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Carrots spiced with cumin – a side dish kids and adults can love.Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Serves 4 For reasons that befuddle me, my son consistently preferred when I used "baby" carrots in this recipe. It ...

Michael Thiemann, chef at Ella Dining Room & Bar, likes young Nantes carrots pan-roasted with cumin. If your carrots come with tops, use the tops for pesto.Oven-roasted carrots with orange and cumin Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 12 min...

If you look around my kitchen, you'll see that I own a lot of OXO kitchen tools. I find that they're comfortable to use and are of good quality. So when the nice folks at OXO offered to send me two hand-held Good Grips mandolines (one to try out a...

I am not really sure what to call this “recipe”.  It is not really a recipe, but more like an answer on what to make for dinner when you have no food, no time, and no energy.  I always keep baby Yukon Gold potatoes, onions, peppers, and cheese in my refrigerator.  When I am...

Potatoes.  Cream.   Scallions.  Dubliner cheese.  Marry these ingredients together and you’ll not only have Irish eyes-a-smilin’ but likely anyone near enough to get a whiff of this rich savory dish. Truth be told, I wasn’t even planning on making this.  I had just read and re-posted an article on Facebook about a potato-leek...

I shared this Herbes de Provence Chicken Recipe with you recently, and these carrots deserve a post of their own.  This Roasted Chardonnay Carrot recipe is so simple and yet so flavorful and delicious.  They could not be any easier to make and zero clean up.  They are cooked in a tin foil packet...