Gran's Best

Heirlooms & Discoveries

Steel-Cut Oatmeal – Instant Pot

October 13, 2018 Gran

When we started using the Instant Pot, it seemed like a natural for Steel-Cut Oatmeal. Cook's Illustrated had excellent directions for making steel-cut oats in their July 2009 issue and the end result was always wonderful. But even though Cook's Illustrated said to cook the oats … [Read more...]

Breakfast, Instant Pot, Miscellaneous, Recipes, Rice and Grains Bob's Red Mill, Cook's Illustrated, steel-cut oats

Basic Spaghetti

August 9, 2018 Gran

I love pasta and at least every week or two spaghetti with tomato sauce shows up on our dinner table. My go-to tomato sauce is based on an old Cooks Illustrated recipe for Spaghetti Puttanesca from March & April 2002. Since Grandpa is a vegetarian, we don't put meat in the … [Read more...]

Mains, Meat Main Dishes, Recipes, Vegan Main Dishes, Vegetables, Veggie Main Dishes Cook's Illustrated, pasta, vegan, vegetarian

Strawberry Shortcake

April 30, 2018 Gran

Adapted lightly from Rich and Tender Shortcakes with Strawberries and Whipped Cream, Cook's Illustrated, May 1997. Some people like yellow spongecake for strawberry shortcake but I prefer these traditional sweet biscuits. This recipe makes six shortcakes using a 2 3/4-inch … [Read more...]

Cakes, Desserts, Recipes Cook's Illustrated

Olive & Tomato & Cheese Foccacia

May 19, 2017 Gran

Also known as Birth Day Foccacia and adapted from Cook's Illustrated, May 1997, with extra help from Martha Rose Shulman in the New York Times. One afternoon in the spring of 2016, I went to the fabulous Pasta & Provisions on Providence Road in Charlotte to buy … [Read more...]

Breads, Mains, Recipes, Vegetables, Veggie Main Dishes, Yeast Breads birthday, Cook's Illustrated, Martha Rose Shulman, Pasta & Provisions

Pad Thai

December 10, 2016 Gran

Adapted from Cook's Illustrated, July 2002. There were two ways to get Thai food on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: drive an hour south over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to Virginia Beach, or make it yourself. We were desperate for the Thai food we had loved in San Francisco, … [Read more...]

Mains, Recipes, Seafood, Seafood Main Dishes Cook's Illustrated, shrimp, Thai

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 Gran likes to watch things grow. Grandbabies, bread dough, pepper plants, and stacks of books are a few of the things growing around here.

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