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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Thanksgiving Hand Pies Are a Portable Feast
Thanksgiving is prime time for pies, but it doesn’t have to be all about pumpkin and pecan. In fact, it doesn’t have to be about sweet at all, or even adhere to the classic round shape (for instance, see slab pies). Chef Andrea Zanin showed us how to make a savory hand pie that combines that seasonal star, turkey, with sautéed vegetables, fresh herbs, and provolone, for a grab-and-go treat perfect for using up your leftover Thanksgiving bird.
The award-winning Italian chef has baking in the blood; his father made pastry for 50 years in Venice, and Andrea inherited both the shop and the passion for the art of pastry making. He eventually founded a banqueting company, Zanin Events, that handled catering for the Venice Film Festival and the San Pellegrino Cooking Cup. And lucky for us, he brought his expertise to America as the co-creater and owner of Pie Corps in Brooklyn, New York.
You can get all kinds of beautiful and delicious desserts at the shop, all made from scratch using pristine seasonal ingredients. Pumpkin pie is on the menu now, of course, along with other flavors like Coconut Custard and Dark Chocolate Fudge, and their signature pie, Apple Crumb with Rosemary Caramel.
They also serve pastries and savory hand pies, including breakfast options like bacon, egg, and cheese. Sweet hand pies are equally delicious, and there’s something especially appealing about individually apportioned desserts, but the beauty of savory hand pies is how they’re a full meal all in one portable, edible package.
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This turkey version is full of tender sautéed zucchini and eggplant, plus melty provolone, fresh herbs, and a few dashes of hot sauce and Worcestershire to boost the umami of the savory flavors and add a hint of spice.
While it’s a wonderful way to use up leftover turkey, the recipe is also adaptable to whatever other proteins and veggies you have on hand. Think of it as more of a template: Just make your favorite pie crust recipe (like our all-butter Easy Pie Crust recipe, or our butter-and-shortening Flaky Pie Dough recipe), cut squares from the rolled and chilled pastry, and fill them with whatever you fancy, from mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce to leftover brisket and roasted carrots—or any combo of odds and ends waiting in your fridge—then seal them up with egg wash, brush more on top so they get beautifully golden brown, and pop them in the oven. In no time, you’ll have a handy little meal perfect for breakfast, lunch, snack time, or dinner, whether on the go or at home.
For more Thanksgiving tips, hacks, and recipes, check out our Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide.
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Project Juice Creates Adaptogen Lattes
Adaptogens also support a healthy and boosted metabolism, and can help restore balance to the immune, nervous and endocrine systems.
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Vermont Village Sipping Vinegars
The Raw Apple Cider Sipping Vinegars are available in four flavors including Blueberries & Honey, Turmeric & Honey, Cranberries & Honey, and Ginger & Honey.
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Make-Ahead Fig and Cinnamon Punch
This warmly spiced rum punch, adapted from bartender A. Minetta Gould of Ste. Ellie in Denver, balances the bitterness of black tea with the nutty sweetness of dried figs and Madeira. Get Recipe!
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How to Get Creative with Sweet Potato Casserole
Today, sweet potatoes and marshmallows are an iconic American couple. But have you ever wondered how those fluffy puffs of sugar found their way to the dinner table? As it turns out, this now common combo may be the result of one of the first native advertising campaigns in American history. A 2011 article in Saveur has the scoop. Apparently, the first documented recipe that combined these two ingredients appeared in a 1917 pamphlet that was financed by—you guessed it—a marshmallow company.
So why let a centuries-old advertising ploy tell you how you make your next sweet potato casserole? Of course it’s undeniably true that marshmallows and pecan streusel (another go-to topping) are traditional and tasty ways to dress up this Thanksgiving staple. But they’re by no means the only foodstuffs that go hand in hand with the spicy, starchy treat. Why not try surprising and delighting your guests by adding fruit, using different kinds of nuts, or taking things in a savory direction?
Mix It Up With Fruits and Roots
From tropical to tart, fruits can bring their own natural sweetness to your next casserole.
Sweet Potatoes with Banana and Honey
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All you’ll need is one banana to add a hint of fruitiness. Get the recipe.
Sweet Potato Casserole with Pineapple and Pecans
Preheat to 350
A whole medium pineapple complements the sweetness of the potatoes in a fresh and flavorful way. Get the recipe.
