Want to improve the quality of your dinners, but feel frustrated by recipes that call for specialty items you might not use again? Pick up a copy of newly released “The Ultimate 5-Ingredient Cookbook: Whole Food Flavorful Meals Made Simple” by Rebecca White (Page Street Publishing, $21.99).
White, creator of the blog “A Pleasant Little Kitchen,” offers detailed instructions that transform a few key ingredients into wholesome comfort food. In addition to helping you build a thoughtfully stocked pantry, White also builds your kitchen confidence. “If I could tell home cooks one thing, it’s ‘You are a good cook. You are capable and able!’” White said in a recent interview.
White’s recipes rely on supermarket cuts of meat and seasonal produce. The recipes are written with busy cooks in mind; many are sheet-pan or slow-cooked meals. This one-dish Tomato and Horseradish-Braised Chicken Thighs now makes a regular appearance in our fall weeknight rotation.
I made a few gentle changes to White’s recipe. Chicken skin has plenty of fat, so I browned the thighs in half of the oil that White recommends. And I saved time — and dishes — by pureeing the sauce in the Dutch oven with an immersion blender, instead of blitzing the tomatoes in a countertop blender as White’s recipe instructs.
But overall, the ease of this recipe feels like a gift. Serve it with a side of rice or mashed potatoes, and you’ll find that the “simple” means “simply delicious.”
Credit: Kellie Hynes
Credit: Kellie Hynes
Adapted from “The Ultimate 5-Ingredient Cookbook: Whole Food Flavorful Meals Made Simple” by Rebecca White (Page Street Publishing, 2021).
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