Whenever I make a recipe that calls for buttermilk, it seems like no matter how much I use, I always have a good amount of the stuff left over. Buttermilk unfortunately isn’t something that you can use in everything and a lot of people (myself included) find it difficult to figure out a way to creatively use that cup or so of that’s still hanging around in the back of the fridge….
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Pantry Meal of the Week: Curried Eggplant + Pan-Fried Snapper
When I received a last minute call from my Dad last night seeing if he and his other half could join us for dinner, I knew the meal I was planning on making wouldn’t quite satiate five people without some major tweaks. As dinner was already set to be what I like to call a Pantry Meal of the Week (aka Amanda doesn’t feel like grocery shopping) what I had planned for dinner was already quite the compilation of miscellaneous food. I decided to serve everything on top of a heaping portion of brown rice to stretch out my ingredients and make sure that everyone was full and satisfied when they were done stuffing their faces….
Blueberry Ricotta Pancakes
These pancakes have changed my brunch game forever. I’ve always seen ricotta pancakes on menus at some of my favorite brunch places, but I’d never actually attempted to make them. I had a bunch of leftover ricotta from making a super duper quick Lasagna for my brother’s party a while back and I knew that if I didn’t use it soon I would have to simply throw it out, which I really didn’t want to have to do.
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Caramelized Onion + Cherry Tomato Frittata
I don’t know about you, but when I wake up in the morning the first thing that pops into my mind isn’t “Man, I really want to make a frittata right now.” Realistically it’s more along the lines of “Is it seriously already time to get up already? I swear I just fell asleep!”
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Homemade Gnocchi + Wild Mushroom Ragù
On a whim, my brother decided that he was going to be home from college for a few days this weekend. Whenever he’s home, I immediately go into full Italian grandmother mode and make oodles and oodles of food, mostly in the hopes that it will entice him to choose LA over Denver when the time comes to graduate. He asked if I wanted to cook dinner on Friday and offered himself and a few of his friends as my potential kitchen scullions. …