Hello to My Purple People
What a blast we had on live yesterday! Thanks to all of you who tuned in, and a special shoutout to those who jumped into the comments section or sent questions ahead of time. (Paid subs get first dibs on questions during this and all Lives, sooooooo … consider this a gentle push to join the Food Processing family.)
As always, the Lives will always be uploaded and posted as regular newsletters so that you can watch when it suits you!
This week, I demo’d my brand new Sweetie P. 2025 recipe. It stars an absolutely technicolor potato sweet potato, toasty walnuts, crisp halloumi, and stripped down salsa verde, and is just the thing I need to remind me that okay fine, there are some things I like about fall. (Sweet potatoes > sweater weather, I’ll give you that.)
ICYMI, Important Topics Covered Include
New recipes designed specifically for Cooking for One or for Two, and how to get tomorrow’s lunch out of the deal
Meal prepping advice for people who can’t commit to making something a week in advance (me)
How I thought about balancing textures (soft, crunchy, chewy) and flavors (sweet, bitter, sour, umami, spicy, salty) when developing this dish
Spin Its: using talagani instead of halloumi cheese (it acted differently but tasted amazing!); all the sweet potatoes you can use (hint: any you can find)
Equipment Stuff: What’s the perfect cast iron pan for the job; the history of the microplane; how to organize your prep station
The difference between charring and browning (hint: we love fat in this house)
How to store tomatoes, even though they’re not in this dish (yes, you can send me questions about anything)
Off-Topic But Noteworthy Subjects We Discussed
How to handle a partner who harvested all the home-grown tomatoes when they were still green
How it is possible that I’m still employed as Sound Guy on my shoots
“Soft pants”
Justice for purple people (also me)
Season Six, Episode One of RHOSLC (no spoilers, but I’ll leave you with this image)
For the full rundown of the tools and equipment I recommend for this recipe, look no further. (I earn affiliate income on some of these products, and they are all things that I use in my real life.)
Here’s some more cozy recipe inspo for all you leaf-peepin’ types
Before I go, a quick save-the-date. I’ll be here Live again next Wednesday, 9/25, at 12:00PM ET with the VERY prepped and organized Jenn Lueke. You’re going to want to be seated for that one!
