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Roasted Chicken with Savory Cranberry Chutney, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, and Couscous (featuring New Plates)

Dinner Jan 6, 2023 - Whole Roasted Chicken with Savory Cranberry Chutney, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, and Couscous Cranberry Chutney was made ahead, couscous made following packages instructions Cranberry Chutney 1lb of cranberries Low Sodium Chicken Stock 1 Sprig of Rosemary, minced To Taste Sugar Salt White Miso Paste -Add cranberries, enough stock to cover them, rosemary, a dash of salt, two tablespoons of sugar, and two tablespoons of miso paste to a sauce pan -Cook over medium- low heat until cranberries start to break down into a jam like texture -Taste test and add any needed additional seasoning, likely will need sweetening, but only enough to counter the tartness, don't actually make it sweet Whole Roasted Chicken 1 Large Onion 1 Whole Chicken Vegetable Oil Salt Pepper Cranberry Chutney -Preheat oven to 425 ° F with a rack in the middle position -Cut the onion in half and cut each half into strips, add the onio

Pumpkin Chili from Mixed Gourd Soup

Dinner Dec 13, 2022 - Pumpkin Chili Dried beans soaked overnight and mixed gourd soup made (and served) a day ahead. Pumpkin Chili Half of left over mixed gourd soup ~1lb of bried beans that have been soaked in salt water overnight ~1lb of bone in goat meat, separated and meat roughly diced ~1lb of ground Italian sausage 1 Large Onion 3 Garlic Cloves 3 Bay Leaves Low Sodium Chicken Broth To Taste: Salt Black Pepper Chili Powder Red Pepper Flakes Dried Oregano -Cook goat meat and sausage to a dutch oven until browned. Remove the meat and set aside for later (in fridge) and keep the drippings -Cook the onion in the drippings till it's softened. -Add the garlic, rehydrated beans, goat bones, oregano, and bay leaves to the dutch oven and add enough to go a half an inch past the top of everything -Simmer till beans are completely cooked, remove and discard bones and bay leaves -Stir in your left over mixed gourd soup and the set aside meat -Taste test and add any needed a

Mixed Gourd Soup

Dinner Dec 12, 2022 - Mixed Gourd Soup I had a lot of different gourds from our CSA. They were all small and I had so few of each that it just seemed best to combine them all into a soup. Mixed Gourd Soup Heart of Gold Squash Buttercup Squash Mini Pumpkins Pumpkemon Apprentice Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin ~1lb of Carrots 1 Large Onion 4 Garlic Cloves 1 Tbsp Butter Whole Milk Low Sodium Chicken Broth To Taste: Salt Black Pepper Chili Powder Red Pepper Flakes Apple Cider Vinegar -Preheat oven to 400 ° F with a rack in the middle position -Clean gourds of seeds [saving seeds if you'd like] and pulp, and cut into 1/2-inch chunks -Add gourds to a large pot and cover with water, going about in inch past the top. Salt the water with a good amount of iodized salt. -Heat the pot until the water reaches 160 ° F (71 ° C) and turn off heat. Cover the pot with a lid and leave in the warmest spot in your kitchen for an hour [since the oven is preheating, one of the back burners, close to

Kenji's Roasted Beets

Roasted Beets by J. Kenji López-Alt link Beets are my wife's favorite food, which means, by extension, that they're the vegetable I roast most often. When done right, they become candy-sweet, while maintaining an intense earthiness. I like to do everything I can to accentuate those flavors. Long story short: I form a tight foil pouch, and roast the beets inside with a little oil and some herbs. Once roasted, they slip right out of their skins under running water. How to Roast Beets, Step by Step There may be more than one way to cook a beet, but there's only one way that I go back to again and again. Boiling beets is fast and efficient, but it pains me to see all that wonderful beet juice going down the drain when I finally dump the liquid. Roasting them plain works all right, but they can end up dry and shriveled, and it takes literally* forever. *Not literally. My method of choice is a hybrid. By placing the beets in a tightly sealed pouch of heavy-duty foil and puttin

Kenji's "The Best Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe"

The Best Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe by J. Kenji López-Alt link Recipe: 3 pounds ( 1.4 kg ) peeled or skin-on sweet potatoes , quartered, and cut into 1/2-inch slices 6 tablespoons ( 90 ml ) extra-virgin olive oi l, divided Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves 1 tablespoon ( 15 ml ) honey , maple syrup, or agave nectar Place sweet potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with water. Heat water to 160°F (71°C) as registered on an instant-read thermometer. Cover and set aside for 1 hour. Meanwhile, adjust oven racks to upper middle and lower middle positions and preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Drain sweet potatoes and transfer to a large bowl. Toss with 3 tablespoons olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread sweet potatoes on 2 rimmed baking sheets and roast until bottom side is browned, about 30 minutes. Carefully flip potatoes with thin offset spatula and roast until second side is browned and potat

Thyme butter and garlic Pork Chops, Apple-Beet Slaw, and roasted Sweet Potatoes

Dinner Nov 8, 2022 - Thyme butter and garlic pork chops, apple-beet slaw, and roasted sweet potatoes Pork chops sous vide with kosher salt and beets oven roasted with vegetable oil and kosher salt a day ahead. Apple-Beet Slaw 2 Roasted golden beets 2 Honey Crisp Apples ~1lb of carrots 1-2 Tbls Apple Cider vinegar 1-2 Tbls Honey -Cut apples (with skin still on) to core them, grate with food processor, and add to a medium mixing/serving bowl. -Add a little ACV and mix to keep apple from browning -Cut ends off carrots and peel, grate with food processor, and add to bowl with shredded apple -Peel skin off of golden beets, grate with food processor, and add to bowl with shredded apple and carrot -Add honey and thoroughly mix all the shredded ingredients and to coat them with the honey. Add more ACV and honey to taste [I added more ACV to help bring back more of the apple taste that got a little lost from the beets] [Probably could add salt or MSG if wanted, didn't seem necessary today]