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All of the Thanksgiving recipes in the November is

All of the Thanksgiving recipes in the November issue of @real_simple are make-ahead, including the TURKEY! The genius method for storing and reheating a roasted turkey comes from @aimeebourque. She explains in her lovely cookbook Brown Eggs and Jam Jars (truly one of my favorite cookbooks) that she learned this tip from her mother-in-law, Dorothy: Roast and carve the turkey. Line an oven-proof baking dish with iceberg lettuce, and layer the turkey over the lettuce. Drizzle with a little chicken or turkey stock, and top with more lettuce. Cover with foil and refrigerate. To reheat, keep the foil on the dish and bake at 350 degrees until the turkey is heated through, about 20-30 minutes. Discard the lettuce and serve. 🤯

Even if you don’t make your turkey ahead of time, this is a great way to store and reheat leftovers. No more dry turkey! Aimée, thank you for sharing this tip with the Real Simple audience!

Get the recipe for this Smoky Maple Turkey and all the other recipes from the November issue of Real Simple at the link in my bio.

Turkey photo by @protazio; poorly lit lettuce photos by me.

#thanksgiving #realsimple #turkey #cookingtip #rskitchen #cooking #thanksgivingdinner #turkeyday #simplebites

Yesterday was the two-month anniversary of the rel

Yesterday was the two-month anniversary of the release of my cookbook Bare Minimum Dinners, and I just want to say THANK YOU! Thank you to everyone who has bought the book and cooked from it, everyone who has left a review on Amazon, everyone who posted a recipe photo, and everyone who has highlighted the book in the media. I’ve done many (10?) TV segments, the book has appeared in @people, @healthmagazine, @parents @sweetjuly, @food52, @thekitchn, @epicurious, @marthastewart, many wonderful Insta accounts, a couple of great podcasts, and of course, @real_simple 💜.

One of my favorite recurring themes is that partners who don’t usually cook AND tweens are cooking from this book. If that doesn’t show you how easy the recipes are, I don’t know what will! 😂 And, I also love to read (most, ha) the reviews on Amazon. My fave gives it five stars and says, “It’s like a capsule wardrobe for dinner.” 👍

Life is busy and dinner doesn’t need to be complicated, but it should be delicious. I’m clearly not the only one who feels that way, and I’m so grateful this book has found a place in your kitchens! 🥰

P.S. Bare Minimum Dinners would make a great holiday gift, just saying. 🎄😍

#cookbooks #easydinners #quickandeasy #easydinnerrecipes #easydinnerideas #familydinner

Now that Halloween is over, we can officially begi

Now that Halloween is over, we can officially begin thinking about Thanksgiving, a.k.a. the most delicious day of the year! For me, planning the meal is more than half the fun (am I the only one?). If you’re starting to think about your menu, may I suggest one or all of the Turkey Day recipes that I developed for the November issue of @real_simple? Not only are they so tasty, they are all make-ahead-able. Yes, even the turkey! (I’ll share more about that specific trick in the coming days.) It’s impossible to choose a favorite, but these Buttery Pull-Apart Rolls are sooo good. It’s a simple yeasted dough that you roll into balls and bake in a Bundt pan. Slathered with more butter and drizzled with honey, they are about to become a Thanksgiving tradition in my house.

Get these, and all of the November Real Simple recipes, at the link in my bio.

Thank you to the talented team that made this story look so gorgeous!

Photographer: @protazio
Food stylist: @emilynaborshall
Prop stylist: @cspollen

And, of course my colleagues @emkehe @lwrncjmsw @deanna_lowe

#thanksgiving #thanksgivingrecipes #thanksgivingfood #makeahead #rsfood #food #cooking #food52grams #recipes #baking #bakingbread

I spilled all my best tips from Bare Minimum Dinne

I spilled all my best tips from Bare Minimum Dinners over on @marthastewart, including my number one way to get ahead on dinner, my favorite supermarket shortcuts (there are many), and my essential kitchen tools (one is a large cutting board). Thank you to @kirsten_nunez and @victoriaspencers for making this happen! Link in my bio!

#bareminimumdinners #easydinners #cookingtips #quickandeasymeals #cooking #food #marthastewart

For the November issue of @real_simple, @ananda_ei

For the November issue of @real_simple, @ananda_eidelstein and I got to choose our favorite cookbooks of the year. (Have I mentioned that I have the BEST job?) I am a cookbook super-fan, so this was such a treat…and a very, very hard task! These were our picks:

• Best for Armchair Travel – Colombiana by @marianavelasquezv
• Best for Baking, With a Side of Stories – Life is What You Bake It by @foodieinnewyork
• Best for Easy Dinner Solutions – Ready, Set, Cook by @dawnkperry
• Best for Breakfast Inspiration – Baking With Dorie by (my all-time fave) @doriegreenspan
• Best for the Vegetarian Curious – The Weekday Vegetarians by @dinneralovestory
• Best for Edible Projects – To Asia, With Love by @hettymckinnon
• Best to Read Like a Novel – Cheese, Wine, and Bread by @qkatie
• Best to Get Your Italian Fix – Sicilia by @ben.tish

You can’t go wrong with any of these books! Buy them for yourself or as a holiday gift (or both).

