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Joshua Weissman published a tandoori chicken meal recipe; in the video he showed-off the tandoor that he purchased for the occasion. I do not have a tandoor, but I do have gas and charcoal grills...
In many cookie recipes peanut butter is combined with an equal portion of (comparitively less flavorful!) shortening or butter, loads of sugar, and flour. Invariably I find most peanut butter cookies to be a disappointment: when it comes to peanut butter, more is better and I love the stuff. Just ask my family, who've observed me over the years putting P.B. on waffles, pancakes, pumpkin bread, celery, apple slices, bananas, ice cream...
This peanut butter cookie recipe takes the peanut butter very seriously. The addition of salt helps to tone-down the sweetness of the finished cookie, and the chocolate chips are just a classic foil to P.B. The cookie should finish with a crispy exterior and soft interior.
For our 10-year anniversary my wife and I took a trip to St. Lucia. Several mornings at breakfast I was able to have fresh passion fruit: the bright, very tart flavor was something special. Goya sells a passion fruit pulp in the freezer section of the grocery store, and while it's a great mix-in with vanilla-flavored yogurt, I found it also makes a perfect tropical addition to other dishes. This sauce pairs well with eggs and salty meats, and is based (not baste) on the sauce component of this recipe. The flavor is front-loaded with tropical fruit and allspice but finishes with a pleasant burn from the habeneros.
Every time we go to Dutch Wonderland we leave the park right around dinner time and inevitably stop at the nearby Panera. Just as inevitably, our daughters want the mac-n-cheese kids dinner (it's NOT a bowl of Kraft orange easy mac, so we don't argue). For me, a soup-and-sandwich combo is always satisfying, and my favorite selection soup-wise is their turkey chili. This recipe is an ode to that hearty, tomato-free bowl of delicious.
I love meat: pork, chicken, beef, veal. The list goes on. But I also recognize the value in protein derived from other sources. I have a sister-in-law who's vegetarian, we have friends who are, so it would be nice to have something to offer them when firing-up the grill. The Impossible Whopper at Burger King has great texture compared to other veggie patties, much more akin to a regular burger: not a heavy, mushy ball of bean and binder. I decided to try making something similar by creating a seitan that I could grind and reform into patties. I found that it works great when the ground mix is sauteed as taco meat or "ground beef" for a bolognese.