the go, in front of the TV. We eat drive-through, take-out, delivered, packaged and prepared meals. We need to slow … down. Consumer trends around the globe …
