If you haven’t planned your Easter menu yet, don’t fret! Here are some ideas for beautiful meals to put on the table.
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by Foodie Editor at Mode
I love a good steak. When I was pregnant with our youngest, I started craving beef like I never had before, and it stuck with me. One of my favorite meals to get when we’re out is a lean sirloin with mashed potatoes & roasted veggies. SO good! Or if I’m really treating myself, filet mignon is just the best.
However.
I have no clue how to cook a steak.
I love to cook, and consider myself a good cook, except when it comes to steak.
So I was pretty thrilled to discover this – and I’m hoping it can help me learn to cook steak and be proud of the finished product. And not just that, folks – you can take cheaper cuts of steak and make them taste downright delicious. I’m on board!
Check out How to Make a Cheap Steak Taste Fancy
by Foodie Editor at Mode
Hope this is helpful to you, too – you’ll be impressing your significant other in no time!
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We received a knife set and block to facilitate our review. All opinions are honest and are our own.
We love to cook, and anyone can tell you that having a good knife set is one of the most important things when it comes to tools. We have some knives, but I’ve been wanting to expand our arsenal and was excited to discover this knife set from Hampton Forge.
The set comes with 14 pieces including the knife block. You also get an 8″ chef knife, 8″ bread knife, 5.5″ Santoku knife, 5″ utility serrated knife, six 4.5″ steak knives, 3.5″ paring knife, kitchen shears, and sharpening steel.
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Note: Cuisinart provided us the Alfrescamore to facilitate our review, and they’re providing the giveaway items. I was not compensated monetarily for this post; all opinions are honest and are my own.
We love to make homemade pizza. It’s a lot of fun mixing and matching toppings to get exactly what you want, and we like to be creative with the combinations we come up with. It’s also a fun and easy food item for the kids to help make, so it’s something our whole family can do together. With October being National Pizza Month, it’s been a great excuse to celebrate the holiday with pizza. Lots of pizza.
Of course, when we’d make our pizzas before we weren’t able to replicate the same awesome crust we’d get when we’d eat pizza out. You know what I mean – that awesome crispiness that is the perfect counter to the gooey cheese!
Now, though, our pizza making has been taken to the next level, thanks to the Cuisinart Alfrescamore Outdoor Pizza Oven.
This is my new favorite cooking gadget. I thought it would be handy and fun for entertaining, but I had no idea what a difference it would make in the quality of our pizzas! We decided to have some friends and family over for a pizza party to help us test it out.
As you can see from the photo above, you can use this outdoors – and it’s portable. Can you imagine tailgating with this amazing oven? You can do more than pizzas (even cookies, folks) so it’d really take your tailgating – or camping – food to the next level.
The oven runs on propane. We just used a small propane tank, but we’ll eventually get the stand and adapter to hook it up to a larger tank. It can get REALLY hot, which makes for an amazing pizza – and it’s outside, so it doesn’t heat up the whole house (an important feature here in Texas, where it’s 80+ degrees in October!)
We made several kinds of pizzas for testing, but I think our favorite was our baked potato pizza. SO easy – I’ll share the recipe below!
Here’s a hint, too – we buy our crust from a local pizza shop. It’s way better than store-bought crust, and if I don’t have time to make my own this is a perfect choice.
We sprinkled corn meal on the pizza peel that comes with the oven, then spread out our dough and put on the toppings.
Then we just slide it into the oven, and about 5-7 minutes later our pizza is ready!
Here’s Brian taking a look at the pizza as it cooks:
And the “after” shot:
Topped with chives and ready to serve:
It was a hit!
Here’s how to make baked potato pizza: Spread your dough with a thin layer of sour cream, then top with sliced, pre-boiled red potatoes (peel on). Sprinkle with chopped bacon (we bought real bacon bits from the salad dressing aisle) and shredded cheddar. Bake in your oh-so-awesome Alfrescamore Pizza Oven, then top with chives. SO easy, right?
Let’s talk a little more about this oven, because friends, it’s spectacular. Here are a few facts:
What is the Cuisinart Alfrescamoré Outdoor Pizza Oven?
- Designed to replicate the perfect pizza environment of a real brick oven providing pizzeria quality pizza anywhere, any time
- Includes a smoke chip cup which allows you to add authentic wood-fired taste (we can’t wait to try this out!)
- Extremely portable – compact and weighing in at only 35 pounds
- Assembles in less than 10 minutes without tools and cooks in as little as 5 minutes
- MSRP: $249.99
- Available online at BedBathBeyond.com, Amazon.com, HomeDepot.com and Cuisinart.com; Currently available at select Bed Bath & Beyond and The Home Depot stores!
Keeping in the theme of celebrating National Pizza Month, I’m excited to be giving away:
- Cuisinart 12″ Pizza Peel
- Cuisinart Pizza Cutter
This prize has a value of $39.98 and would be a great gift for any foodie! And of course, perfect accessories for when you get your Alfrescamore Outdoor Oven.
This giveaway is open to all U.S. residents and will end Tuesday, November 4. By entering this giveaway, you agree to the Official Rules for Frugal Novice giveaways.