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Daily Archives: November 26, 2016

Mashed Potato for One

Have you ever wanted mashed potatoes, but thought… how can you easily make it for just yourself?  With the traditional cooking method you peel, quarter, boil, drain, mash/whip, add ingredients (butter, cream, herbs, etc) and serve.  Doing that for one potato would give you half a serving by the time you deal with amounts of potato lost to the cooking and preparation process. Making 2 potatoes may be a solution, but then it can become a portion control issue.  Well, I want to let you in on my latest experiment – sous vide mashed potatoes for one.  I think this experiment will make it possible for any single diner to enjoy mashed potatoes (without having a lot of waste or extras or having to rely on…

Pumpkin Waffles

Fall is synonymous with pumpkin. Pumpkin spice lattes. Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin soup. Stuffed roasted pumpkin. Pumpkin is the quintessential fall gourd. So I need to apologize for not having made more dishes with pumpkin. Today let me try and make it up to you with this treat. This recipe creates beautifully browned, richly flavored, light and airy waffles to make your breakfast special. And I can’t think of a better way to begin a chilly late fall morning, can you? Save Print Pumpkin Waffles Prep time:  5 mins Cook time:  5 mins Total time:  10 mins Serves: 3   Ingredients ¾ cup all purpose flour 1½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp cinnamon ½ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp ginger pinch of salt…