Tool Kit: Your largest cast iron skillet A digital meat thermometer Preferably one that you can tell it what temperature to go off at One whole chicken One whole head of garlic One medium yellow onion quartered One blood orange quartered Thyme Rosemary 6 tablespoons of butter Roughly 20 idaho red potatoes quartered A FewContinue reading “Whole Roasted Chicken & Basically Gravy Potatoes”
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Blueberry Syrup
Tool Kit: 1 Cup sugar 1 cup blueberries The zest and juice of one lemon Let’s Do This!! Put all of the ingredients into your favorite sauce pan or enamel cast iron pot and put it on medium low heat. Stir every couple of minutes to ensure everything gets dissolved evenly. Once it starts toContinue reading “Blueberry Syrup”
Mini Baked Alaskas
Tool Kit: 4 mini bowls Plastic wrap Patience Ice cream French meringue (see my french meringue recipe) Strawberry Cake (see my strawberry cake recipe) A Few Notes: Okay so I want the record to show that I was beyond excited to make these. They feel like the ultimate fanciness level you can achieve as aContinue reading “Mini Baked Alaskas”
Strawberry Lemonade Mini Cakes
Tool Kit: For the Strawberry Swirls: 1 Cup sugar 1 cup chopped strawberries For the Cake 2 Cups Sugar 2 Cups Flour 2 Teaspoons baking soda 1 packet of strawberry jello 1 teaspoon of kosher salt 1 cup milk ⅔ cup oil 3 eggs For the icing The zest and juice of 2 lemons PowderedContinue reading “Strawberry Lemonade Mini Cakes”
The Easiest Vegan Thai Curry
Tool Kit: Anywhere between 5 tablespoons to a whole can of your favorite curry paste For this one I used a green curry paste 1 can of full fat coconut milk Salt & pepper to taste Cayenne pepper to taste 4 large garlic cloves minced (or more if you like it garlicy) Pick a fewContinue reading “The Easiest Vegan Thai Curry”
Blood Orange & Olive Oil Challah Bread
Tool Kit: 1 cup of blood orange juice ( about 2 or 3 oranges) The zest from the blood oranges that you plan on juicing (about 2 or 3 oranges) 1 cup warm water 2 ¼ teaspoons of instant dry yeast 6 cups all purpose flour ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ cup sugar ⅔ cup ofContinue reading “Blood Orange & Olive Oil Challah Bread”
The Put-on-everything Roasted Garlic
Tool Kit: 2 whole heads of garlic Aluminum Foil OR Parchment Paper 2 teaspoons of olive oil Salt & pepper This will be both the fanciest/ most extra thing you can do while also being the easiest. Roasting your garlic before adding it to things like mashed potatoes (recipe coming soon) can really elevate aContinue reading “The Put-on-everything Roasted Garlic”
Orange Creamsicle French Meringues
Tool Kit: 4 egg whites 1 cup of sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste The zest of 1 orange Piping bag A Few Notes: The ratio I find works best is 4:1 (4 egg whites to 1 cup of sugar) but if you happen to have more than 4 egg whites saved up fromContinue reading “Orange Creamsicle French Meringues”