Bumble & Bean

Sunday, September 12, 2010

shrimp and sausage jambalaya

Oh dear. Oh my. This is very, very good.

I've been wanting to try my hand at jambalaya for a while now. When I saw Amelia Durand make her northern Louisiana family's recipe on Barefoot Contessa, I knew the time had come.

I followed her recipe pretty closely, except for only using 2 cans of chicken broth. The next time I make it, I'll probably leave out the ham - it didn't add enough to the flavor of the dish to be worth what it added in fat.

It also gave me a chance to teach you a few of my favorite kitchen tricks, like chopping veggies while the protein browns, easily and efficiently chopping peppers, onions, jalapenos and scallions, using the most brilliant pantry item ever - tomato paste in a tube, and my favorite trick: stacking my chopped herbs next to the measuring cup so I won't have to wash it. Laziness begets cleverness! Or something like that. Enjoy!

Amelia Durand's fabulous Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya recipe can be found here.

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

four ingredient nutella brownies

I love Nutella.

I love brownies.

I don't have a lot of time for baking.

With this one recipe, I can die a happy woman.

If you peek over to the blog list on the right (a little lower... there you go) you will find one of my culinary role models, Alice from over at Savory Sweet Life. I've been following and enjoying her blog for a while now, but today was the first time I've ever had to stop what I was doing and immediately try a new recipe. It was so worth it! Thank you Alice!

Yum oh yum of yum oh yum! These little beauties not only combine my (previously noted) two favorite food groups into one tasty treat, but they do it in 15 minutes and with only four ingredients! That's right, four! Four ingredients that were already in my pantry, and did not include brownie mix.

They have a subtle hazelnut flavor, rich chocolate flavor, a perfect blend of fudgy brownie and crunchy nut textures and aren't the least bit ornery about coming out of their wrappers. Perfect!

Intrigued? Stop by Savory Sweet Life to find Alice's reprint of the recipe for {4 ingredient} Nutella Brownies from Abby Dodge's new cookbook, Desserts 4 Today: Flavorful Desserts with Just Four Ingredients. Then immediately make these and share them with those you love.

Or make them and eat them by yourself in the closet.

Just make them.

If Ms. Dodge's cookbook has more superfast, supertasty treats like this, I might just break my no-more-unrated-recipes-from-cookbooks rule and grab a copy.

Enjoy!

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