Cranberry Sweet Potato Casserole
Homemade Interest
Not only do the bright red berries and seeds taste great, they look festive to boot. Meanwhile a dash of orange juice and zest lends a citrusy brightness to the flavor profile. Get the recipe.
Candied Coconut Sweet Potatoes
Our Best Bites
Beyond the flavor factor, the coconut topping caramelizes in the oven to create a crunchy golden brown crust over the top of the dish. Get the recipe.
Ginger Maple Sweet Potato Casserole
A Family Feast
Add a tablespoon of crystallized ginger into an otherwise standard pecan streusel for a fun zing! Get the recipe.
Go Nuts
Pecans aren’t the only option!
Sweet Potato Casserole with Pistachio Crust
When it comes to a nutty crust, pistachios lend more saltiness than the traditional pecan approach. Get the recipe.
Sweet Potato Casserole with Hazelnut Streusel
Le Creuset
A topping of hazelnut and oats with sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and butter delivers an aromatic and autumnal twist on the standard streusel. Get the recipe.
Sweet Potato Casserole with Curried Cashews
She Knows
This recipe reduces the sugar factor by mashing the sweet potatoes with orange juice instead of milk or cream. Additionally, cashews tossed with madras curry powder give this variation a spicy twist. Get the recipe.
Savory Is the New Sweet
It’s no secret that some people find this Thanksgiving essential far too sugary. Here are a few adjustments you can make to cater to palates that prefer savory over sweet.
Salted Caramel Pretzel Sweet Potato Casserole
12 Tomatoes
While this recipe technically lives in the salty and sweet borderlands (hello, caramel), we threw it to the savory category thanks to the ¾ cup of crunchy crushed pretzels. Get the recipe.
Stuffed Apple and Bacon Sweet Potato Casserole
Mel’s Kitchen Cafe
If bacon, leeks, and two types of cheese can’t get the haters on board, we’re not sure what will! Get the recipe.
Herb, Garlic, and Gruyere Sweet Potato Casserole
Cooking with Crystal
This recipe calls for dousing alternating layers of sweet potatoes and cheese with a mixture of cream, garlic, rosemary, and nutmeg. The herbal cheesy final product is sure to make skeptics see sweet potato casserole in a new light! Get the recipe.
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Pressure Cooker Green Beans with Tomatoes and Bacon
Have you ever thought to cook green beans in the pressure cooker? They really undergo a transformation under pressure, becoming silky and soft.
Add bacon, onions, and tomatoes, and you’ve got a fast and flavorful pressure cooker side dish for the holidays — or anytime!
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Themed Holiday Party Ideas That Haven’t Been Done to Death
You stand at the snack table, pouring yourself another glass of eggnog. As you sip and survey the room, you mentally note that the mistletoe is hanging in the doorway between your friend’s kitchen and living room and pledge to avoid lingering in that doorway at any time during the night.
Yes, friends, it’s holiday party season again.
The holidays are a perennially great time to dust off your finest party clothes, see your friends, and eat, drink, and be merry. As December begins you’ll accept invitations with genuine excitement, but as the month comes to an end you’ll be tired of trekking through the snow and about five pounds overweight from the gluttony.
But the truth is, though everyone goes through the same routine every year, the holidays truly are fun. If you’d like to host a holiday shindig of your own that will stand out from the other Facebook invites for the same night, consider more than just the traditional cocktail party. Below, six options to get you started:
The Nightmare Before Christmas Party
There’s a lot of genius in Tim Burton’s animated classic. For holiday party purposes, the genius is that the movie’s feel is part Christmas, part Halloween. And who doesn’t love a good Halloween party? Combine the two with a “The Nightmare Before Christmas”-themed costume party. Give your guests a chance to pull out another Halloween costume and encourage them to dress up as a character, prop, or scene from the movie or something movie-adjacent. Decorate your home in appropriate gear: Add Jack Skellington pumpkins, Sally-like patchwork decorations, and split the room between Halloween Town and Christmas Town. Music for ambiance? The soundtrack, of course. When it comes to food and drink, you have your choice between Halloween and fall-themed fare or traditional Christmas party appetizers. You could also reuse your Halloween candy or create something new, such as a Christmas ode to The Pumpkin King with pumpkin-flavored eggnog or character-themed cake pops.
