| XO, The Serious Eats Team. No images? Click here  Cooking Tasks That Fill Us With Dread It should come as no surprise to any of our readers that everyone on the Serious Eats staff loves to cook. Many of us are even die-hard defenders of the proposition that anything homemade is preferable to store-bought, from English muffins and cake (bye, Betty Crocker!) to even condiments like mayonnaise and chili crisp, where the store-bought versions are totally fine to use. That doesn't mean we all love everything about cooking! Some kitchen tasks are incredibly annoying. Washing spinach? Picking thyme leaves? Touching corn starch? Yup, all of those are bad. Usually, we'd say about such tasks, "Life's too short. No one has time for that." And yet, now, for all of us, everywhere, cooking more of our meals at home, we all do, in fact, have time for even the most-time-consuming kitchen chores. But that doesn't mean we have to like them any better than in the time before coronavirus. Click the link below to hear our latest team post about our most dreaded kitchen tasks. More controversial opinions from the Serious Eats team!
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Cooking tasks that fill us with dread
A new way to use your beans
| No images? Click here  Double-Bean Mazemen By now, we're sure all the people who stocked up on dried beans will agree that a) dried beans, when cooked well, are incredibly good to eat but b) the best things to eat can become tiresome if you eat them all the time. And even when confronted with a pot of perfectly cooked, plump and creamy beans, with a broth that's almost as good as the beans themselves, fortified as it is with vegetables like onion, carrot, and celery, you might now find yourself craving something else—literally anything else!—since no matter what you do with a bean, no matter how good it is to eat, it's still pretty bean-y. If you're wondering what you can do to mix up your bean-based diet, why don't you try turning those creamy beans and their delicious broth into a bean-based noodle dish, like this double-bean mazemen? Mazemen, which translates from Japanese to "mixed noodles," is basically ramen without the broth: slippery alkaline noodles are combined with a (very) savory sauce, aromatic oil, and topped with whatever you might have on hand. They're a delicious yet low-effort way to use up leftovers—roasted meats, poached chicken breast, stir-fried vegetables, you name it—and often they rely on pantry staples, like soy sauce and rice vinegar, so the hardest thing to find is usually the noodles themselves. The kitchen essential  Kitchen Tongs Tongs are the best tool to toss and stir noodles so that they can properly mingle with the sauce. More vegetarian recipes
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Monday, April 27, 2020
Our favorite no-churn ice creams
| The best scoops, no machine required. No images? Click here  No-Churn Ice Cream Recipes, No Ice Cream Maker RequiredAs warmer days approach, ice cream is on the mind. Who wouldn’t want to devour a huge cone right now? But with stay-at-home measures in place and supermarket stashes in flux, grabbing a pint or bar of ice cream isn't as easy as it once was. But fear not: You can still make your ice cream dreams a reality, and you don’t even need an ice cream maker to do so. We love ice cream for its smooth, creamy texture; its sweet and varied flavors; its many shapes and forms. But ice cream also brings with it a sense of nostalgia, a longing for the ease of childhood. While most of us are stuck inside and unable to fully enjoy these warmer months, we can still make new memories with ice cream, be it with our kids, our roommates, our partners, or all on our own. These memories may look different than other ones, but they can still spark moments of joy during times of hardship. So go ahead and bring the ice cream truck to you. If there's ever been a time to experiment in the kitchen, it’s now.
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