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Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Soup
Savory mushrooms, a hearty wild rice blend and a bit of herbes de Provence make this Chicken and Rice Soup special. Grab your slow cooker to have it waiting for you at dinnertime-it's ready in 3 hours.
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16 Jan 2021
Simply Recipes
Tasty Recipes for Busy Weeknights
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06 Nov 2020
Cooking with Amy: A Food Blog
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30 Oct 2020
Cooking with Amy: A Food Blog
Pasta with Eggplant, Olives and Capers Recipe
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Left: conventional tomato and Right: San Marzano DOP tomato |
The DOP designation means they meet Protected Designation of Origin certification, with strict geographical and production standards. They are a specific type of tomato with a distinctive bittersweet flavor and low acidity, they have few seeds and a long shape, and meaty texture because they have only two seed pockets. They are grown in the volcanic soil of the Sarno Valley that is high in potassium and phosphorus. San Marzano tomatoes are harvested 7-8 times or more only by hand from July to September, to ensure they are perfectly ripe and only after sunset. After harvest, the tomatoes are peeled, placed in cans, and are processed for 13 minutes.
Canned tomatoes imported from Europe are more expensive than other canned tomatoes you may find, but you are getting a product that is consistently high quality and will ensure a great sauce for your pasta, especially if you're making a Southern Italian style recipe, like mine for pasta with eggplant, olives, and capers. Head to @cookingwithamy for details on how to win a gift pack of European products, including the tomatoes Pomodoro San Marzano dell'Agro Sarnese-Nocerino, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, pasta, etc. Additionally, the winner gets to choose a family, frontline worker, charity, hospital, or person to also receive a gift pack!
Pasta with Eggplant, Olives, and Capers
8 servings
Ingredients
1 pound casarecce or similar pasta
2 garlic cloves, smashed
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 cup green or black olives, pitted and sliced
1/4 cup capers
1 medium eggplant (or 1/2 large eggplant) about 12 ounces or 4 cups, diced
1 28 oz can Pomodoro San Marzano dell'Agro Sarnese-Nocerino
Pecorino, grated
Instructions
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the eggplant on a rimmed baking sheet and drizzle or spray with olive oil and roast for 15-20 minutes or until cooked through but still holding its shape.
Meanwhile, cook pasta according to directions and drain. Add the olive oil to a large skillet, sauté the garlic for one minute, add olives and capers and cook for another minute or until fragrant. Add tomatoes, mashing them with a wooden spoon, and simmer for 10 minutes or until thick and saucy. Add the eggplant and stir until well coated.
Toss the drained pasta with the sauce, serve with cheese.
Enjoy!
30 Oct 2020 8:29pm GMT
19 Aug 2020
Cooking with Amy: A Food Blog
Lay's Supports Iconic Restaurants & You Should Too
I don't have to tell you that restaurants are suffering. In the beginning of the pandemic many launched GoFundMe style campaigns to try and stay afloat. Restaurants also keep pivoting from offering pantry staples to meal kits, cooking classes, take out, delivery and more to make up for the loss of their normal business.
Independent restaurants numbered 500,000 before the pandemic and employed over 11 million people according to the Independent Restaurant Coalition and some industry analysts believe 2/3 of restaurants will not survive the crisis in the US. Yelp data shows 26,160 restaurants have closed as of the end of July. Restaurants are pushing for a $120B Independent Restaurant Revitalization Fund. You can ask your representatives to support this initiative.
Since 2104 Lay's has offered limited edition "flavor icon" potato chips that honor classic dishes. In past years there's been Everything Bagel and Cream Cheese, Fried Green Tomato, and even Crispy Taco. This year they honor four restaurants and dishes, and in light of the pandemic, they are giving a $25,000 Gratitude Fund to each of the Flavor Icons restaurants to put towards the various relief efforts that will help them recover from the impact of the pandemic. The potato chips contain no artificial flavors.
I got a chance to try four flavors:
Wavy Carnitas Street Taco flavored inspired by El Torito
Notes of bacon, onion and corn, which is interesting in a potato chip. Good for dipping.
My favorite of all the flavors.
Kettle Cooked New York Style Pizza flavored inspired by Grimaldi's
I get a combination of tomato sauce and cheese.
They would go great with a grilled cheese sandwich.
Philly Cheesesteak flavored inspired by Geno's Steaks
Very beefy, umami notes not as much cheese flavor as I expected.
I would actually like to try these with or in a roast beef sandwich.
Nashville Hot Chicken flavored inspired by Partry Fowl
Spicy! Not very chicken-y though.
These will be popular with barbecue potato chip lovers.
So what's iconic where you live? If you can, support the restaurants you love, for many of them, it's now or never.
Disclaimer: My thanks to Lay's for providing samples for me to try.
19 Aug 2020 10:28pm GMT