Sides Posts
Three Cheese Risotto
Ah, risotto. So creamy! So delicious! All that cheese! And you wanna know what? You don’t need to go out to eat to enjoy it. It’s not remotely as hard to make at home as some folks might think. This risotto gets a smooth, rich balance of cheese-y flavors from Gruyere, Taleggio, and Parmesan. A [...]
Making Gourmet’s Panfried Smashed Potatoes, Step by Step
Ever since this month’s Gourmet magazine showed up at The Mouse House, I kept going back to this recipe. When I found a bag of the sweetest little red bliss potatoes, I took it as a sign. The skins are crisp, the potatoes are soft and fluffy, and it’s ridiculously fun to fry a whole [...]
Warm Beet Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
Who hated beets when they were a kid? Raise your hand. Me, too. I couldn’t stand them when I was a little mouse. They were either pickled and vinegary or boiled and vinegary. Either way, they were just all-around icky. (And, did I mention…vinegary?) They were *almost* as bad as saurkraut. Not quite. But almost. [...]
Creamy Mashed Parsnips & Potatoes
See? I eat vegetables. (Sorry, couldn’t resist!) This is one of my favorite takes on mashed potatoes. It’s rich, buttery, and gets a delightfully mellow sweetness from the parsnips. Soft bits of onion add a really nice texture and contrast to the creaminess of the potato and parsnip. If you can boil water and chop [...]
One Potato, Two Potato, Part 1: Cognac-Laced Potato Cream Soup
The humble potato is so versatile—and filling—that I’m not sure why I don’t use it more often. This soup sounds fancy, but you can whip it up in no time flat—with stuff you probably already have in your house. Loaded with potatoes and heavy cream, it’s also ridiculously decadent (no diet food today!).
Garlic & Spinach Parmesan Rice
This is fast food, Mouse House style. We eat a lot of rice. It’s almost always our starch of choice over pasta. This rice is bursting with fresh spinach flavor. It’s salty, garlicky, and laced with a heavenly amount of freshly grated Parmesan cheese. And hey, with a little bit of fresh garlic and all [...]
Toasted Pecan Rice Pilaf
This is a quick and easy rice dish you can whip together on a weeknight in short time. It’s packed with buttery, toasted pecans and bits of fried ham. A fresh bay leaf and pinch of clove give it a distinct and warm spiciness. I used the same absorbtion-cooking technique that I use to cook [...]
How to Make Buttermilk Biscuits
These are super easy to make. If you have a food processor or mixer, you can throw them together in less than 10 minutes. If you don’t, it will take just a wee bit longer to cut the butter and flour together with a pastry cutter or a couple of forks. I made these this [...]
Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
This soup takes a while to make, but very little of that time is actually spent standing over the stove. Chunks of butternut squash, sweet onion, and elephant garlic are slow roasted in the oven for an hour-and-a-half, then simmered quickly with chicken broth and pureed. A cup of heavy cream added at the very [...]
Rustic Cranberry Bacon Chutney with Rosemary and Port
This stuff is so good, it’s evil. It’s smokey and sweet. It’s dotted with bits of bacon and rosemary. It’s bursting with unexpected orange flavor that’s followed by a refreshing tartness from the cranberries. I could eat bowls of this. No lie. This is the kind of dish that folks either love or hate, depending [...]
