Here is my cookbook preview of “Big Bites: Wholesome, Comforting Recipes That Are Big on Flavor, Nourishment, and Fun: A Cookbook”, by Kat Ashmore (Rodale Books, 2024)
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Hello cookbook friends and welcome today we’re going to be looking at cat ashmore’s debut book big bites so if you don’t know who cat Ashmore is you can find more information about her in the description below but she’s been she’s been a chef a culinary writer she’s done
A lot of things this is her first cookbook and she’s a big believer in keeping things really simple wholesome nutritious but also you know delicious I didn’t mean to rhyme that’s just what happened okay so here here you might recognize her but let’s look at some of these recipes here’s our table of
Contents personally I’m a big fan of having everything listed out I don’t know why it just makes it easier for myself so we have like mornings snacks salads week nights stews desserts suppers all kinds of good stuff so let’s get into it Pantry Staples of course um
For her there’s a lot of things like different flowers including gluten-free stuff so that’s cool there’s a lot of plant-based stuff that she has which is also very nice whatever this is looks awesome I think this is like a pickled thing all right so let’s get into the actual recipes themselves this is
Breakfast so this is a New York style crumb cake jeez so this makes one in one8 in square cake you can see on the very very top here is our list of uh ingredients and they are all in us and then the very top here you’ll see this
Paragraph it’s just a little description about the dish itself where she found it how she created it and then here we have our list of directions in order which is really nice big one two three so if you’re somebody who gets lost easily I’m raising my hand because that’s me um
That’s kind of Handy cuz then you won’t get lost all right so here we have one bowl pumpkin banana bunt cake so if you’re tired of those just banana breads you can add pumpkin and make it a bun cake shape that’s kind of cute cute I love that and chocolate chips all right
We have goat cheese fried eggs um so there’s been a huge trend on social media lately for the feta egg thing and I have to say I’m partial to goats cheese myself so this is very good and I think I actually just automatically do this anyway but check this out it’s an
Easy easy breakfast all right snacks and apps I know I skipped breakfast or skipped a lot of breakfast but we’ve got a lot to cover cuz there’s a lot of great dishes in here crispy airfried artch chokes with simple tomato sauce delicious these are so small but this is
A great little snack and it’s healthy so here again ingredients here’s for the tomato sauce where she separated that which is really nice that makes it easier for somebody like me to organize and get myself all ready to make everything all right herbed zucchini fritters with salted yogurt here’s what
That looks like this looks beautiful so good I love fritters marinated goats cheese that’s a really good idea so if you have just a plain goats cheese I tend to get some from Costco I know it’s a it’s a lot but if you want to try something different if you’re hosting a
Party this is a great way to just Elevate that you can make a dip super good all right mostly spinach dip I like that we have all of those vegetables there there we’re trying stuffed mushrooms with push and breadcrumbs delicious that looks beautiful I love the photos in here just
Like she’s very she’s definitely zoomed in on all of these beautiful recipes these are dates so they are with Citrus goat cheese and Thyme yum all right here we have a Bara with roasted grapes another really good combination roasted grapes are really tasty that is not something I would have
Thought to do but they’re very awesome hungry lady salads oh come on um so roasted cauliflower salad with Sesame date dressing yum uh cat is pretty known for her salads as far as I’ve seen on her website which you can find there’s a lot of really tasty salads on there that I’m
Like man like they are dinner salads here we have lemony Swiss chart salad with white beans and garlic breadcrumbs yum oh my God see this is a dinner salad that looks awesome roasted sweet potato salad with spicy cashew herb dressing beautiful the colors in here are really really great sourdough
Panzanella with goat cheese and peaches can you tell she likes goach cheese I think I love her that’s kind of my thing too we we have a Tex me Mex klaa with smoky smoky sorry lime Crema dressing that looks really yummy you can have this on the side if you wanted to with
Some other thing maybe like enchiladas I know I tend to do the texme like rice and beans and enchilada but having a salad be would be really nice and a Kela with that kind of dressing yummy here we have going to skip forward a little bit zucchini pasta salad with sundried
Tomatoes and mozzarella beautiful so even I am kind of noticing that there is a lot of plant it’s pretty plant forward like there’s a lot more shoving plants into things which is kind of nice to be honest I think I need that for sure 15minute turmeric spice chickpeas with spinach and tomatoes yum
That would be a really good weekday meal perfect steak with olive parsley vinegret yum I wish my mouth wasn’t water ing Almost Famous crispy crackle chicken that is so funny I’m wondering why it’s almost famous but this looks really really yummy a really good meal too and I like another thing I really
Enjoy is instead of just presenting the recipe as okay this is the crispy chicken and then on the next page here’s our broccoli she’s presented this is an actual meal together which is pretty pretty cool because it saves the hassle of planning everything which if you do
That you understand it does take a toll sometimes it’s like oh I don’t want to plant anymore I just want to eat anyway we have a Greek chicken saki saki oh my gosh oh yum that looks really yummy I’m going to have to make that too there’s too many things we have a
Sausage and pepper pepperonata this looks very very good too and it does talk about things if she hasn’t I mean this is obviously like a big one pain hand thing she does talk about things that you can add to it or eat with it if it’s just like hey you
Can have bread with it or something like that she does present that to you here we have a kale and feta turkey burger delicious uh roasted cauliflower tacos with an avoc avocado lime Crema and I’m a huge fan of that charred cauliflower and potato soup with lemon oh man
That lemon just is perfect if something’s just a little too hearty and you need a little bit of a lift lemon is the best roasted pumpkin soup with apple Curry and hazelnuts jeez yum I hope it’s a granny smith no she say a small sweet tart apple like a pink
Lady watermelon gaspacho I’ve never had gaspacho it scares me you’re learning a lot about me today Wild mushro mushroom and uh barley soup beautiful a snow day beef and vegetable stew with pasta another beautiful stew let’s move on a little forward here we have crispy cod cakes with tartar sauce
Yum yum I would have some fries with that too because I have to pasta alaro with broccoli we have a threeyear gluten-free bread excuse me what here’s the bread you’ve all been waiting for after two years of Fielding requests for this recipe I’m finally ready to put it into
Your hands amazing gluten free free bread is hard to come by it is especially this size um and especially if you want like a good bread for like garlic bread or dipping bread this looks perfect I’m excited to try that we have a modern Mama pot roast veggies and sides so crunchy salty
Herby avocado cut of wedges that looks like a really good salad harvest vegetable roast with pears we have we also have a proven Sal baked tomato and then three ingredient mango sorbet we’re now in the dessert section I want to show you a few of those of course coconut cornflake cookies those
Look fantastic still us measurements these are avocado brownies they look super good just perfect brownies we also have a dark chocolate Earl Gray mousse I love incorporating tea into desserts and then lastly let’s do one more what this is so cute it’s a pink cake let me see what the actual name of
It is oh the best vanilla layer cake with strawberry jam and strawberry buttercream that looks beautiful and on the very back she has things like some Basics like the the um basil pesto we have a shallot herb compound butter so lots of these smaller recipes are towards the back so check out C
Ashmore’s cookbook first cookbook big bites this is a great cookbook if you’re looking for some healthier weekday meals everything’s really approachable very simple um and the ingredients should be readily accessible to most of us so I really really enjoy this this is pretty nice so check this out if you’re looking
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