This is a bread to impress. Impress your family or guests with the beautiful braids and striations. Impress them with an invitingly complex fragrance of yeast and herbs. Impress them with delicate texture. Impress them most of all with the powerful burst of spring pesto that ripples throughout this bread. If you’re up for an afternoon of baking, add this gorgeous loaf to your weekend to-do list.
Do you love butter? Of course you do. Who doesn’t love butter? But when you add it to your cooking, do you also fold in a little teaspoon of guilt while watching that butter dissolve into batter? Or perhaps you are making a nice roasted veggie dish and silently screaming to yourself, “Hey, I’m making vegetables here, for Pete’s sake!” in the hopes that it will cancel out the “sin” of throwing a hunk of butter in the mix?
Well, what if you didn’t have to feel guilty about butter? What if butter, that tastebud dream maker, was really a health food star?
Dutch baby pancakes are like a hybrid (or a love child, if you will) of a pancake, a crepe, and a popover — all in one giant skillet. It feels like a party trick, but for the breakfast crowd. I break these out whenever anyone in my house needs a little extra delight in their day.
Restored diplomatic relations and relaxed travel restrictions mean that it’s now considerably easier to visit Cuba. But what does that mean exactly, and what should you expect once you get there? Here’s what you need to know about traveling to and staying in Cuba.
Take a close look at the wrapper around any stick of butter, and you’ll get some helpful information about what’s inside. Yes, it indicates whether the stick is salted or unsalted, and there are measurement markings, but there’s more. You might also see your butter labeled as “sweet cream butter,” but what exactly does that mean?
Service: Plated
Price: All of the meal kits serve two people at $12 per person. You can choose anywhere from two to seven dinners per week, and shipping is free unless you select just two dinners, in which case shipping is $6. In addition, you can upgrade any dinner to a Chef’s Table dinner, which includes specialty cuts of meat and seafood, for additional $2 to $18 per person, per dinner. You can also add dessert to the box for $4 per person, per dessert. The most popular kit is three dinners a week for $72.
Overall impression: I felt that Plated delivered exactly what they claimed they would: well-curated, crowd-pleasing recipes that were convenient and easy to prepare.
Just because weekday mornings are rushed doesn’t mean you don’t have time for an omelet for breakfast. It’s the kind of meal that shouldn’t be reserved for weekends only. This version of a western omelet is served in a mug and cooks up in less than two minutes.
If you thought you didn’t have time to make eggs for breakfast tomorrow morning, think again. These three egg dishes will prove otherwise. With the help of the microwave, you’ll go from prep to eating in under 10 minutes.
There are many things the microwave does really well. When you’re facing dinnertime at the end of a long day, it can even venture into that life-saver category. From mug cakes and popcorn, to potato chips and eggs, the microwave can do it all.
Do you ever feel a little naughty eating pasta Alfredo? Like you’re doing something you shouldn’t, eating carbohydrates slathered in rich, creamy sauce? I do, sometimes. I also feel like having something green would completely cancel out any harm the cream may do to my arteries. And adding in a protein just makes it a perfectly balanced meal, right? Obviously, chicken and broccoli Alfredo is the perfect meal. It covers all the basic food groups including garlic and cheese (because those are in their own category — I’m sure of it).
