Basic Risotto

March 13, 2013 By makingitwithdanielle in Pasta, Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tags: arborio rice, basic risotto, basic risotto recipe, butter, chicken stock, cottura, deglaze, dinner, dry white wine, garlic, garlic infused olive oil, homemade chicken stock, homemade vegetable stock, how to make a great risotto at home, how to make risotto, italian risotto, main dish, mantecatura, olive oil, parmesan cheese, peas, professional risotto at home, risotto, risotto with peas, side dish, soffrito, tostatura, vegetable stock, vegetarian, vegetarian risotto 7 Comments

After taking it easy the last couple of days and sleeping for twelve straight hours last night (seriously!), I am finally starting to feel like a normal human being since catching this cold! My husband and I are trying out CrossFit starting this afternoon so hopefully I can sweat out what’s left and be back to business as usual for the rest of the week! A few months ago I did a post for Champagne Risotto and after making it then for the first time, we have made probably a dozen different versions of risotto. That recipe was for a two person serving so I thought it might be helpful to share a basic risotto which serves a larger group (4-6) and can serve as the base for just about any kind of risotto you like. Add in whatever vegetables are in season and you can easily make this your go-to recipe for all year round! Click here to get the recipe and see how it’s made!

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Vegetable Stock Two Ways

February 1, 2013 By makingitwithdanielle in Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags: asparagus, basic vegetable stock, basil, bay leaf, celery, celery stalk, chopped mushrooms, homemade stock, homemade vegetable stock, how to make stock in a pressure cooker, how to make vegetable stock, leeks, martha stewart cooking school vegetable stock, mushrooms, olive oil, onion, parsley, peppercorns, pressure cooker, quick cooking stock, stock, thyme, two ways to make vegetable stock, vegetable, vegetable stock, vegetables, vegetarian, water 4 Comments

Last week I showed you how to make your own chicken stock two different ways (a basic stock and a pressure cooked one) and now I have an even easier stock, a homemade vegetable stock! The coolest part about making your own, aside from the fact that store bought vegetable stock is expensive, is that you can add whatever vegetables you like most. You can even draw flavors from parts of vegetables you’d normally throw away like tops of onions, the bad ends of asparagus, the stems of parsley, etc. so you save a lot of waste too. I keep a container in our freezer and I add scraps like these to it… that way when it’s time to make stock I just pop it out of the freezer and in to the pot! You can get as mild as you like with a vegetable stock but you can also get a really intense flavor by adding things like dried mushrooms. Try adding leeks to make it more sweet or mushrooms for an earthier flavor but avoid stronger vegetables like artichokes, cabbage, spinach, broccoli or cauliflower because these will make your stock bitter. I’ll show you a very basic vegetable stock in a stock pot and then an even faster on in the pressure cooker, each one yields just over 2 quarts of stock. Click here to get the recipes and see how they’re made!

Mushroom Barley Soup

October 29, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Recipes, Soups & Chilis Tags: barley, big pot of soup, dinner, dutch oven, flavorful soup, food, garlic, light soup, mushroom barley soup, mushrooms, olive oil, onion, parsley, pearl barley, quick cooking barley, soup, vegetarian, white mushrooms 3 Comments

I hope this post finds all of my fellow east-coasters safe and dry as Sandy makes her rounds! If you still have time to get out before it hits or if you’re lucky enough to not be affected, then this recipe would be a perfect one to have on a cold night like tonight! A mix of barley and fresh mushrooms packed into a broth that gets most of it’s flavor from the last minute addition of lemon juice and parsley so you get all the comfort from a nice hot soup without having to feel guilty about it! This is pretty quick to make which is another plus and if you can find quick-cooking barley then you can have it ready to serve even sooner! Freshly baked bread makes the perfect side for this, our bakery was just putting out ciabatta right out of the oven when we were there so that’s what we had. We had a lot leftover which is always great for lunches throughout the week! Click here to get the recipe and see how it’s made!

