It only requires a few ingredients and is totally customizable. It requires little effort, only a few ingredients and just a tiny snippet of time. It wasnt until I was an adult that I first tried zucchini. Simply Recipes / Getty Images / Sara Haas I agree that over-cooked, soft zucchini is not the way to go. Heres why Inas recipe is the tastiest way I know to use up extra zucchini....
This pantry staple turns plain old bacon into “fancy bacon.” It was a special way to spend weekends together. This is where my kids first tasted what they now refer to as fancy bacon. Simply Recipes / Photo Illustration by Wanda Abraham / Getty Images Ina Gartens Easy Bacon Upgrade I originally got this idea from Ina Garten. You see, over the past holiday season, we welcomed a newborn into our family....
Trent Pheifer cooked all 1,271 of the Barefoot Contessas recipes. These are his top 10 favorites. Simply Recipes / Trent Pheifer Ina Garten has many passionate fansthe editors here at Simply Recipes included. Simply Recipes / Trent Pheifer Her cookbooks featuring simple, yet elevated recipes are beloved, as is her deep appreciation for agood cocktail. Trent Pheifer, however, isnt your average fan. Picking my favorite 10 is fraught and constantly changing!...
Trent Pheifer has cooked over a thousand Barefoot Contessa’s recipes (and counting). Here are his favorite Thanksgiving side dish recipes. It’s her no-fail roasted Brussels sprouts for meso simple and always delicious. Simply Recipes / Trent Pheifer / Getty Images Someone else mentioned her potato fennel gratin, which sounds decadent. Wouldn’t you want to know about all of Ina Garten’s best Thanksgiving recipes? And I knew exactly whom to ask: Trent Pheifer of@storeboughtisfine....
I could eat it every day. I love Gruyere, but Id never considered using it in a grilled cheese sandwich. I wanted to make Ina proud, so I put my spin on her favorite sandwich. Simply Recipes / Getty Images Sometimes, simple really is best. I finished the sandwich with a very healthy pile of grated aged Gruyere. The resulting sandwich has been my hyperfixation meal for the last week....
Eggs-quisite, luxurious, yet easy-peasy. Read on for five of my favorite ways Ina upgrades scrambled eggs. She spoons the custard-like eggs over toasted bread and sprinkles them with extra Pecorino. Simply Recipes / Getty Images For me, these certainly live up to their reputation. Find the Recipe In:Go-To Dinners 2. Truffled Scrambled Eggs Give me truffle anything, and I am a happy diner. Simply Recipes / Getty Images Ina adds luxury and earthiness to scrambled eggs with store-boughttruffle butter....
Get ahead on Thanksgiving with this smart tip from the queen of ease. It turns out that not even Ina Garten, the queen of ease, tries this unrealistic feat. And she meant it. Simply Recipes / Photo Illustration by Sarah Crowder / Getty Images There’s one nugget of advice I’ve used again and again for makingmy favorite mashed potatoesbefore Thanksgiving. The key is to reheat them properly. Ina’s tip is so easy and Elise Bauer, Simply Recipes' founder, usesthe same trick....
Skip the deep-fryer for this genius recipe. Until I tried this recipe, I was a boneless, skinless, chicken breast kinda gal. Recently, though, I’ve been tempted by the dark (meat) side. Simply Recipes / Getty Images / Lauren Bair Forget about the iced layer cake that always came with it. Still, I have no desire to mimic my Southern friends culinary charms. If you ask me, deep-frying is a messy, potentially dangerous hassle....
I make it for my family all the time. Simply Recipes / Sara Haas An internet search for roasted chicken recipes will produce thousands of results. With so many recipes, youd think there were hundreds of ways to roast a bird. Simply Recipes / Sara Haas Thats because roasting a chicken is a pretty basic cooking technique. Ina Garten’s engagement chicken is much better than any other roast chicken recipe....
Its the only recipe Ill be making from now on. It happens when you are about 40, speaking from experience. Your wild days are over, and the craziest thing you’re trying is a bechamel-less mac and cheese. Simply Recipes / Getty Images You see, in my 20s and early 30s I wasnt ready for a genius recipe like this. I needed to do everything the traditional way, the more intricate the recipe the better....
It’s so simple and so delicious. The dressing also features both Dijon and whole-grain mustard, which adds a pleasant acidity and slight spiciness. She calls for baby red potatoes, which require no peeling. Simply Recipes / Photo Illustration by Wanda Abraham / Getty Images This gives the potatoes a little spa treatment, using steam to give them a lovely fluffy texture. How I Tweak Ina’s Potato Salad My favorite element of this dish was theabundance of dill....
You’re already using her secret ingredient, just not enough of it. As soon as I finished the book, I preheated the oven for Inas brownies. I needed to know if tons of vanilla extract would make for the best-ever brownies. Simply Recipes / Getty Images / Meghan Splawn Some recipes, likeSimply Recipes Fudgy Cocoa Brownies, dont call for vanilla extract at all. These brownies have a crackled-crisp top and a fudgy interior studded with walnuts and chocolate pieces....
The first time I made this ham, I knew it would be my go-to for years to come. Truth be told, I was never really a fan. I found the ham to be overly salty and lacking flavor, and frankly a little sad. Simply Recipes / Adobe Stock This all felt like the perfect planuntil I went to pick it up. To say I was shocked by the price would be an understatement....
