Balsamic Glazed Green Beans with Cranberries and Almonds
These delicious Balsamic Glazed Green Beans make the perfect side dish for any meal, whether it’s a holiday or a busy weeknight dinner. Since they take no time to make, I always make them when I entertain. They can be ready in 15 minutes! I love the sliced almonds and dried cranberries in here too. […]
Fluffy Mashed Potatoes
We wanted a mashed potato recipe that allowed more of the prep work to be done in advance, but still delivered a fully smooth mash with robust, earthy flavor. So in our mashed potato recipe, we peeled and steamed the potatoes rather than boiling them and rinsed them midway through cooking to prevent them from […]
Cheesy au Gratin Potatoes
Few foods seem as all-American as potatoes. But what you actually get from au gratin potatoes can range from curdled cream and unevenly cooked potatoes to cheese that's barely there and slices that fall into sloppy heaps. This American classic needed perfecting.The choice of potato was critical for our Cheesy au Gratin Potatoes. We settled […]
Sautéed Corn with Miso, Butter and Scallions
For this umami-filled, savory-sweet side dish, plump, tender kernels cut from ears of fresh sweet corn are the first choice, but out of season an equal amount of frozen corn kernels that have been thawed and patted dry will work; they’ll just take a few minutes longer to brown. The optional furikake garnish adds even […]
Crispy Onion Scalloped Potatoes
These Fried Onion Scalloped Potatoes are slices of russet potatoes smothered in a creamy cheese sauce, and topped with crispy, golden-fried onions – a delicious twist on a classic recipe.
Sautéed Spinach with Pine Nuts and Feta
This is a great fresh and healthy dish. The toasty pine nuts add a nice crunch and rounds out the texture of the cooked spinach and the lemon really brightens the flavor. It’s a quick and easy side dish to almost anything.
Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus Bundles
You’re going to love these Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus Bundles drizzled with Balsamic Vinegar. It’s a lot simpler to make than it sounds.If you aren’t familiar with prosciutto, it’s an Italian ham that can be baked until crispy (like it is in this recipe) or eaten as is (with a super buttery texture) on a cheese […]
Braised Fennel with Garlic Butterbeans
This dish really highlights the amazing flavor of fennel as it transforms from fresh and crispy to sweet, meaty and caramelly when slow cooked.It’s simple and so spectacular. This dish is no waste as well, using the fennel tops at the end to add a fragrant, fresh element to the dish.Serve with fish, chicken, roast […]
Greek Baked Vegetables (Briam)
The Greek baked vegetable dish known as briam is an example of lathera (also spelled ladera)—vegetable-centric dishes that feature a generous amount of olive oil (lath in Greek). In briam, potatoes give the dish weight and substance, but it’s the summer produce—such as zucchini, tomatoes, garlic, and herbs—that are the main attraction. Because potatoes take […]
Charred Cherry Tomatoes with Bell Peppers and Mozzarella
Sweetness and a kiss of char bring intrigue to this tasty salad at any time of the year. This recipe was inspired by one in acclaimed British chef April Bloomfield's cookbook, A Girl and Her Pig (2012). Compared to her recipe, which calls for roasting whole peppers and slow-roasting whole tomatoes before peeling them, ours […]
Oaxacan-Style Vegetables in Chili-Garlic Sauce
Some versions of Oaxacan chileajo contain meat, but in chileajo de verduras (also known as chileajo de legumbres), vegetables are the main attraction, along with the earthy, garlicky red chili sauce that coats them (chileajo translates from the Spanish as chili-garlic). Garnet-toned guajillo chilies are mild and fruity; we toast them in a little […]
Grilled Potato Salad With Chiles and Basil
This dish is everything we love about a German potato salad (bright vinegar, fresh herbs, a little heat), plus the added benefit of a grilled, smoky, char. The still hot-off-the-grates spuds get tossed in dressing that’s equal parts spicy, sweet, herbaceous, and nothing sort of addictive. If you don’t have access to a grill, fear […]
Cheddar Scalloped Potatoes
We love scalloped potatoes, but most recipes call for more than an hour of oven time to soften the potatoes. We wanted a streamlined recipe that could be made any night of the week. We started by parboiling sliced russet potatoes in a combination of heavy cream and chicken broth on the stovetop. Then […]
Chopped Carrot Salad with Fennel, Orange, and Hazelnuts
Finely chopping carrots in the food processor, instead of grating them by hand, produced a delicately crunchy, light-textured base for our carrot salad. The food processor broke down the carrots in seconds, and we saved even more time by not peeling the carrots; scrubbing them was sufficient, and the skins contributed a subtle but […]
Barley Risotto with Asparagus and Lemon
Combine the bright flavors of lemon, basil, and asparagus with the earthiness of barley and onions.
Short-Order Home Fries
A diner breakfast simply isn’t complete without a side of crusty, deeply browned home fries. Diner cooks start off with roasted or boiled potatoes and use plenty of fat on a broad griddle top to generate those great-tasting potatoes. Is there a way of replicating those home fries at home? To mimic this at home, […]