Champagne Tastes
Creamy and frothy, this Halloweeny version of a traditional Christmas recipe takes only 10 minutes and can be doubled or tripled for parties. While the recipe uses raw eggs as in traditional eggnog recipes, it also provides alternatives if the danger of consuming raw eggs makes you a bit queasy. Get the recipe.
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As so many characters from the movie have perfectly round heads, they make excellent models for cake pops. Use this recipe as a start and make a sparkly batch for the Christmas side of your party, or coat in white frosting and decorate to look like Jack, Sally, or any other characters for the Halloween side. Get our Cakepops recipe.
Chili Cook-off
Cold weather equals comfort food and chili is the ultimate comfort food. The great thing about hosting a chili cook-off is you get everyone else to do most of the work for you (shhh). Encourage your friends to enter their favorite chili concoction, and you simply provide the tasting cups and sides like cornbread, shredded cheese, oyster crackers, and beverages. Just make sure that you have enough surge protectors to take care of all the crock pots. Create a scoring system for attributes like taste, texture, aroma, and overall deliciousness. At the end of the evening, give out awards for most traditional, most original, and any other category you can think of. Don’t take the prizes too seriously though: Silly or random trinkets will do. Everyone will go home stuffed and gassy, but happy.
Crockpot Chili (from Eating on a Dime)
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Chili is a super easy recipe yet there are so many ways to do it: beef, turkey, vegetarian, beans, tomato sauce…the combinations are virtually endless. With this recipe you simply brown the beef, dump it in the slow cooker with everything else, and let the flavors meld. If you do enter your own chili in the cook-off, just make sure you have someone else tally up the points so you don’t get accused of cheating if you win! Get the recipe.
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If you have chili you pretty much have to have cornbread. This easy skillet recipe whips up in about 30 minutes, which means you can quickly make a double batch to handle all the chili you’ll be tasting. The recipe also lends itself to variations in toppings such as jalapeños or cilantro. Get our Basic Skillet Cornbread recipe.
Holiday Luau
People love the holidays so much that the “Christmas in July” themed party is actually a well-known thing. So why not switch it up? Get people out of the “snow everywhere” frame of mind and dress up your home with a tropical theme. People love tropical parties so you’re pretty much guaranteed to find the requisite decorations at your local party store, even in December. Provide Hawaiian leis, rum punch, margaritas, hot dogs and hamburgers as if you’re barbecuing in the hot sun. Crank up the Beach Boys and decorate like you’re on the sand with inflatable palm trees, beach chairs, and pool toys. Maybe, just maybe, you’ll forget about the wind chill outside.
Typically Simple
While frozen margaritas are a little harder to make and replenish in big batches than mixed ones, this recipe makes it easy with just a few ingredients tossed into a blender. The reddish color from the frozen strawberries gives the requisite nod to the holiday season. If you don’t want to deal with blending but still want the color scheme, simply muddle strawberries into a more traditional recipe. Get the recipe.
What’s Gaby Cooking
In a nod to both the traditional Christmas ham and the Hawaiian theme, whip up a batch of this pulled pork and turn it into sliders by serving on small buns for easy finger food. To make this an easier self-serve dish, keep it on warm in the slow cooker and let your guests assemble their own. Get the recipe.
Terrible Movie party
Sometimes you just want to do the opposite of getting all gussied up for a party and simply chill. In this case, amuse your friends by hosting a casual movie marathon of the Worst. Movies. EVER. While movie badness can certainly be subjective, go for the “This is so bad it’s hilarious” type films, not the “This is so painfully bad I’m going to slip out of this terrible party before anyone notices” kind of flicks. Suggestions include “Sharknado” (or any of its sequels) and “Plan 9 From Outer Space”. Never seen Plan 9? It’s generally considered the worst movie ever made. It wins the Terrible Movie title by, among other things, the fact that you can see the strings the spaceships dangle from and that the main bad guy spends most of the movie wandering around with his cape obscuring half his face: The original actor, Bela Lugosi, died mid-filming and it was the only way the director could substitute a new actor without the audience knowing. Since it’s a casual party, keep the food casual and easy with typical movie-watching finger food: popcorn, candy, pizza, and even nachos. Though it’s a Terrible Movie party, stay away from any foods that have Rotten Tomato associations. Self-explanatory.
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Nothing says movies like bowls of popcorn, but save yourself from artificial chemicals and the inevitability of over or under popping microwave popcorn. This recipe is super quick and easy, is virtually burn-proof, and provides a delicious seasoning suggestion, though you can customize your toppings any way you like. Best yet? Not a single kernel burnt. Get the recipe.
