Roasting Fruits and Vegetables

Cast Iron Skillets and Great Scratch Cooks

19 March 2010 by Jean Johnson
Facebook friends, Laura and Emily, commented on my cast iron skillet, so thought it time to share this entry from the pages of Cooking Beyond Measure. Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 72. On Roasting Vegetables— Vegetables roast marvelously well from low to high temperatures. On highs around 450 F, colors are preserved but ...

The Economy, Feeling Fit, and Slicing & Dicing

13 February 2009 by Jean Johnson
The economy's lurking outside our doors like the big bad wolf. We want fresh ideas on thrift, yet we hope to maintain an enjoyable quality of life. It can happen. We can eat exceedingly well and tighten our belts. All it takes is lightening up and having some fun ...

Celeste Basks in the Aroma of Roasted Food

26 September 2008 by Jean Johnson
Celeste has turned into a camera hound since she heard HH, a male frog in our town, spotted her on the back cover of Beyond Measure. She sniffs that she's not too interested, but the truth is, she invited him over once harvest is on the wane. So you can see, ...

Fall’s Here–Ladies & Gentlemen, Start Your Ovens!

20 September 2008 by Jean Johnson
We had a fleeting few scorchers last week in Portland, Oregon, but even fluke weather must give way to the changing of the seasons. Now with the equinox just days away on the 22nd, the days have grown brisk and flipping the over on to do a little roasting seems ...

Baked Pears

13 December 2007 by Jean Johnson
This time of year cues to chow down on sugar+butter are as ubiquitous as canned holiday music. So if you're trying to keep things under wraps and still want something oh so luscious, try baked pears. D'Anjous are my favorite to bake because they hold their shape. And when I ...

Action on the Cutting Board

7 November 2007 by Jean Johnson
I stepped outside and got some fresh rosemary for this roast of spaghetti squash, carrots, and onions. Even with mincing the herbs and a little garlic, I had the pans in the oven in 5 minutes. Yes, the roasting took 20 minutes or so, but I was elsewhere cruising back to ...

Think Outside the Mainstream Veggie Box

by Jean Johnson
SAD, the Standard American Diet, relies almost exclusively on low calorie salad veggies like lettuce, tomatoes, and cukes--relegating things like winter squash for pumpkin pies and roots like turnips for jokes. As this image shows, though, once you've oiled up some wedges of stick-to-your-ribs winter squash and a quartered rutabaga, rubbing ...

Delicata’s a Winner

26 October 2007 by Jean Johnson
We all stood around the delicata wondering just what we'd do with it. I, at least, knew it as a winter squash that could be baked and scooped out for just plain eating or incorporation into all manner of things. But after I got my quota home and checked the ...

Roasted Chiles Hopi-Style

16 October 2007 by Jean Johnson
If you're ever invited to eat in Hopiland and want to impress your hostess, take her some fresh chile. When I lived in the Hopi village of Sipaulovi it was all about cooking. And in the mornings plates of roasted chiles would appear centermost in the table for enjoying along ...

Salmon Chowder

1 October 2007 by Jean Johnson
I'm half Norwegian, and we love cold salmon and cucumbers. Still, when fall starts to bluster, there's nothing like chowder.I made the one pictured just for myself out of fish left over from roasted salmon. Salmon Chowder Cooking Beyond Measure, p. 108 This takes all of five minutes if you have some roasted ...