Biscuits & Gravy | Basics with Babish

It is nearly impossible to turn down biscuits and gravy. Unless you are vegetarian, vegan, celiac, lactose intolerant, kosher, or have even a modicum of appreciation for or understanding of your basic human health. But they’re really, REALLY good!

Study Finds 82 Percent of Avocado Oil Rancid or Mixed With Other Oils | UC Davis

avocado oil

UC Davis recently released the results of testing of retail avacado oil available in the United States. The results are alarming. Eighty-two percent was rancid or adultrated. In some cases there was no avacado oil in the bottle at all, only soybean oil. Sort of reminds me of the sushi study a few years ago. Every sushi dish puchased from restaurants contained a lower priced fish other that what was on the menu for the dish.

Only 2 brands were acually 100% avacado oil. They were Chosen Foods and Marianne’s Avocado Oil.

Source: Study Finds 82 Percent of Avocado Oil Rancid or Mixed With Other Oils | UC Davis

The Science of Melting Cheese | Serious Eats

Brie and Nutella Grilled Cheese

Love gooey melted cheese? Here’s why some cheeses melt better than others—and how to force tough melters to do what you want.

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Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Learn how to easily and quickly make light and fluffy mashed potatoes right in your Instant Pot in under 20 minutes! They are the perfect side to have with some of your favorite entrees, including chicken, salmon, and turkey. When you want to make the perfect side dish to serve with meat or seafood and Continue Reading

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Smashed Potatoes

This recipe is easy to make, full of great flavor, and irresistibly soft and crispy! Hundreds of thousands of you have made and loved our recipes for baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, and scalloped potatoes (amongst others) here on Gimme Some Oven.

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Roasted Curried Cauliflower (Keto, Whole30, Air Fryer)

This simple Roasted Curried Cauliflower is the best Whole30 and keto-friendly vegetable side dish! The curry gives plain Jane cauliflower a nice smokiness and the lime gives it an acidic kick. Plus, you can also make it in an air fryer!

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Recipes from the Visiting Chef Program

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I am excited to announce the launch of our Kickstarter campaign to fund publishing Servings: for Wounded Warriors from the Visiting Chef Program. This is an awesome collection of recipes of the very dishes Chefs have made for Wounded Warriors and their families at the Warrior Retreat at Bull Run. This 200 plus page hardbound full color cookbook will make a nice addition to your collection or gift for someone you know who loves to cook.

I created the Visiting Chef Program as a way for chefs to give back and to make the stay special for these deserving families. We have 87 volunteer military, catering, and restaurant chefs from the Washington, DC area who have agreed to participate in the program by coming to the retreat and preparing an exceptional meal for the family on Sunday night in the main house. On Saturday evening military chefs from Presidential Food Service at the White House prepare a meal in the PenFed House. You can see the retreat and meals created by our Visiting Chefs on our Flickr page.

Our volunteer chefs bring a culinary experience to the family they almost always describe as the best meal they have had. The families learn valuable cooking tips from the Chefs, and everyone has a wonderful time. The benefits to the Warrior and their family are tremendous. We realize all our combat wounded Warrior guests suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress and their spouses report it has often been years since they have been out to a restaurant. We bring that 5-star culinary experience to them to enjoy in the relaxed comfort of the retreat.

When you purchase this book through Kickstarter you are helping us raise the money needed to publish the book and fund the Visiting Chef Program for years to come.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lwz/servings-for-wounded-warriors