Ina Garten seared salmon with spicy red pepper aioli is an easy weeknight dinner built on a steakhouse trick. She sears the fillets in a dry cast-iron pan, then slides the skillet into a 400 degree oven. Big brown crust, soft middle, and family dinner is done. That first two minutes without touching the pan …
Ina Garten smashed eggs on toast makes an easy breakfast idea with no poaching at all. Soft-boiled eggs cook exactly 6 1/2 minutes, then get chopped straight onto buttered toast. It is a simple recipe that feeds four, finished with dill and whole-grain mustard. Keep the water at a low simmer, not a rolling boil, …
Ina Garten smoked salmon quesadillas are easy cocktail hour food you can prep hours early, then cook to order when guests arrive. Cream cheese, dill and Cheddar go between two flour tortillas, so this dinner party appetizer needs no last minute work. The cream cheese has to be at room temperature or it will drag …
Ina Garten hot spiced mulled wine is make ahead by design, so the pot can simmer long before your guests arrive. She builds it on fresh apple cider and Cabernet, with honey, cinnamon sticks and star anise. It is the holiday party drink you set out and forget. The orange peel is where this goes …
Ina Garten garlic & herb butter is the make ahead move for dinner party season, since one log covers steak, roasted vegetables and eggs. It freezes for six months, so breakfast for dinner gets easy and a weeknight steak gets a sauce with no work. The butter has to be truly soft, because cold butter …
Ina Garten sweetened whipped cream needs 3 easy ingredients and no stabilizer, so it comes together while dessert cools. She stops the mixer at soft peaks instead of stiff ones. That gives you a loose cloud that spoons over any easy dessert. Cold cream is what makes this work, because warm cream will not hold …
Ina Garten warm vegetable & grain bowl is an easy lunch she borrowed from Le Pain Quotidien, the Belgian café chain. Roasted butternut squash, carrots and red onion go on hot, so the goat cheese melts into the greens. Prep the parts ahead and it feeds four. Timing is the whole thing here: dress the …
Ina Garten pomegranate spritzers are easy because you skip the alcohol entirely, and fresh lime does the work instead. Four ingredients, one pitcher, and a party drink that tastes like a real cocktail. Serve them in chilled martini glasses to friends. The glasses go in the freezer for at least 30 minutes, and that step …
Ina Garten easy chocolate mousse chills overnight, so the make ahead work is done long before friends arrive. Espresso and Kahlúa keep the two chocolates from tipping too sweet, which is what carries it as a dinner party dessert. One batch serves four to five. The 15 minute cooling step matters more than it looks, …
Ina Garten marble potatoes with garlic & herbs, easy enough for a weeknight side dish and quick enough for a family dinner tonight. You skip the peeling step entirely because marble potatoes are tiny, so they brown in butter in about 15 minutes. The lid has to stay on tight the whole 10 to 15 …
