Fried rice with ham and eggs is filling. Eat it for lunch or dinner or supper. There are many variations on fried rice—the length of the grains of rice and the vegetables or meat or seafood you add are starters. My recipe for fried rice isn’t fried but steamed. That is I steam the rice
Beef Stroganoff is not really a stew—though you may tend to think so if you’ve had it with this or that cut of beef and this or that vegetable served over egg noodles. True beef Stroganoff is simply beef sautéed with onions and mushrooms and sour cream. The best tasting beef stroganoff will be made
Cabbage colcannon is a traditional Irish dish of mashed potatoes with milk, butter, and cooked finely chopped onions and cabbage. Easily you can substitute leeks for the onions and kale for the cabbage. Colcannon is a warming and hearty dish commonly served alongside corned beef, boiled pork, or bacon. The Irish often serve colcannon on
Roasted garlic is mellow and warming. Its delicate undertones enhance the flavor of salads and meats. Here, I give you a recipe for pairing roasted garlic with olive oil to flavor your favorite toasted bread. Roasted Garlic on ToastAuthor Steve AlbertYield 15-20 slices of toast Choose good-size garlic bulbs with big cloves for this recipe—big
Chocolate chip applesauce cookies with feet dipped in chcolate Family and friends will gobble up chocolate chip and dip applesauce cookies. In this recipe, I substitute chocolate bits and chunks that I’ve chopped myself for standard chips—I just like the surprise of finding those just-a-bit-bigger bits and chunks along the way. Also in this recipe
The ham and cheese and potato gratin is a flavorful and sustaining winter dish. I usually call on this recipe a day or two after a big baked ham dinner by simply reserving 1 or 2 pounds of ¼-inch ham slices. But you can pick up a 1 to 2 pound ham steak at the
Serve sweet potato pancakes with bacon and eggs at breakfast or as a side dish with chicken or ham at supper time. These pancakes aren’t too far a cry from sweet potato pie but just enough. And they aren’t the boiled and mashed sweet potatoes you serve alongside turkey and mashed potatoes. Maple syrup or
Here is a hearty and tasty winter vegetable-loaded beef stew for the slow cooker. You can vary the root vegetables in this stew—choose from carrots, turnips, parsnips, new potatoes, onions, or leeks and add mushrooms or celery. The combinations are many. As well, you can vary the stock—use all beef stock, or chicken stock, or
This all vegetable and black bean chili is warming and filling. I serve this chili over a hot baked (and buttered) potato. Chili and chunks of potato are perfect after a winter afternoon in the garden. This recipe calls on dried black beans—but you could also use pinto beans, navy beans, kidney beans, cannellini beans
Here is a one-dish, slow cooker meal that you can get started on a chilly Saturday or Sunday morning to have on the table for supper. It’s a hearty, basic dish that will serve 6 and you will more than likely have beef leftover for cold corned beef sandwiches or corned beef hash tomorrow. Corned