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Of course, one of the best parts about having your

Of course, one of the best parts about having your cookbook out in the world is seeing other people cook from it! @kitchenbookshelf made this lovely Gnocchi Sheet Pan Supper from Bare Minimum Dinners. But even better than the beautiful photo is what she said about the book 💜. See Tara’s (partial) caption below. Thank you! And a big thank you to some of the other people who have cooked and shared including @cookbboknerd @dinneratmidnite @whipandwander @we_cook_books. Seeing Bare Minimum Dinners recipes in your kitchens is soooo gratifying!

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Gnocchi Sheet Pan Supper & from “Bare Minimum Dinners” by @jennahelwig – This is the cookbook of the year that surprised me most for getting a heck of a lot of play in my kitchen. I am not bare minimum anything. I am extra extra in general. This often leads to unnecessary exhaustion. My husband likens me to a cat that gets the zoomies and then crashes for 18 hours in a sunspot to recover. This book has been the solution for the me who can’t even.

Yesterday was one of those kinds of days. There were dishes in the sink. My blood sugar was tanking. I grabbed the book knowing it would save the day because I wasn’t inspired to do a darn thing. I saw @thecookbooknerd make this gnocchi dish a while back. I had missed the recipe in the book on my first pass through. I didn’t know you could bake gnocchi instead of going through the rigamarole of boiling it and then browning butter and sage and yada yada. I happened to have gnocchi in the freezer I made way too long ago. I hated throwing it away due to the effort but decided to see if it would work here. It was good as new. Quartered mushrooms, gnocchi, rosemary, salt, and evoo are tossed on a parchment lined sheet pan and thrown into the oven for 20 minutes. It comes out all gloriously browned, taking zero effort or clean up. You just simply throw some arugula on the plate, the gnocchi conglomeration, and add a dollop of ricotta. Evoo, lemon, S&P, and you have the perfect meal for sitting in the sun.

Thank you, Jenna, for writing this book. Sometimes a girl just needs to eat!
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Today is the first day in NYC that it really feels

Today is the first day in NYC that it really feels like fall…like winter is indeed around the corner (😭), so it seemed like the perfect time to make the Miso-Maple Loaf from @doriegreenspan and her new book Baking With Dorie.

The bread straddles that delicious line between sweet and savory. The miso isn’t obvious, but it gives the loaf a delicious depth of flavor you can’t quite put your finger on. I chose orange marmalade for the glaze and it’s the perfect, bitter-sweet finishing touch. Chef’s kiss!

Thank you for another wonderful cookbook Dorie. We are so lucky!

#baking #bakingwithdorie #cookbook #bakinglove #bakingfun #fallbaking

🍴I spent Friday and Saturday afternoon tasting

🍴I spent Friday and Saturday afternoon tasting food from 40+ restaurants in Greenville SC as a judge at the #fallforgreenville festival. But somehow my fellow judges and I kept eating and drinking and then eating and drinking some more last night! What you’re seeing on this first slide is the 16(!) Italian liqueurs we tasted at Vicario (@janettewwesley), a truly special small business that produces liqueurs with plants grown on sustainable farms in both South Carolina and Italy. Flavors included Olive, Tarragon, and Coffee. We devoured a 6(!) course tasting menu @campgvl and then somehow ate MORE at the soon-to-open @greenlaundrylounge…yes a super-fun combo laundromat/cafe. And THEN we ate delicious chocolates @laruefinechocolate, but I didn’t take any pictures because I was too full.

Tonight, back in Brooklyn, I made a veggie-packed minestrone-ish soup, which was juuuuust right.

Congratulations to @eatpapistacos and @wildflowercupcakesgvl for top honors in the savory and sweet categories at #fallforgreenville! Keep on swiping for photos of their winning dishes. Thank you to @tk_publicrelations for inviting me to Greenville and for organizing such a fun and delicious weekend.

#fallforgreenville #food #restaurants

The Greenmarket was magic today. If you swipe all

The Greenmarket was magic today. If you swipe all the way through you will be rewarded with a goofy photo of me in my pink bike helmet. I ride a Citibike the 7 minutes to/from the market every Saturday morning and the electric bikes have CHANGED MY LIFE. ⚡️ Happy eating and cooking this weekend! #farmersmarket #vegetables @grownyc_brooklyn

This Apple Cider Donut Tower is 1) a showstopper 2

This Apple Cider Donut Tower is 1) a showstopper 2) super easy to assemble (no baking!), and 3) the debut recipe in @real_simple’s new Sweet Stuff column! Get the recipe at the link in my bio with our other October recipes! The method is simple. Whip cream with maple syrup and layer with apple cider donuts from the farmer’s market or grocery store. Top with jarred caramel sauce and toasted pecans. I feel like this would be an amazing birthday “cake” too, right?? 🍎❤️

Recipe and food styling: @melissa.d.gray
Photo: @jencausey
Props: @cdaley7

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