Quinoa and Provolone Stuffed Peppers

October 9, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Recipes, Vegetarian Tags: baked peppers, dinner, farmers market, food, parsley, provolone cheese, quinoa, quinoa and provolone stuffed peppers, quinoa and provolone stuffing, red bell peppers, stuffed peppers, vegetarian, vegetarian dinner, walnuts, white onion 7 Comments

I love using quinoa (pronounced “keen-wah”) because it’s a great vegetarian option that’s packed with protein and nutrients. It’s also a nice break from the usual rice or couscous and now a days they have so many different varieties of it that you can try all kinds of different options. In a couple of weeks our farmer’s market goes from open every day to just one day a week so we’ve been taking advantage of just about everything we can get our hands on, including these beautiful red bell peppers. They’re stuffed with a mix of fresh onion, bell peppers, garlic, cloves, quinoa and parsley. The most flavorful part comes from the delicious nutty notes of provolone cheese and walnuts. They are baked until the peppers are softened and the inside is gooey and perfect, making these a real treat for dinner. Click here to get the recipe and see how they’re made!

Corn and Heirloom Tomato Tart

September 4, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Recipes, Vegetarian Tags: corn and heirloom tomato tart, corn and tomato tart, corn custard, daniel boulud, daniel boulud corn and heirloom tomato tart, elle decor corn and heirloom tomato tart, elle decor heirloom tomate tart, elle decor magazine, elle decor recipe, end of summer recipe, end of summer tart, heirloom cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatos, Pate Brisee, savory tart, tomato melange, vegetarian 7 Comments

As summer is quickly winding to an end (hope that all of you had a great Labor Day weekend), I like to look for recipes that use up the wonderful corn and tomatoes that are so bountiful this time of year. I saw this recipe by Daniel Boulud in Elle Decor magazine a few weeks ago and stopped drooling long enough to tear it out and set it aside to try. I am obsessed with heirlooms tomatoes, so I knew that this was going to be a good one but after reading the accompanying article where he described the tart as “Martha’s Vineyard meets Saint-Tropez” I couldn’t wait to make it. It’s a classic pâte brisée crust filled with a custard that’s half pureed and half whole sautéed fresh corn and onion. The tart is then topped with a mélange of heirloom tomatoes and smoked paprika seasoned breadcrumbs that give the whole thing a really satisfying crunch. I paired the tart with a rosé wine (Chateau L’ermitage is my favorite) that went perfectly with the sweetness of the corn. The whole thing was incredible and a perfect end-ofo-summer recipe, I can’t wait to make it again!

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Fish En Papillote

August 10, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Recipes, Seafood Tags: carrot, dry white wine, fish en papillote, fish in parchment, how to cook fish in parchment, julienned vegetables, light way to prepare fish, old bay seasoning, onion, parchment paper, red pepper flakes, thyme, tilapia, tilapia filets, vegetarian, white wine, zucchini 3 Comments

I’ve been super busy the last few weeks so I have been looking to make dinners that are quick and easy with very little clean up. This one is perfect because the fish does the cooking inside of a parchment paper pouch (hence the “en papillote”) so clean up is as easy as tossing it in the garbage! Lots of julienned veggies get piled on tilapia filets and then topped with sprigs of thyme, lemon slices, a splash of wine and a pat of butter all rolled up into small pouches. This is great because it’s steamed making it a light option for cooking fish but it also holds onto all that flavor! Click here to get the recipe and see how it’s made!

Potato Gnocchi

August 6, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Pasta, Recipes, Vegetarian Tags: egg, flour, gnocchi, gnocchi dough, homemade gnocchi, how to make gnocchi, martha stewart gnocchi, martha stewart pot, Nutmeg, potato gnocchi, rice mill, russet potatoes, vegetarian 9 Comments

I absolutely love gnocchi but I never thought I could make it myself. My husband and I have mastered making fresh pasta for raviolis and fettucini but I thought this would be much more complicated. If the gnocchi dough is overworked it can be really chewy and tough which makes for a very unappetizing combination. When cooked correctly, gnocchi is best described as “little pillows of pasta”… they’re light and soft and can be prepared so many different ways making it not only delicious but versatile. In this post I’ll give you the recipe and the step-by-step photos for a potato based gnocchi and then later in the week I’ll give you another recipe that’s my favorite way to prepare it! Click here to get the recipe and see how it’s made!

