Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated My days of buying steak sauce are over, unless I get lazy, but even that isn’t an excuse. This sauce is quick and easy, and you probably have all the ingredients in your pantry right now. There’s a secret ingredient in this sauce. If you [...]

Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated I’m running out of superlatives for this cookbook. Here’s another extremely easy, extremely good recipe. You start out by browning skinless, boneless chicken breasts in a skillet. Once the chicken is browned, you remove it to a plate and add a bunch of mushrooms to [...]

Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated As I went to make this dish, I realized that I didn’t have any Asian chili-garlic sauce. What I did have was some Sriracha sauce. I checked the ingredients and it (the sriracha sauce) had chili and garlic in it, so I figured it would work. [...]

Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated There’s nothing surprising about this dish. Thin-cut pork chops get seared in a hot skillet and then set aside. Spinach is added to the now empty skillet to wilt and pick up all the brown crusty bits left by the pork. A quick cream sauce [...]

Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated I love hummus. And hummus is made with chickpeas. So I was sure I’d like these vegetarian patties made primarily with the beans. I wasn’t wrong, but I didn’t love them. I did, however, love the cucumber-yogurt sauce. The patties are made by crushing two [...]

Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated My second recipe out of this book is another winner. Shepherd’s pie make with frozen hashbrowns. Genius. And mighty tasty as well. You start off by browning ground beef and onions in a large skillet. Once the meat is no longer pink, you stir in [...]

Currently cooking from The Best Simple Recipes from Cooks Illustrated I might be in love. With this cookbook. I had originally planned to do a cake and/or a cookie book next, but then I found this one. I’ve always had really good luck with Cooks Illustrated recipes (although they can be kind of fiddly and [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea You start off this dish by frying cubes of cornstarch-tossed tofu in butter. Once the tofu develops a bit of a crust, you put it in the slow cooker, then pour in a sauce made of orange juice, soy sauce, garlic and [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea I love cooking turkey breasts. With only two of us in the house, a full turkey is too much; we get tired of eating turkey long before we run out. A breast is just the right size. We get a couple of [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea Who can resist a recipe nicknamed candy chicken? Add a vegetable and it’s like having your dessert built right in. So, brown sugar chicken. It’s pretty much what it sounds like. You slow cook chicken thighs (I used skinless, boneless frozen thighs) [...]