Crusty browned sausage serves as the flavor boost here, a paleo-friendly meat and vegetable stuffing for Thanksgiving or and cool weather weekend dinner. We love Danielle Padula’s clever combination of sausage with a variety of vegetables, dried fruit, garlic, shallots, mushrooms, and white wine. (Food Schmooze® listener Danielle Padula, is a home cook, food writer […]
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Skillet Parmesan Turkey Hash
He makes fried deviled eggs. Skillet steaks with chive butter. Trout drizzled with bacon cream sauce. And classy butter-fried oysters. Welcome to the fearless world of James Villas, author of Southern Fried. Jim has become a regular on The Food Schmooze®. (What can you do? He keeps writing books, 17 of them.) A transplanted Southerner, […]
Green Beans with Brown Butter and Toasted Pecans
Want to make your holiday dinner or dinner party memorable and delicious? It’s all about creating new flavor profiles for old standby dishes.Try our featured calorie-careful recipe for sweet and sour butternut squash, or, if you prefer, green beans with the ultimate treatment — brown butter and toasted pecans, from an archive recipe in Fine […]
Butternut Squash Agrodolce
We have something different for butternut squash-lovers, and we know there are many seeking something different to do with squash. This Italian treatment adds a bit of sweet and sour taste… Butternut Squash Agrodolce. Think red wine vinegar, mint, and honey. Pure Italian countryside. But here’s what’s fantastic about this dish. Cooking Light Magazine published […]
Slow-Roasted Holiday Turkey
No roast desiccates more easily than a big-breasted turkey—it’s a multidimensional anatomy problem. Turkey breast meat is finished cooking 10°F/5°C lower than the leg meat, so it is nearly impossible to get them perfectly cooked simultaneously. Miraculously, at least in its simplicity, the problem disappears when you slow-roast. By setting the oven temperature between the […]
Slow-Cooker Turkey Chili with Dark Chocolate
What makes a chili unforgettable? When the meat and the right combo of spices are cooked slowly enough to make them melt into the sauce. This is the recipe that makes that happen, and the unsweetened cocoa powder addition is masterful, adding dark, dusky flavor. I first discovered this recipe in Cooking Slow, by Andrew […]
