APPOLOGIES
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- This isn’t a one pan dish, but it is close. This blog is a repeat of yesterday’s with a new recipe for Spaghetti & Zoodles with Clam Sauce. You do need a second pot to cook the pasta but adding the Noodles (Zucchini noodles0 works well in the one pot and cuts the carbs significantly
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There is something to be said about being able to cook and present a meal all in one pan. I have been following a chef on YouTube. Chef Jim of sipandfeast.com has a favorite 14-inch stainless pan that he keeps apologizing for using. For me, there is not much better than being able to keep it to one pan.
I have bought a 14-inch Cuisinart Stainless steel pan which provides all kinds of benefits:
BENEFITS
- One large pan simplifies processes by not having to cook things in batches
- You can add ingredients in layers. Adding a pound of pasta works very well and finishing pasta in a sauce adds flavor and dimension
- Cleanup is simplified
- Provides a nice serving vehicle that works very well in a family style setting
- Stainless steel is great,
- If you pre-heat the pan food doesn’t stick
- You can get better browning than on a non-stick surface
- Metal whisks and spatulas don’t mar the surface
- It looks good
A GREAT “ONE PAN” PAN
Sauteed Chicken Cutlets with Spinach, Artichoke hearts, Sundried Tomatoes and Mushrooms
The One Pan Dish worked very well during a recent visit from an Bob Blefko an old work colleague. The one pan and more than one bottle of wine led to the telling of many old stories about the good old days. There was one story Bob told that wrung true…
The Original Baker’s Boys back in 1990 (Left to right: Bob Blefko, Rudy Mesnak, Bruce Boehmer, Paul Kenny, Jeff Undercoffler, Matt Wiant, Paul Andercyk)
Bob was a sales guy working for me when we ran the Baker’s Coconut Ingredient business. Back in the day, Bob was the poor Sales Guy having to explain to his customer why the price of desiccated coconut was going higher. Bob’s boss (me) armed him with a script explaining that coconut costs were driven by the cooking oil complex. Most coconut was used to make coconut oil and coconut oil followed the other major oils, palm, palm kernel and soy bean oil. At the time, there was a major drought in the Midwest. Soy bean oil cost was going up and coconut costs were skyrocketing higher.
Bob was reading a script to his customer, Gel Spice in New York. The buyer was a crusty old soul and listened to Bob’s explanation patiently. When Bob was done, he asked him who gave him the script? Bob explained that his boss, Paul Kenny gave it to him. To that the customer yelled back at him: “Then Paul Kenny is an asshole, and you are an extension of an asshole. The day I see a coconut tree growing in Iowa is the day I am going to believe you”. To this day I can’t say the customer was totally wrong on either count. I admit, I am an asshole (Listen to Louis Black’s piece about Golfers/Assholes…Note: I try to be a good asshole) and you certainly won’t see a coconut tree in Iowa.
Bob Blefko today. He visited us on the way to do some trout fishing in Eastern Tennessee
Paul and Susan sharing Grill Roasted Chicken, Roasted Pepper Caprese Salad and Watermelon with Balsamic Salad with Bob
The Coconut customer may not have believed me, but you will not go wrong with a One Pan Dish
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