Tag Archives: In advance

Mushroom and Polenta Squares

I love polenta.   It is one of the quicker cooking whole grains (done in under 20 minutes), and it is extremely versatile.  It can be cooked into a layered casserole, made smooth and creamy, or it can be baked and cut into squares, which is what I did tonight. I made this dish with kale, [...]
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Invest a little time, make a lot of dough

Making bread and pizza at home is all about planning. Once you’ve got the timing right, it requires very little active work.  I hadn’t made bread at home in over a month since we had been out of town, and well ya know,  summer… but when I saw artisanal multigrain loaves in the store selling [...]
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Mushroom Barley Soup

In the deep cold of winter, there is nothing quite like a warming bowl of soup.   This recent NY cold spell inspired me to make a wonderful earthy soup featuring pantry staples barley and dried shitake mushrooms. Together with fresh mushrooms and vegetables, this is a hearty and nutritious soup and is not difficult [...]
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Slow Cook While You SLEEP!

What is better than sleeping? Sleeping WHILE lunch is being cooked! All this (and more!) is possible with a slow cooker.  Dried beans are a cheap, durable pantry item and they take very well to the slow cooker—With a slow cooker, there’s no need to even pre-soak the beans. Black Bean Soup 3 carrots, chopped 3 celery stalks, [...]
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Making fresh, beautiful bread doing little more than watching and waiting

I have a busy schedule. I would never have thought that I would be capable of baking an artisanal style crusty bread with minimal effort, and minimal ingredients, in the middle of the week,  but that’s exactly what I just did (I actually made two), and you can too.  On Monday night I decided [...]
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