These are rough days, with kids starting all sorts of sports and arts. Offices are cutting out their summer hours. That means less times at home. It also means hurried and easy to make meals. Yet you can still have a delcious dinner with just using a one pot or one sheet pan. it's makes a harried life simpler.
Regular contributor Melissa Clark gave us quick and tasty recipes in her "A Good Appetite" in yesterday's New York Times Food section.Her inspiration surprisingly comes from Manhattan restaurant An American Place. she was impressed with how chefs and sous chefs created all sorts of delcious dishes using a myriad of bowls, pots and pans.she wondered if everything could be condensed to one pot or one pan. Yes.ms. Clark is a firm beliver in less work, less mess and more flavor. It's not just for the sake of cleanup although creating a restuarant style meal can require a lot of equipment It reusing and repurposing the same bowls , from using one for mixing veggies and then using it for dressing. They're quick to make too, start at six and they'll be on the table at seven.as she also points ou these are good for a busy weekend too. One, an English fry up is also perfect for brunches too. Again, these make for great meals if you;re busy too. It's less mess and more time to enjoy a walk or a relaxing day off.
The recipes are varied. You can try a sheet pan English breakfast . This was adlpted from "Dinner in One Exceptional and Easy One Pan Meals"It has everything for those who love breakfast for dinner. There are breakfast sausage links , frying up with eggs.Plum tomaotes are also thrown in with mushrooms too. It''s served with buttered toast but you could also have rolls with this. The eggs are added fifteen to twenty minutes in and cooked sunnyside up.For another sheet pan meal there's brussels sprouts and the Indian cheese paneer along with the one pot cooked crispy chickpea stew with greens and lemon.They're also taken from the same cookbook. The fitst is kind of like a roasted salad, sprinkled with the paneer A garlic and line vinaigrette spiked with cumin is sprinkled on top. You could try the chickpea stew, redolent with , garlic, onions and hot pepper flakes cooked with the chickepas and such winter greens as collards kael and winter greens. CHicken stock is added and feta cheese is sprinkled on top.
These are rough days ahead. Make life easier with one pan or one pot meals. They're delicious and simple.
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