Recipes for Real Life
After watching Claire and Phil Dunphy’s hilarious and completely relatable spat over wedge salad, I just had to see what all the fuss was about. If you don’t know I’m referring to, you have got to check out one of the best shows, Modern Family. Specifically, Season 2 Episode 16: Regrets Only. Oh, heck. Who …
Hands-on time: 10 minutes Total time: 55 minutes Serves 6-8 3 cups mashed sweet potatoes 1 c brown sugar 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 tsp vanilla ½ c milk ½ c butter, melted Topping: ½ c brown sugar ⅓ c flour ⅓ c butter, melted 1 c chopped pecans Combine first 6 ingredients. Pour into …
Hands-on Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 2 20 oz bags frozen baby broccoli 1 10 oz can cream of chicken soup ½ c real mayonnaise (NOT Miracle Whip) 1 egg, slightly beaten 1½ c grated cheddar cheese 1 Tbsp dehydrated minced onion Topping: 16-18 crushed Ritz crackers ¼ c butter, melted Cook broccoli …
Hands-on Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Serves 4 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped ⅛ tsp crushed red pepper (optional) 2 c low-sodium vegetable broth 1 bunch broccoli, florets roughly chopped and stems pepped and sliced (about 7 c) 1 large russet potato (about 8 oz), peeled and cut into ½” …
As 2011 comes to a close, I’ve been looking back on the Recipe Realism posts of 2011. A number of recipes really stand out as exceptional. Hence came my idea for Recipe Realism’s first-annual, year-end ‘Best of . . .’ list. I established criteria to rate the recipes in attempt to help weed out the …