Bagged spinach or bunch spinach? Sometimes I do buy the bagged spinach, because it’s so much easier. But bunch spinach is better, really. It’s a little bit cheaper, but mainly it’s better because fewer people handle it, and so it is less likely to have nasty germs than the bagged spinach is. Also, if you …
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Sautéed chard
Delicious no-salt chard I recently ate this chard at a friend’s house, and he was bragging about how it didn’t have any salt in it. It was delicious, and I asked for the recipe. “Oh, you just saute it in olive oil,” he said. “Liar,” I said. In the end, he admitted there was more …
Roasted vegetables
How to make roast vegetables: Preheat oven to 350 F. Peel and cut up a potato, a sweet potato, two parsnips, and two carrots. Cut them into pieces about two bites big. Pour 1/8 cup of olive oil into a deep oven-proof casserole and add the cut up vegetables. Bake about 40 minutes or until …
Potato chips
Why buy potato chips when you can bake them? Potato chips, as you can see from the ingredients list on the bag, are just potatoes sliced thin and fried with oil. You can do that at home, and have much better potato chips for a small fraction of the cost of store-bought ones. How to …
Jamaican stuffing
So my partner’s Sephardic… His family went from Spain, when the Jews were thrown out in 1492, to the Netherlands, and from there to England, and from there to Jamaica, and they brought this recipe with them from Jamaica to New Orleans to New York City when they got to New York about 1920. If …
Grated carrots
I miss the charcuterie In Paris, when you want a take-out dinner, the easiest choice is the neighborhood charcuterie, where you can get all kinds of ready-cooked meals, but also appetizers and side dishes. Grated carrots is one of the most common appetizers in all Paris charcuteries – healthy, simple, cheap! How to make grated carrots: …
Cranberry sauce
Homemade cranberry sauce versus The Mold At our house, some people like homemade cranberry sauce, but for other people it’s not Thanksgiving without the kind of cranberry sauce that dumps out of the can in one piece and stands up in the bowl in one quivering glistening cylinder. So we always have both on the …
Corn pudding
Great with turkey, venison, or duck – or with sauteed mushrooms, or squash Cut the sweetness of this pudding with something strong-tasting. Add cranberries, applesauce, or zucchini for a great dinner. How to make corn pudding: In a medium-sized saucepan, boil four cups of water. Preheat the oven to 425. Slowly add one cup of …
Corn on the cob
Fresh, fresh, fresh corn When I was a kid, everyone emphasized how important it was to have your corn as fresh as possible. My mom used to boil the water first, and then send me and my brother out to pick the ears of corn from our garden, so the corn could go straight from …
Coleslaw
Something fresh and tasty in winter Coleslaw only takes a few minutes to make, and it’s very good for you, and most people like it. It’s excellent with any kind of fish. How to make coleslaw: Get out the food processor. Cut the tops off two carrots and cut them into quarters. Put them in …