by Admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Legumes
Cooking Beans, the Quick-Soak Way MAKES: 6 to 8 servings TIME: 2 hours to soak, plus 30 minutes to 2 hours to cook, largely unattended The recommended method and the easiest way to cook beans because for most of the time they aren’t cooking at all; they’re...
by Admin | Mar 29, 2020 | Legumes
Cooking Beans, the No-Soak Way MAKES: 6 to 8 servings TIME: 30 minutes to 4 hours, largely unattended This is the only method you need for lentils and split peas, which cook pretty fast and don’t absorb a lot of water. The main advantage of cooking other beans...
by Admin | Mar 26, 2020 | Grains
Simple Risotto MAKES: 4 to 6 servings TIME: 45 minutes Read the preceding text, learn the basic technique here, then use the recipes and suggestions that follow to build on it. If you don’t have vegetable stock on hand, I suggest making Simple, Easy, and Fast...
by Admin | Mar 26, 2020 | Grains
Risotto with Dried and Fresh Mushrooms MAKES: 4 to 6 servings TIME: 45 minutes To me, this is an important version of risotto: not only does its intensity come with very little labor, but I always have dried mushrooms on hand (the addition of fresh mushrooms is a...
by Admin | Mar 26, 2020 | Grains
Fried Rice, with or without Egg MAKES: 4 to 6 servings TIME: 20 minutes with cooked rice A little more complex than the preceding recipe, made just like a standard stir-fry: You choose your other main ingredients in whatever combination you like here, vegetables and...