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Nachos in general are a great finger food, but with a bunch of people crowding around a TV you’ll want to avoid encouraging them to get up again and again for seconds. These potato skins help out by providing a single-serving size portion of nachos in an easy to grab package. Get our Loaded Nachos Potato Skins recipe.
Holiday Movie Party
If you prefer to spend your hard-earned downtime watching good movies, go for a holiday movie theme. Studios spend lots of time and money cranking out a few of these every year so you’ll have your pick of favorites. To make sure you’re catering to different tastes, mix old and new, comedy and drama: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, “Elf”, “Die Hard” (yes, it’s absolutely a holiday movie), “A Christmas Story”, or the classic “Miracle on 34th Street” are just a few to get you started—though unless you plan on an all day marathon, you may want to limit to just three movies. Make your food and drink selections easy so people don’t have to keep getting up and blocking the screen—anything in bowls or large plates means your guests can reach over and grab a piece of this, a spoonful of that. To stick with the theme, go for cozy and Christmas-themed food and drink like hot chocolate topped with red and green marshmallows.
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This takes some time and effort but your guests will be super impressed by your light and fluffy homemade marshmallows. You can theme these up by using holiday cookie cutters to cut them into fun shapes like Christmas trees. Adjust or add to the powdered sugar coating with red and green sugar crystals or throw a little food coloring into the batter. Serve them with accompanying Real Deal Hot Chocolate. Get our Classic Vanilla Marshmallows recipe.
Red and Green Icebox Pinwheel Cookies
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As long as you’re sugaring up your guests…sugar them up some more! These pinwheel cookies take a few steps but the gorgeous results are well worth the effort and make a ton of cookies to handle a large party. Get our Red and Green Icebox Pinwheel Cookies recipe.
New Year’s Day Hangover Brunch
Hold on, hold on, I know what you’re thinking: “It’s New Year’s Day. Why in the world would I want to do any cooking whatsoever?” The great news is if you do it right, you’ll barely need to lift a finger that day. Everyone spends Jan. 1 in their pajamas, eating takeout and watching football or binging on Netflix. So why not do that with some of the friends you may or may not remember seeing the night before? The key to pulling this off is to get everything ready a day ahead: Set a timer on the coffee pot, lay out disposable or easily washable plates and utensils, and stock up on assemble-yourself-type food such a mixed fruit bowl, bagels, cream cheese, and lox. You can pull those out of the fridge and just set them on the counter for guests to serve themselves. Also prep this amazing breakfast casserole: It’s designed to be assembled the night before and left in the fridge, so all you have to do is roll out of bed, preheat the oven, and pop it in. Then hand your guests the spatula as you load up the Netflix account.
Pro tip: Only invite friends who live super close to you; if they have to get in the car and drive 10 minutes they’ll never make it. Those who live just down the street or on a different floor of your apartment building? You’ll be their hero.
Fully Loaded Cheesy Breakfast Casserole
The Slow Roasted Italian
There are a lot of great breakfast casserole recipes out there, but this one works particularly well for a hangover brunch because it’s got all the right ingredients to take care of your pounding head: hash browns, sausage, bacon, and cheese. Another option is to layer the bottom with chunky pieces of day-old French bread (day-old keeps it from getting too mushy) then put the remaining ingredients in. Assemble the day before and voila — brunch is ready. Get the recipe.
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Flatbreads on the Rise
When it comes to new trends in the bread category, bakers have put a fresh face on flatbreads. Modern culinary revolutions, alongside technical progress, have brought these most basic of breads into the 21st century.
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Sandwich Science for Children
The ingredients inside the sandwich – not the bread – are the most significant drivers of calories, fat and sodium.
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Ben & Jerry's Marshmallow Moon
"I'm so excited about Marshmallow Moon," said Jimmy Fallon. "And the name totally makes sense, because the Tonight Show logo has a moon, and I have a body like a marshmallow."
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Hummus Masabacha (Hummus With Whole Chickpeas)
Hummus masabacha is a popular variant of the Middle Eastern chickpea spread in which most or all of the chickpeas are left whole and tossed with the tahini sauce, instead of being puréed into it. There are endless variations on it, but at its heart, it's as easy as can be, and lots more interesting than your average hummus spread. Get Recipe!
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