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Tag Archives: Carrots
Simple Make-Ahead Carrot Salad
This carrot salad is my favorite recipe for using up an abundance of carrots. For such a simple recipe, it is unbelievably versatile, as you can eat it as is with your lunch, or use it to top a green … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Waters, Carrots, Make-ahead, Salads
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How to Make Croquettes
I have been making croquettes — or little fried cakes — for a long time now. They are always popular, and for me they are comfort food. I usually make them with mashed potatoes or beans. It didn’t occur to … Continue reading
Posted in HowTo, Master Recipes, Recipes
Tagged Appetizers, Artichokes, Beans, Broccoli, Carrots, Comfort food, Corn, European, Greens, Home-style, Latin, Leftovers, Make-ahead, Peas, Potatoes, Sides, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squash
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Mashing Vegetables Beyond Potatoes
Image via Wikipedia Lately, I have been experimenting with mashing a wider range of vegetables than the standard potato. And why not? The baby loves mashes, even when he’s turning his nose up at vegetables in general. For adults, they … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrots, Celeriac, Comfort food, Freezes well, Make-ahead, Mashing, Parsnips, Peas, Potatoes, Sides, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Vegetables, Winter Squash
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Glazing Vegetables
Glazing vegetables is an extremely useful technique for punching up an otherwise boring vegetable side dish. I used to avoid recipes that used this technique, because I associated glazed vegetables — specifically, carrots — with a sugary, syrupy sweet dish. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brussels sprouts, Carrots, Glazing, Green beans, Home-style, Onions, Sides, Simmering, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Vegetables, Winter Squash
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Simmering: A Technique for Cooking Flavorful Vegetables
There are probably two main ways we all learned how to cook vegetables with liquid: boiling and steaming. But both of these techniques have disadvantages. Boiling vegetables in a lot of water often yields overcooked, mushy results that many of … Continue reading
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Tagged Artichokes, Asparagus, Bok choy, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Corn, Green beans, Potatoes, Simmering, Summer Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Vegetables, Winter Squash, Zucchini
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Pan-Braised Carrots with Orange
This simple recipe was my favorite of everything I cooked for Thanksgiving, and it was also a big hit around the table. The recipe came from Fresh Every Day, but it is so easy that it’s more of a cooking … Continue reading
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Tagged Braising, Carrots, Oranges, Sara Foster, Sides, Vegetarian, Winter
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Eat Your Vegetables! Prepping, Blanching and Revitalizing Vegetables
colors in the market, originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo Sometimes it seems like a lot of work to sneak in those 5 servings of vegetables per day. When I’m trying to throw together a quick weeknight supper, I often don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Artichokes, Asparagus, Bean Sprouts, Blanching, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Fava Beans, Food prep, Food Storage, Freezes well, Freezing, Green beans, Leftovers, Potatoes, Prepping, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Vegetables
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Carrot & Avocado Salad
I made this salad as part of my contribution to our Easter dinner last Sunday. It was inspired by this recipe from Epicurious, as well as by the fact that I had bought carrots and avocado at the grocery store … Continue reading
Carrot & Apple Salad
Even though I made up this salad this week, I think it would be best for fall, when both apples and carrots are in season. But I happened to have an apple on hand, plus some grated carrots, and the … Continue reading
