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Roasted Yam and Sweet Potato Fries

May 27, 2009 by Charles 2 Comments

Yams and Sweet Potatoes

Like strangers on the same page of a phone book, sweet potatoes and white potatoes share nothing more than a common last name.  Both potatoes are, of course, plants.  But sweet potatoes belong to the morning glory family, while white potatoes belong to the nightshade family – sometimes called the potato family.  More to the point, sweet potatoes are roots of the dicotyledonous plant; white potatoes are underground stems (tubers) of the potato plant.

Yams, meanwhile, belong to the yam family, and are tubers of the monocotyledon plant.  But even though they are tubers, yams have a closer lineage to lilies, than to either the white potato or the sweet potato.  The confusion over yams …

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Filed Under: Sides Tagged With: Favorites, Roasting, Sweet Potato, Vegetables

Roasted Winter Vegetables

April 12, 2009 by Charles Leave a Comment

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Spring officially arrived a few weeks back, but from the look of it here in St. Louis, you would never know it.  Between a light snowstorm to start the week, and freezing rain at week’s end, the thaw of Spring remains in hiding.  Given the wintry conditions, I decided a few winter vegetables would make a suitable side.

Roasting over high heat gives the vegetables a crisp outer skin while keeping the inner flesh moist.  The  high heat also serves to caramelize the natural sugars in the sweet potatoes and carrots, for a sweet, yet healthy, cold-weather treat.

If you like, …

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Filed Under: Sides Tagged With: Butternut Squash, Roasting, Sweet Potato, Vegetables

Moroccan Couscous

January 1, 2009 by Charles Leave a Comment

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Couscous is not a grain, as you might think, but a semolina paste.  In fact, couscous is made from the same wheat semolina flour used to make commercial spaghetti.

Couscous originated in the Maghreb, today’s North Africa, and owes its origins to the Berbers, an indigenous people of the region.  The Saracen conquest of Europe in the 7th and 8th Centuries is believed to have introduced the dish to the Western world.

Owing to its origins, couscous is often served …

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Filed Under: Sides Tagged With: Butternut Squash, Couscous, Grains, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Roasting, Steaming, Vegetarian

Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

December 21, 2008 by Charles 1 Comment

This is one of the first recipes I learned to make on my own.  It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s versatile, and, naturally, it’s good.  Try these potatoes as a side to miso glazed halibut….

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Filed Under: Sides Tagged With: Potato, Quick and Easy, Roasting, Vegetables

Roast Chicken

November 30, 2008 by Charles Leave a Comment

 

I started this food blog nearly a month and a half ago.  Yet, in all that time, I never made anything for dinner.  That is, there no were entrée posts.  Until now.

A whole roasted chicken offers something for everyone.  There’s a beautiful center item for the table, …

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Filed Under: Entrees Tagged With: Chicken, Ina Garten, Roasting

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