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If there’s one thing all home cooks need, it’s a simple recipe—preferably one that will make some leftovers for lunch the next day. That’s why we were so excited when we heard about the premise for Ina Garten’s forthcoming cookbook,Go-To Dinners.Garten has describedthe collection, which comes out October 25, as a group of “easy, make-ahead, prep-ahead, freeze-ahead and simply assembled recipes,” which sounds like exactly what we need to make it through a busy fall.
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To help us make it to her publishing day, Ina is sharing little previews of the recipes inside her book, and her latest post is a simple sheet-pan dinner we’d make any night of the week.
According to the Barefoot Contessa herself, thisNew York Times Cooking-inspired recipe forHasselback Kielbasais so easy, “it’s almost not a recipe.” You’ll just need nine ingredients to copy this meal, plus pantry staples like salt, pepper and olive oil. To get cooking, gather together some yellow onions, a fennel bulb with the stalks removed, three bell peppers, minced garlic, fresh thyme, fennel seeds, fully cooked kielbasa, Dijon mustard and honey.
While the veggies roast, start making the hasselback cuts in the kielbasa. Ina recommends aiming for slices about ¼-inch apart and cutting only about two-thirds of the way through. You can also go ahead and combine your Dijon mustard and honey in a small bowl. After the veggies have roasted for 20 minutes, just pull the thyme sprigs out of the mélange and place the sausages on top of the veggies. Brush the kielbasa with your honey-mustard mixture and roast the sausage and veggies for 30 minutes more, brushing on more of the mustard mixture every 10 minutes.
Serve up the rest of your honey mustard on the side when you dole out plates of charred veggies and sausage to all your dinner companions. Ina suggests adding one more sprinkle of salt to the veggies, but you can always opt for a little extra thyme or black pepper if you’re trying to rein in your sodium intake.
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Another fun sneak peek atGo-To Dinnersis in the footnote of this preview recipe—Ina has some suggestions for a “two-fer,” or ways to shake up your leftovers routine. (That’s a huge must for Garten, who says she’s never in the mood for plain ol' leftovers.) For this recipe, she recommends adding any leftover sausage to a batch of bean or pea soup, like herTuscan White Bean Soupor ourSplit Pea Soup with Chorizo. If you end up with extra veggies, we’d recommend tossing them into a grilled cheese and serving it up with a cup of soup on the side, like ourSheet-Pan Tomato Soup, for instance.
You can orderGo-To Dinnersfrom Amazon or from your local bookstore now, or even ordera signed copydirectly from Ina herself. No matter what, we’re sure there will be plenty more quick and easy dinners worth making in the entertaining pro’s latest collection.
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