Lean and flavorful sirloin tip is perfect in a coconut milk braise inspired by the curries of Southern India. If you like, add 2 cups frozen peas or sliced okra during the final 10 minutes of cooking and serve over rice.
Chicken bacon roulades, chicken breasts, pounded thin, stuffed with bacon, shallots, and Parmesan, rolled up, browned, roasted, then served sliced, with a creamy white sauce.
Beef sirloin strips, marinated in soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, ginger, and chile, then quickly stir-fried with green onions, chile, ginger, and garlic.
Roasted vegetables are an old standby, but how about roasted fruit? The steady abundance of citrus in Southern California yards and CSA boxes has inspired countless new ways to use these fruits and our latest trick is adding orange and mandarin slices to roasted vegetables. The citrus adds a sweet, caramelized flavor and brings a bit of sunniness to winter roots like carrots and parsnips.
BrokeAss Gourmet - Apple-Butternut Squash Soup with White Cheddar and Paprika: Butternut squash puree soup gets tired fast. It's a culinary trend that returns every Fall, almost always featuring the exact same accessories: sage, garlic and cream (I know, I'm guilty of it too). The thing about most culinary trends though, is that they come about because they're based on good ideas (the molecular gastronomy foam trend notwithstanding-
Oh yes, I know what you're thinking. Doesn't that look lovely? All burnished and brown and crusty? All herby and earthy and fragrant? Pork tenderloin, baby, and soft little potatoes, baked in a salt crust. Oh yeah. You don't even...