Eggplant “Pasta”

July 27, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Pasta, Recipes, Vegetarian Tags: alton brown, alton brown eggplant pasta, basil, crushed red pepper, dinner, eggplant, eggplant "pasta", food network favorites eggplant pasta, french style mandoline, garlic, heavy cream, next food network star, parmesan, pasta made out of eggplant, red pepper flakes, tomato, vegetarian 6 Comments

My husband and I got really in to this season of the Next Food Network Star. I think the new format made it more competitive and really enjoyable to watch. After a few weeks of watching, my interest was piqued most not by one of the contestants (although I did love Justin and was glad he won) but by a long-standing member of the network, Alton Brown. I started looking for some of his more unusual recipes and stumbled upon this one. Alton is known for taking everyday ingredients and using them in a surprising and thought-provoking way. This recipe takes eggplant, makes “pasta” out of it and then builds a whole dish around it. I couldn’t get over how delicious this was and my husband hasn’t stopped talking about it so it gets my stamp of approval! Click here to get the recipe and see how it’s made!

Vegan Sausage and Mushroom Étouffée

June 27, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Recipes, Vegan Tags: brown rice, cajun dishes, creole, etouffee, fat free vegan recipes, vegan étouffée, vegan recipes, vegan sausage, vegan sausage and mushroom étouffée, vegetarian 1 Comment

What I’ve noticed from going vegan in the summer time is that not all recipes are good for you just because they’re vegan. A lot go heavy on the oils and other fats to replace things that can’t be used. I follow this great blog called the Fat Free Vegan and what I love about it is that she doesn’t cook with any refined fats (oil, margarine or shortening). As I was looking back through some older recipes I stumbled upon this one, which contained one of the greatest finds ever for me… a dry roux!! A roux is the base for a lot of creole/cajun dishes and having made seafood gumbo many-a-times I was familiar with the normal process of making it which requires you to constantly whisk either oil or butter with flour FOREVER until it turns the perfect shade of brown. This then serves as the thickening agent in your gumbo later on. For this recipe, you obviously can’t use butter and she doesn’t use oil so she just dry cooked the flour and blended it with vegetable broth and voila! It wasn’t quite as good as a real roux but it was definitely delicious all things considered. Étouffée is a french word that translates to “smothered” and is usually a stew-like seafood dish made with crawfish and andouille sausage served over rice. This recipe takes out the seafood and uses soy sausages and is really delicious! CLick here to get the recipe and see how it’s made!

Grilled Tilapia with Cherry Salsa

June 25, 2012 By makingitwithdanielle in Recipes, Seafood Tags: cherry salsa, dry rub for fish, fish filets with cherry salsa, fish spatula, grilled fish, grilled tilapia, grilled tilapia with cherry salsa, tilapia, tilapia filets, vegetarian 4 Comments

I used to not eat any seafood at all, but I’m so glad my husband has gotten me into trying it over the years because it’s opened me up to all lot of great recipes! This one is amazing because it’s light which makes it perfect for the summer, but its incredibly fresh and bright flavors make it so satisfying. The tilapia filets are rubbed with a spice mixture and grilled then topped with a delicious cherry salsa. This is great served on its own for a lighter meal, or add some steamed veggies and rice on the side to make it a little more substantial. Click here to get the recipe and see how it’s made!

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Basic Risotto

Vegetable Stock Two Ways

Mushroom Barley Soup

Quinoa and Provolone Stuffed Peppers

Corn and Heirloom Tomato Tart

Fish En Papillote

Potato Gnocchi

Eggplant “Pasta”

Vegan Sausage and Mushroom Étouffée

Grilled Tilapia with Cherry Salsa

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