Category: Recipes

Spicy roasted carrots, finished dish.

Spicy roasted carrots

Delicious, spicy-sweet, fast and easy to make. 3 cups fresh carrots, peeled and bias-sliced 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon chili oil 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Salt and pepper to taste Peel and cut carrots, and microwave about 3 minutes, until just soft, but not fully cooked. Mix carrots with the rest of the ingredients ...

Bowl of pho bo Vietnamese beef noodle soup.

Faux pho — Vietnamese beef noodle soup

A re-engineering of a favorite wintertime soup, Pho bo, or Vietnamese beef noodle soup. Real pho is made from an hours-long simmer of beef bones to make a light beef stock, but this recipe can be made on a weeknight in under an hour. Feeds four, and requires about 45 minutes to prepare. For the ...

Photo of the finished slow-cooker chili on a plate.

Beef & tomato chili in a slow cooker

A slow-cooked beef chili with the accent on tomatoes, and finished with fresh vegetables. Serve it with kidney beans and rice if you must, but I prefer a bed of green beans, fresh baby corn, asparagus or other veggies. This recipe just fits a 4 quart slow cooker.