BROWN BUTTER STEAM-ROASTED SWEET POTATO, ARUGULA AND DATE SALAD WITH TAHINI DRIZZLE

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These steam-then-roasted sweet potatoes are my latest obsession. They take less than five minutes to prep, do their thing in the oven for a little under an hour, and are equally delicious served just as-is or all dressed up as I am showing you here.

The potato cooking method itself comes from Nik Sharma in his cookbook The Flavor Equation. After halving your sweet potatoes lengthwise, you spread or dollop the flesh side with butter and seasoning, place them on a sheet pan flesh side up then seal the pan tightly with tin foil. You then stick them in the oven to steam-roast for about 25 minutes before uncovering, flipping and returning them to the oven for another 25 minutes or so. The flesh side browns and crisps and the potatoes become more concentrated in flavor. Moist and crisp? This method makes that possible.

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RED WINE BRAISED LAMB AND FIGS

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With temperatures finally dipping down into true fall territory here in New York City, we’re entering my favorite cooking season. (Note, I did not just say “season” there, I prefaced it with cooking. These shorter, cooler days? No, no, no, I don’t like where this is headed.)

Our farmers markets are still stocked with tomatoes and eggplant, those beauties of late summer. But tables are also laden with winter squashes, sweet potatoes, cabbages, kale and other cold weather produce.

On top of that, it doesn’t seem sacrilegious to have my oven on for hours at a time. In fact, I want to have it on for hours to combat the cold air seeping through my windows and to fill my home with the comforting smells of something delicious. That’s exactly what inspired this recipe: red wine braised lamb and figs.

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Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup

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What happens when you combine two trends? You get Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup inspired by the Good Food Plan by Healthyish. We took some serious liberties with their original recipe and used our new favorite kitchen gadget, the Instant Pot.

This soup is a happy marriage of sweet potato, garlic, and ginger, making it the perfect cold weather soup to heat you from the inside out. If you don’t have an Instant Pot that is okay! A pressure cooker works great, as well as just a good old dutch oven. This soup also freezes well if you want to double the recipe and save it for a lazy evening.

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Potato Salad, Deconstructed and Brought to Greece

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As you’d expect from a group of Millennials, Instagram is where we get at least half of our cooking inspiration. While we rarely follow links to recipes, photos alone serve as a jumping off point for all types of culinary adventures. A recent post of a deconstructed potato salad arranged on a bed of herby yogurt by Jill Ferguson from @feedtheswimmers led to daydreams of a Greek-style version—creamy yet crisp twice-baked fingerling potatoes served on a bed of cucumber- and garlic-studded tzatziki topped with a host of the usual Greek salad players.

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Granola Breakfast Cookies

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One of our favorite parts of baking large batches of granola is the endless amount of magic granola dust we’re left with—those delicious bits and pieces that are too crumbled to make it into the bags we sell. While we routinely sprinkle this magic dust over our morning yogurt or smoothies, we also experiment with it in our cooking. These breakfast cookies are one of our favorite results.

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