Half Baked Harvest Super Simple

Bekah got me this cookbook from the recipe blog of the same name and the recipes are both tasty and approachable. It’s probably our most used cookbook. Tieghan Gerard tends to use a lot of fresh herbs which is great for flavor but requires some planning if we want to use them all up before they go bad.

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Chicken Pot Pie

This was inspired by the “Brown Sage-Butter Chicken Pot Pie” from page 173 of the Half Baked Harvest Super Simple Cookbook. It’s perfect to pair in a meal plan with Rotisserie Chicken Bone Broth to get the richest broth flavors. I’d also like to compare it with Tieghan’s Skillet Chicken...

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Butternut Squash & Apple Pizza

We had fun with this pizza recipe from the Half Baked Harvest Super Simple Cookbook. The advertized prep time was 15 minutes but it took me much longer to get everything sliced. However we ended up with extra toppings so we made another pizza the next day for lunch. Overview...

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Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup

This soup from the Half Baked Harvest Super Simple Cookbook felt like a fancy meal to make and it turned out great. I’ve included the slow cooker and stovetop directions here but the cookbook also includes directions for an instant pot as well. Summary Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time:...

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Recipes we’d like to try

  • Coconut Curry Meatballs - pg 216 (have a draft copy)
  • Spicy Potato Shakshuka - pg 156
  • Roasted Red Pepper Bolognese - pg 115

Half Baked Harvest Every Day

The odd thing about this cookbook is that many of these recipes are not “every day” meals or foods.

The Tucci Cookbooks

This was a christmas gift from my sister and her husband after we asked for an Italian cookbook. It’s funny to me now that I didn’t recognize the author’s face until a couple months later, but Stanley Tucci is a well known actor and played Julia Child’s husband in Julie & Julia. This cookbook is full of personal anecdotes about his family and their cooking traditions. In general, I like reading the commentary of this book even more than making the recipes because it’s full of thoughts about what makes meals special. Many of the recipes are more appropriate for a big party than a weeknight dinner, but there are some simpler ones as well. I’d like to check out his other cookbook The Tucci Table which I think has more staples.

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Magnolia Table

Honestly haven’t used this one from Joanna Gains much yet.

Recipes we’d like to try

  • Shepherd’s Pie - pg 246

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Antoni in the Kitchen

Haven’t used this cookbook from Antoni Porowski yet.

While not from the cookbook, we did make this recipe from Antoni’s show Queer Eye. He also has a show diving into people’s family culinary history called No Taste Like Home.

Queer Eye Halibut En Papillote

This recipe comes from Antoni Porowski in Queer Eye Season 9 episode 4 “The Snack Attack is Back” (around the 22 minute mark). The name is French for “baked in parchment” and it uses the paper to seal in moisture and steam the fish. Don’t skimp on the toppings either...

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Against All Grain

A Paleo cookbook from Danielle Walker. We’ve never been really into Paleo, but it’s nice to have some grain free recipes.

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Snacking Cakes

We heard about this small cake cookbook by Yossy Arefi from the Pansuit Politics podcast. We haven’t made many of these but they are a satisfying size for a small family.

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