These are not your grandma’s glazed heirloom carrots. No. These lightly spiced Moroccan carrots, tossed with Ras el hanout spice mix, plumped golden raisins and crunchy toasted pine nuts are a deliciously different side dish. I used my sous vide machine for these sous vide carrots. This method locks in the natural sweetness of the root vegetable and yields perfectly crisp tender carrots. If you don’t have a sous vide, don’t worry. I’ve got you covered with a roasted version that yields concentrated flavors and a caramelized finish.
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13 Tips To Make Jarred Pasta Sauce Taste Homemade
Want to make that jar of store-bought spaghetti sauce taste like the real deal? Here’s some easy tricks to layer homemade flavor into jarred pasta sauce. Plus, I’ll share an easy recipe for transforming plain-Jane commercial marinara and spaghetti sauce into a chunky, meaty, spicy, irresistible sauce that’s perfect over your favorite linguini, tossed in your next penne bake or spooned over roasted spaghetti squash. Everyone needs a good cheater’s sauce in their back pocket, I’ll show you how to customize yours for a thick, chunky pasta sauce, using what’s in your fridge and pantry.
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Sublime Rum Raisin Spiced Old Fashioned
Traditional old fashioned cocktails are made with whiskey or bourbon. This modern twist on the classic uses golden or dark rum for sublime fall and winter rum cocktails. This spiced old fashioned is both modern and familiar. Flavored with rum raisin simple syrup, allspice dram, two types of bitters and golden or dark rum, this easy rum and raisin sipper is permeated with cozy seasonal spices.
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How To Make Diner-Style Crispy Skillet Fried Breakfast Potatoes
The best part of a big weekend breakfast — is the crispy fried breakfast potatoes. Perfect, diner-style fried potatoes have to be super-tender, uber-crispy and golden brown. Breakfast fries also need a few veggies for flavor and color, but not enough to detract from what they actually are… the crunchy skillet potatoes of your brunch dreams. These are quick and easy to make and some of the prep can be done a day or two ahead of time.
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Tongue-Tingling Ginger Cider Bourbon Smash
Here’s a sophisticated cocktail that makes the most of apple season. With a double dose of cider and apple brandy, this spiked cider drink is woodsy, tongue tingling and perfect for fall or winter. Sweetness from maple syrup and a little zing from muddled ginger sets this apple bourbon smash apart. If you want a smash cocktail with a lip-smacking ginger-bourbon nose and an icy, tingly finish – this one is perfect for the season.
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