Cheese and charcuterie boards are hot right now, and for good reason: they’re easy and fun to assemble, and easy and fun to eat! This holiday season, why not try assembling your favorite meats, cheeses and accoutrements into a festive wreath that will wow your family and guests?
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Quinoa (KEEN-wah) is a tiny seed that’s made the big time, and for good reason. It’s gluten-free, loaded with nutrients, and is considered a complete protein. It also makes a great picnic or party salad, like this one with roasted sweet potatoes! (Recipe adapted from Earthly Choice Quinoa.) Quinoa itself is pretty bland, so it really benefits from a seasoned vinaigrette and other flavor-helpers. Double the recipe for a crowd, or for lunches and leftovers.
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Perfect for summer corn and grilling season, this recipe should really be called “A Twist on Patty H’s Version of Alison Roman’s Corn and Scallion Salad”. But that’s a mouthful! And what’s most important is that this combination of grilled corn, caramelized scallions and lots of lime juice is easily adaptable and exceptionally delicious.
Continue readingLocal friends living within the Chadds Ford Junxion magazine distribution area may have noticed a familiar face among the pages lately!!
For everyone else, here’s a reprint of the recipe. Sometimes just a simple herb sauce is all it takes to elevate a classic comfort dish. Try this with a rotisserie chicken for an easy/fancy spring dinner.
Appropriate for Groundhog Day, it feels like I’ve already written this post. But, as I finally step away from the sourdough starter and attempt to get back to writing, I see that I never actually published this Subee’s Kitchen news — which is now old news!
I blame 2020.
This article in The Hunt magazine came out in the fall of 2019, and highlights some of the features of our new Pennsylvania kitchen (which is also not so new anymore).
(For more about the move and the planning of the new kitchen, check out these posts:
New Beginnings , Worth the Wait and Subee’s Kitchen 2.0 )
More news is in store for Subee’s Kitchen in 2021: new recipes, a new look, and new services including kitchen design consulting and styling. I hope you’ll follow along with me!
I think we’re all hungry for a fresh start.
XO,
Subee
Popovers are magical. Golden-crisp outside, airy and delicately egg-y inside, these savory treats soar into towers from a thin, leavener-free batter. They also have the power to lure groggy teenagers out of bed on a Monday morning. Amazing!
I used to think I couldn’t make worthy popovers without a special popover pan. (Many recipes say it’s OK to make them in muffin tins, but to expect a lower rise and denser texture.) So I bought the pan. It did make beautiful, lofty popovers, but I always struggled to get them out of the pan – no matter how much butter I used to grease the cups. Plus, I’m not a fan of single-use kitchen tools that clog drawers and cupboards. Thus began my quest for a simple popover recipe that would produce beautiful results in a regular ol’ muffin tin – and le voilà!
Since today is “Pi Day” (3.14 — get it?), you can bet there will be a lot of pies flying around the internet. Maybe you’ll even want to make a pie. Especially if it gets you extra credit in math class. For midweek pies, however, I recommend the easy route. Chocolate pudding pie in a store-bought shortbread crust is about as easy as it gets, while still tasting like (and totally qualifying as) homemade. With a couple decorating hacks (piped chocolate and stabilized whipped cream!) the pie will look good all the way through second period.
Maybe it’s all the hype around PyeongChang and the Winter Olympics, but I am now officially hooked on the sweet/spicy/zingy/umami-rich flavors of Korean barbecue sauces and might need an intervention. It all started when I discovered We Rub You sauces while cruising the international aisle at WholeFoods. Continue reading
It’s a well-known fact (just ask Oprah) that eating more vegetables is the key to a healthier diet. (We won’t talk about the specter of lectins here. Long live the tomato!) Vegetables = fiber and vitamins with fewer calories. Ergo, by stuffing a ton of zucchini into these cute little chocolate-laced muffins, you get a healthy yet tasty treat. WINNER! Maybe even the next “Too Good to Be Healthy” winner? Let me know what you think. PS – If it seems like I’ve gone link crazy, blame it on theSkimm. Continue reading
Please, a moment of silence as we remember our “Before” kitchen. . . You were a perfectly good kitchen, with many things going for it: vaulted ceiling, big window, custom cabinetry, solid oak flooring, tumbling-lilacs wallpaper. (Just kidding on that last one. Lilacs belong in gardens, not on walls.) However, you had a dark side – and no amount of buzzing CFL bulbs could snap you out of it. Your appliances were failing and your fixtures were leaking; your time had come. Rest in peace.
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