A few weeks ago Three Many Cooks announced a giveaway, honoring Jamie Oliver’s TED Award. We asked you for photos of you cooking up something you love for the people you love.
Since we’ve never done a photo contest before, it’s taken us awhile to pull this one together, but we’ve
Serves 12
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 large garlic cloves, minced
1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes
16 pitted kalamata olives, chopped coarse
1 thin baguette, sliced thin
1 log (about 10 ounces) goat cheese, sliced crosswise into 3/4-inch thick discs
Place oil and garlic in a Dutch oven; turn heat on medium and cook until
A couple weeks ago Andy and I stopped in at our local cheese shop. He was looking for a fragrant wedge of blue for a burger and I wanted a special goat cheese. I examined all the cheeses and felt a little overwhelmed. So many choices, just within the goat
Here’s the perfect solution for when you don’t have the drive to start from scratch. This recipe can easily be halved – use a small saucepan.
Serves 4
2 cups old-fashioned oats
1 quart light vanilla soy milk or 2 cups 2% milk mixed with 2 cups water
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position
Last week British Chef, Jamie Oliver, won the 2010 TED prize for his vision to “create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.” The food blogging community was alight with words of praise, support
Serves 4
The tenderloin–the strip of meat attached to a boneless, skinless chicken breast—slows down preparation and complicates cooking. Pull them from each breast half, remove their tendons and sauté them separately.
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon oil
4 boneless chicken breast halves, trimmed of fat and tenderloin removed and pounded with the dull
I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but recently I’ve been avoiding the kitchen. To what do I attribute this sudden disinterest in food? Maybe it’s all the stress from the job search. Maybe it’s not having a kitchen to call my own. Or just a failure of inspiration. Whatever
In preparation for Valentine’s Day, Three Many Cooks has teamed up with Sweet Lydia’s to offer two people a festive and delicious Valentine’s Day dessert delivered to their door.
Sweet Lydia’s (http://www.sweetlydias.com) started out as an experiment in the kitchen and turned into a business as friends and family requested more
(And this one won’t make the smoke alarm go off!)
Serves 6
1/3 cup chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons dried oregano
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 medium large onions, cut into medium dice
3 lbs ground chicken or turkey
1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes
1 quart chicken broth
2 can (16 ounces each) pinto beans, drained
Knowing that Andy and I are unemployed and living at home with my parents, some friends asked if we’d like to housesit for a week. It was win-win. They would have their house and cats looked after by friends and we would have a house to ourselves. They also have
