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 Since Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up, I wanted to share this recipe again. We’ve been making it so long we don’t remember where it came from, but know it turned the unappreciated, but obligatory sweet potatoes into a dish that gets requested every year. It’s both easy and delicious!
3 cups mashed yams or sweet potatoes
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine yams, sugar, eggs, 1/4 cup butter, milk, and vanilla. Mix well and spread mixture in a casserole. Combine remaining butter, flour, brown sugar, and nuts. Sprinkle [...]
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 I know it’s typical to grill vegetables in the summer, but sometimes it’s just easier to roast them and these are good with just about any summer dinner. This is simple, it only takes 20 minutes, and you don’t have to worry about the grill.
1 medium zucchini
1 medium yellow squash
2 different colored bell peppers (such as red and yellow)
1 fennel bulb
1 red onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
8 sprigs thyme
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Trim the ends of the zucchini & yellow squash and cut them into 3/4″ slices, core the peppers and cut into 1 1/2″ strips, trim off the fennel stalks and cut the bulbs (through [...]
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 This is another dish that we made over the holidays; and it was so yummy that there were several requests that it be posted to Better Hens and Gardens - so here it is. The fennel and Gruyère cheese really elevate au gratin potatoes to a special dish. It’s can go from the oven to the table, or can be cooked ahead and reheated at 350°F for 30 minutes – making it a truly versatile dish too. It’s adapted from the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten.
2 small fennel bulbs
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 pounds baking potatoes (4 large potatoes)
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons heavy [...]
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 We’ve got a bumper crop of sugar snap peas this year (see Growing Sugar Snap Peas), so we’re actually beginning to tire of eating them straight from the garden. This is an easy, flexible, and delicious variation that everyone seems to love.
1 lb. raw sugar snap peas*
Dark sesame oil
Black sesame seeds (white or toasted white may be substituted)
Kosher salt (optional)
Wash, remove the stem end, and “string” each pod. Then toss the snap peas in a bowl with the sesame oil (a little goes a long way), sesame seeds, and kosher salt (if desired). Serve at room temperature. Obviously, the recipe can [...]
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