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What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?
Sometimes you should let go of preconceived ideas of which foods go together and try things that sound weird.
For example, my husband makes (and claims to have invented) peanut butter and salsa sandwiches. I won’t eat those, but I do love cheddar cheese in apple pie. And have you seen Episode 1 of Season 3 of The Bear on Hulu yet? Was that a blood orange reduction and a large potato chip on a seared scallop?!? It looked pretty darn good.
You don’t think of peanut butter and pasta as being a good combo, but this recipe from NYT Cooking is a winner. It’s called “Cold Noodles with Sesame Sauce, Chicken and Cucumbers.” I didn’t have sesame paste (tahini) so I substituted natural peanut butter (as the recipe suggests) and it was good! I will try it again with tahini at some point.
Recipe attached as a PDF:
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Peanut butter is a great secret trick for a lot of recipes!
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I guess so! Natural peanut butter, which I happened to have. (I’m typically more of a Skippy person lol)
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When I think of peanut butter and pasta, I think of Thai food. Now, peanut butter and salsa… I’m still trying to wrap my head around that! Cheese and apple pie? Don’t knock it til you try it, right?
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True, PB & pasta is definitely a basic Thai combo. One of the old Moosewood Restaurant cookbooks (remember those from college?) has an amazing apple pie with streusel topping recipe. It calls for a layer of grated cheddar under the streusel. so good!
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