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Sheet pan pizza is a great dish to make at home. Make-ahead pizza dough can be stretched to fit a simple sheet pan, and topped with the toppings of your choice. Roasted cauliflower and greens make a great topping, with green peppercorns adding extra flavor. All components can be prepared ahead of time and assembled quickly as needed for an easy dinner after a long workday. The pizza can also be made ahead of time, cut, and reheated as a potluck contribution.

Key Takeaways:

• Roasting the cauliflower ahead of time will save you prep time when you make this later in the week
• Once the cauliflower is roasted and prepped, the pizza only takes 30 minutes to bake
• The “stretched” dough lends itself to many toppings, even a mistake like pickled peppercorns instead of capers

“The earthy whole wheat crust, the roasted cauliflower, the hint of heat from peppercorns and the topping with perky greens – all together, these create a unique pizza that you’ll probably never find at your local pizza joint!”

Read more: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cauliflower_sheet_pan_pizza/

To cook the perfect soft-boiled egg all that is needed is a saucepan, a slotted spoon, and an egg timer. Don’t cook more than 4 eggs at a time. Bring a saucepan of water to a boil, reduce the heat to simmer, gently add the eggs, and set the timer. The timer should be set for between 5 minutes and 7 minutes. If one prefers runny yolks then put 5 minutes on the timer. For firmer eggs set the timer to 7 minutes, and if cooking 3 or 4 eggs add a few seconds to the time cooking. Remove the eggs and rinse in cool water for a few seconds. Crack the eggs open with a knife by tapping a small circle around the top of the egg and lifting off the top of the egg. The eggs are ready to serve and eat!

Key Takeaways:

• A soft-boiled egg should be as creamy as it is runny for those perfect “dippy eggs.”
• They are the perfect comfort food to bring you back to childhood or just when you need something rich.
• Set a timer since that yolk will keep cooking if you don’t watch that clock.

“If you’re just cooking one or two eggs, five minutes is perfect for a runny yolk, or cook as long as seven minutes for a more firmly set, but still spoonable, yolk.”

Read more: https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-a-soft-boiled-egg-kitchn-cooking-lesson-138819

This recipe for Instant Pot Garlic Pepperoncini Beef can be made in an instant pot or slow cooker. Nearly any kind of beef roast can be used, such as top round roast, chuck roast, sirloin roast or eye of round. The beef is flavored with fresh garlic, pepperoncini, and chicken stock. After sautéing the roast in oil, cook in the instant pot using the manual setting, or for six to seven hours on low in the slow cooker.

Key Takeaways:

• use chicken broth to compliment the beef as it gives a better flavor
• saute the meat with oil, broth and other spices in a pan
• use manual setting for an instant for better control of cooking the meat properly

“Instant Pot Garlic Pepperoncini Beef is a recipe I recently developed after re-making a favorite slow-cooker recipe. You are going to love not too spicy beef with just the right touch of garlic.”

Read more: https://copykat.com/2018/01/07/instant-pot-garlic-pepperoncini-beef/

Pho is one of those dishes that has been becoming more and more popular. As people venture out to try new restaurants, they want to try new recipes and Pho is one of them. The problem is that pho is long and involved, requiring hours of simmering and prep just to get the broth right. This recipe makes a quick broth by taking canned or boxed broth and simmering it with those aromatics, to give it the flavor without all the work. The fixings are all up to you, but they suggest sirloin, sliced thin to cook up quickly and evenly.

Key Takeaways:

• This soup has become quite popular over the past few years and people want to cook it at home.
• Using store-bought broth saves the normally laborious boiling of bones for hours.
• Use thinly sliced sirloin to add that quickly cooked meat you normally see in the soup

“Simmered for 30 minutes with some onions, ginger, whole spices, soy sauce, and a dash of fish sauce — we can make a simple pho broth that tastes pretty darn good.”

Read more: https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-quick-vietnamese-beef-pho-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-215118

Chili is the perfect comfort food. It’s warm, it’s a bit spicy and it’s easy to make. You can make it even easier in the slow cooker and this recipe gives you tips to make the best one at home. They start off with a homemade spice recipe that they believe will give you incredible flavor over that store-bought the brand, or even those bland spices that are sitting in the back of your shelf. It will cook for 8 hours but that works with our busy lives to set and forget. Now don’t forget the vinegar at the end to give it “punch.”

