Gran's Best

Heirlooms & Discoveries

Wellspring Potato Salad

July 22, 2020 Gran

We are indebted to our Gransbest commenter Jean Rosenberg for this potato salad recipe. In the 1980's Jean's friend Maria Bowie worked for Wellspring Grocery in Durham, North Carolina and gave Jean the recipe. A trademark of Amazon. In the early 1980's, Wellspring Grocery … [Read more...]

Miscellaneous, Recipes, Salads, Sides, Vegetables

Coleslaw with Corn

July 11, 2020 Gran

In the summer of 2020 a new coleslaw came into our life with some takeout al pastor tacos. This cabbage coleslaw featured lots of fresh yellow corn kernels, some still attached to their neighbors. A few radish bits and parsley and carrots added color, and the dressing set off the … [Read more...]

Recipes, Salads, Sides

Escabeche

May 16, 2020 Gran

Pickles are irresistible. A few years ago, house-fermented pickled vegetables became fashionable at restaurants. Many of us have trouble getting enthusiastic about veggies, but I am solidly behind fermented vegetables. Escabeche refers to spicy pickled vegetables, often served … [Read more...]

Appetizers, Recipes, Salads, Tex-Mex, Vegetables fermented, pickles, Tex-Mex

Coconut Rice – Instant Pot

January 1, 2020 Gran

An adaptation of Tejal Rao's recipe in The New York Times. It took several tries to get an Instant Pot recipe to work. The trick turned out to be using light coconut milk instead of full-fat coconut milk, which clogs the Instant Pot's steamer vent. Washing the rice is also … [Read more...]

Instant Pot, Recipes, Rice and Grains, Sides

Mahatma Jasmine Rice – Instant Pot

August 19, 2019 Gran

The Instant Pot does a excellent job of cooking rice. Or perhaps we should say that the Instant Pot does an excellent job of steaming rice. You need less water when you cook rice in an Instant Pot because the steam can't escape from the Instant Pot as it would from a pot on the … [Read more...]

Instant Pot, Recipes, Rice and Grains, Sides mahatma jasmine

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