Sunday, September 28, 2014
Crispy Baked Sweet Potato Fries
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Attention: these sweet potato fries will change your life. I’m serious! Salty-sweet, crunchy, and spicy if you wish, baked sweet potato fries are my favorite new snack.
These fries beat their plain jane, fried Russet cousins in terms of simplicity and ease; they require fewer cooking steps because they’re baked rather than fried. In fact, I learned how to bake these fries by learning from adorable Amy Cao’s aptly-named “Stupidly Simple Snacks” video series. You can enjoy sweet potato fries in 45 minutes, start to finish, with minimal effort.
Freezer Breakfast Burritos with Sweet Potato Hash and Black Beans
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First of all, is a burrito still a burrito if the ends aren’t tucked in? That is the question. I’m learning toward yes, at least with these breakfast burritos (ok, and my other sweet potato burritos). I always pull of that extraneous tucked-in tortilla part before I take my first bite of burrito, anyway. Filling or bust!
Moving on. I have been stepping up my breakfast game lately. For the longest time, I was content eating plain yogurt with some fruit for breakfast. Then I started making my own granola and my old standby lost its appeal. That granola crunch is so necessary!
Baked Frittata
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Frittatas: I love them. But before I read Stonesoup’s guide to the perfect frittata, I was too intimidated to try making my own. I thought I’d have to start cooking the eggs on the stove, try to flip the eggs without making a mess, move it all to the oven, and so forth.
Jules discovered that the best way to make frittatas is to simply bake them in the oven, which got me excited about making frittatas. I can scramble eggs and turn on the oven, so how hard can it be? Not at all, it turns out. Frittatas are the easiest egg dish around!
I reduced Jules’ recipe to its simplest form. Like the orzo risotto recipe, you can make it your own and use the ingredients that you have on hand. Jules’ recipe called for a springform pan, which certainly works, but I’ve since realized that a 9-inch square baking dish works just as well.
INGREDIENTS
- 6 eggs
- A handful of cheese
- A splash of milk
- Vegetables, spices, salt, pepper, and anything else you want to throw together
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line a 9-inch springform pan OR 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper (here's a photo that demonstrates how to line the square dish).
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, cheese, milk, vegetables and seasonings.
- Pour the mixture into the springform pan.
- Place on the preheated tray and bake until golden and puffy and the centre feels firm and springy, about 25 minutes or more.
Arugula and Goat Cheese Pasta Salad
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How was your Easter weekend? Mine was lovely. On Saturday, I woke up and made coconut pancakes (with organic coconut milk this time). Then I hit up the farmer’s market to buy more herbs for my little herb collection, which is not so little anymore! Lavender, cilantro and Italian parsley joined the family.
Winter Soup With Vegetables
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Ingredients for 6 servings
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, sliced
- 1 large carrot (or 2 small) diced
- 1 bell pepper (red or orange) diced
- 2 medium zucchini, diced
- 400 g canned diced tomatoes
- 1 can of red or romano beans
- 1 l. vegetable broth (or chicken)
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- fresh parsley
- Preparation
1. Put the oignion, the celery, the pepper and the carrot in a saucepan and sauté for 2-3 minutes in olive oil. Add broth and tomatoes and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15 minutes
2. Add beans and diced zucchini. Cook for another 5 minutes Add the tomato paste, salt and pepper
3. Ladle soup into bowls and garnish with fresh parsley
Gluten Free Banana Oat Pancakes
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Ingredients
- 3 small bananas (9.5 ounces), mashed
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil or butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (about 1 small lemon, juiced)
- 1 teaspoon honey or maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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