From Our Kitchen: Beignets
From Our Kitchen
Fried dough-need we say more? These will melt in your mouth and have you feeling like you're strolling the streets of the French Quarter! Yield: About 3 dozen Ingredients: 1½ cups lukewarm water ½ cup granulated sugar 1 envelope active dry yeast 2 eggs 1¼ teaspoons salt 1 cup evaporated milk 7 cups bread flour ¼ cup shortening Nonstick spray Oil, for deep-frying 3 cups confectioners' sugar Preparation: Step 1: Mix water, sugar, and yeast in a large bowl and...
From Our Kitchen: A Week's Worth of Top Allergen-Free Dinners
From Our Kitchen, At Home With SAGE
Enjoy this week’s worth of SAGE Chef-created dinner recipes! All of these are served at some of our schools and are free of the top 12 allergens in the U.S. and Canada: eggs, fish, gluten, milk, mustard, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, sulfites, tree nuts, and wheat. SUNDAY: London Broil Serves 6 Ingredients: 2 pounds, 2 ounces beef top round ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground black pepper Vegetable oil Preparation: Step 1: Preheat oven to 400°F. Line sheet pan...
International Cuisine: Poland
Articles
Next up in our series on international cuisine is Poland. Polish cuisine was heavily influenced by Austrian, Hungarian, Russian, Jewish, and German cooking, but there’s been a renewed interest in Poland’s own national heritage and culture since World War II. Join us as we explore the traditional Polish diet, popular dishes, eating traditions, and more! The Diet and Popular Dishes: Geography plays a powerful role in the Polish culinary consciousness. Half of all Polish land is arable, which means they...
From Our Dietitians: Stock These Items to Eat Healthy
Nutrition
Keeping your kitchen stocked with healthy, relatively shelf-stable basics ensures you’ll always have what you need to whip up a delicious, good-for-you meal for your family in no time. Here’s what we recommend: Pantry Whole grains (quinoa, barley, farro, wheat berries, oats, brown rice, whole-grain crackers, whole-grain pasta) Shelf-stable veggies (onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, garlic, winter squash) Sunflower seed butter or soy butter, seeds Canned low-mercury tuna (aka “light tuna”) Dried or canned beans (lentils, garbanzos, black beans) Low- or...
Locally Sourced: Hearn Kirkwood
Locally Sourced
Hearn Kirkwood, a family-run fresh foods distributor in Hanover, MD, has built its reputation of quality food and service over the past 71 years. We had the chance to chat with third-generation CEO Charles Gilbert, who happily noted, “There’s nothing like having a fresh produce company and loving to cook.” What do you do as a supplier? We strive to be good partners with our customers when it comes to their customers and their profitability. We do this by...
From Our Kitchen: Chipotle-Lime Cauliflower Tacos
From Our Kitchen
Who says tacos have to be filled with meat? This vegetarian taco recipe calls for cauliflower roasted with a smoky, tangy sauce. It’ll spice up your Taco Tuesdays for sure! Serves 4 (2 tacos each) Ingredients: ¼ cup lime juice (about 2 limes) 1-2 tablespoons chopped chipotles in adobo sauce 1 tablespoon honey 2 cloves garlic ½ teaspoon salt 1 head cauliflower, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 small red onion, halved and thinly sliced 1 15-ounce...
From Our Kitchen: Fruit-Stuffed Pork Loin
From Our Kitchen
This easy weeknight meal looks (and tastes) like you spent hours on it. The fruit adds sweetness and depth to the pork. Serves: 8 Ingredients: 1 4-pound boneless pork loin ¼ pound dried apricot halves ¼ pound dried cherries ¼ pound dried cranberries 1 tablespoon salt 2 teaspoons ground black pepper Rosemary sprigs for garnish Butcher’s twine for tying Preparation: Step 1: Allow pork loin to sit at room temperature for half an hour. Preheat oven to 375°F. Step 2:...
On Our Shelves: Michael Pollan’s Food Rules
Nutrition
Now that we are in the new year, we’re yet again bombarded with fad diets and smart scales, made to feel equally guilty about the extra butter we use and the gym memberships we don’t. All of this negativity in the service of so-called self-improvement quickly turns into self-criticism and self-doubt. But at SAGE, we’re all about real self-improvement—the kind that grows from sustainable healthy habits and an underlying sense of respect for yourself and the world around you. You...
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