Notes about Recipes in this book

• Soy-braised pork country ribs with carrots and turnips

  • hillsboroks on April 12, 2026

    This recipe was a pleasant surprise. It was the first time my husband and I actually enjoyed turnips. The flavors all meld beautifully, the pork was tender and the vegetables were so delicious.

• Shrimp enchiladas with roasted sweet potatoes and parsnips

  • peaceoutdesign on November 06, 2024

    The Sauce was fantastic. I only used sweet potatoes and red onion, both of which I roasted in the air fryer. I did not put them in the food processor. Because I had fewer veggies, I used them completely for the filling. I ended up adding a Mexican blend of shredded cheese to the top, and they turned out well.

• Butternut squash gnocchi with sage brown butter

  • Rinshin on July 10, 2019

    Subbed kabocha for butternut and only baked it before adding to other ingredients. This recipe may be a little challenging for first time gnocchi makers because it does not guide on how the dough should feel. Because I’ve made gnocchi before, I knew more flour was needed to form a workable dough. Too much flour added will make tough gnocchi. Boiled gnocchi without any sauce tasted already good. The texture was light but had enough tooth feel. I forgot gnocchi expands at least 50% so mine came out bigger than photo here. I rate this 5 for taste and texture, but 3-4 for directions. Used marinara instead of butter sauce.

• Braised red cabbage with vinegar

  • aeader on December 02, 2014

    This was very good and the flavor from the vinegar was nice. Made this in Jan-Feb 2013 and froze some (which worked well). Later I tried the braised sweet and sour cabbage in the CI Slow Cooker book and found I liked that one a little better (plus the ease of doing it in the slow cooker). This one would be better with pork though, I think.

• Maple-apple pie with walnut streusel

  • hillsboroks on December 02, 2019

    This enchanting pie was the hit of our Thanksgiving desserts. The maple sugar flavor was subtle and left the apples as the stars of the pie. The toasted walnut streusel harmonized perfectly with the apple and maple flavors. It was a great way to use the maple sugar I brought home in my carry on bag from Toronto.

• Chicken, vegetable, and dumpling soup

  • SACarlson on January 02, 2016

    The soup was nice, but the dumping recipe wasn't great.