One of the dishes I was served by Chef April Bloomfield at the Spotted Pig on my trip to NYC was a wonderful root vegetable soup. The soup she prepared was simple, but very flavorful, allowing the flavor of vegetables to stand out. Ever since, I have been in the mood to experiment with root vegetables.
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Tag Archive: yams
Roasted Winter Vegetables with Goat Cheese
Roasted Smashed Yams
I’m in a fall-inspired comfort food mood… Can you tell?
I blame it on the weather. We went to Boston this past weekend for a short vacation. Well, we picked the wrong weekend. It was cold and windy, and it even snowed a bit on Sunday. We were afraid we were going to get snowed in at [...]
Beef Stew with Cinnamon and Yams
Last week we had a few of those quintessential fall days. You know the ones – sunny with crisp cool air during the day and chilly nights that are perfect for snuggling up with an extra blanket on your bed.
Fall days always make me want a hearty, warming dinner. My solution? Beef stew.
This is not your [...]
Sweet and Smokey Corn Chowder
Often when I am trying to think of something to make for dinner, I start with a particular ingredient… like my very own Iron Chef challenge for one! Tonight’s secret ingredient? Corn.
We picked up our CSA share today, and it contained four ears of corn. Unfortunately, there has been an issue with earworms on the [...]
Sweet and Spicy Oven Fries
On Sunday, the weather was nice and I made some grilled BBQ chicken. To go along with it, I wanted something sweet and spicy that would compliment the BBQ sauce – so I decided to make some oven fries. I had a few yams that needed to be used, so I whipped up some sweet potato [...]
Shepherd’s Pie
Last week was really busy at our house, so I didn’t have a lot of time to make dinner. I made this Shepherd’s Pie a day in advance so that we had a quick dinner to heat up one evening. It’s based on the Shepherd’s Pie recipe from The Sugar Solution Cookbook. Instead of regular potatoes, the [...]
Glazed Ham and Candied Yams
Glazed ham and candied yams are two of my favorite holiday foods. This quick and easy version of my festive favorites has been scaled down to serve 4-6, and can be made any night of the week!
Ingredients:
2 pound boneless, fully cooked ham
2 pounds yams, peeled and cut into 1″ pieces
1 1/4 cup orange juice, divided
3/4 [...]