Key Takeaways:

• A really good chili can be made in a slow cooker.
• There are so many ways to prepare chili, which makes it hard to find the right one
• The best thing to do for your chili is made your own seasoning

“Buy ground chuck for making slow cooker chili. The extra fat in this ground beef adds body to the finished chili and keeps the beef from drying out in the slow cooker.”

Read more: https://www.thekitchn.com/the-best-easy-slow-cooker-beef-chili-253214

Lentil Dal, an oxymoron literally meaning lentil, is an Indian comfort food you can easily make at home. It is a layered dish, so you can’t just dump ingredients into your slow cooker and forget it like so many other soups and stews, but following this recipe will give you delicious home cooked Indian food in no time. The secret is the tadka, an almost deep frying of spices with ghee, or clarified butter. This is added to the dish at the end to give it that spice and flavor burst.

Key Takeaways:

• Dal is a thick or thin soup made from lentils and tempered spices from South Asia
• Tempering spices should be done in clarified butter slowly so as to not burn the spices
• Dal is best served with rice or flatbread depending on the thickness

“Two components are essential to dal: tender lentils and tempered spices.”

Read more: https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-the-best-lentil-dal-at-home-236344

Sometimes we are craving something a bit less healthy but know we should have the healthy thing. That is where these kale chips come in handy. They are baked with an umami bomb seasoning consisting of lemon juice, nutritional yeast, lemon juice and spices to coat the kale. It is then baked to crispiness in the oven, so you can enjoy your favorite “chip” without eating that carb loaded chip. Feel free to fill these with your favorite dip.

Key Takeaways:

• The chips are fairly low calorie and low carb due to the use of sunflower seeds and kale
• They are baked in the oven with this coating to get them crispy and chip like
• The coating is a combination of sunflower seeds, nutritional yeast, and spices to give it that umami flavor

“It requires simple methods and 7 wholesome ingredients, and it yields BIG flavor.”

Read more: https://minimalistbaker.com/sunflower-coated-cheesy-kale-chips/

These cookies are popular in their normal form. The version here is different. It contains more spices. Your holiday guests should enjoy it, though. It is a great take on a popular cookie that you’ve surely had before. You could also give these as gifts. Put them in a decorative tin or container. Use ribbon or fabric to decorate the outside if the container is too plain for your taste. Cookies always make a great gift.

Key Takeaways:

• I remember that my family always had peanut butter blossom cookies to share.
• An easy way to spice up these traditional cookies is to sprinkle with cinnamon.
• You can also try differently flavored chocolate kisses for a different taste.

“It’s everything you’d expect from peanut butter kiss cookies, with a subtle hint of warm cinnamon.”

Read more: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-spiced-peanut-butter-kiss-cookies-252220

These truffles combine the decadence of a chocolate ganache truffle with the pop and fizzle of champagne, for a perfect New Years treat for any party. Any champagne or sparkling wine will work and you can even use a sweet dark beer to give it that extra something. The recipe is fairly simple, only using items like cocoa powder, cream, and chocolate chips, but to give them that extra something, these are coated with a small amount of gold leaf, to give the party guests that good luck wealth for the New Year.

Key Takeaways:

• The texture is firm but just as creamy and melt-in-your-mouth as you could hope for.
• I make my truffles slightly firmer in texture and then slice them into cubes.
• These truffles, dusted simply in cocoa, are still impressive and most importantly, delicious.

“These truffles have a deep chocolatey flavor with a little bit of background tanginess from the champagne.”

Read more: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/champagne_chocolate_truffles/

If you are looking for a healthy and affordable meal that doesn’t take a professional chef to make, then check out this Slow Cooker Beef Ragu Recipe. This is a hearty gluten-free meal made with simple and delicious ingredients like beef sirloin, olive oil, tomatoes, and garlic. All it takes to prepare this crowd-pleasing meal is a slow cooker and the ability to combine a few ingredients. The whole family will enjoy this high-protein comforting dish.

Key Takeaways:

• This recipe is made in a crockpot, as opposed to a regular saucepan.
• This dish is high in protein and will satisfy people of all ages.
• This dish also includes a variety of vegetables, offering a balanced meal.

“Slow Cooker Beef Ragu Pasta Meal Prep. An effortless and hearty meal to be enjoyed for lunch or dinner. Gluten-Free.”

Read more: https://foodgawker.com/post/2017/10/30/692243/