Today I’m celebrating the release of Deb Perelman’s second cookbook “Smitten Kitchen Every Day.” I’ve been looking forward to this for a while now because I’ve been such a big fan of Deb and her work for a very long time. There are so many food blogs nowadays, too many to keep track of, but when you think of the original pioneers from way back when, there are a few names that come to mind, three in particular; Deb, Joy and Ree. They set the tone for this business and inspired many of us to create out own blogs. For me, this was no exception and it especially rings true. I remember looking at Smitten Kitchen early on and loving the concept behind it. The idea of showing step-by-step photos and not just the final product, because to me cooking is very visual and I feel like it’s important to see the process for each recipe when cooking something for the first time. I remember thinking how much fun it must be to have a blog and share your recipes and have a voice somewhere. It was at Deb’s first book signing where I met Joy and started working with her/building an awesome friendship so it’s no surprise that I owe Deb for that.
This second book is beautiful, well written, and so inspiring. If you’re a fan of Deb and her blog as well, then you need this book. Lucky for you, I’m hosting a GIVEAWAY to one lucky winner! Just leave a comment below telling me all about which Smitten Kitchen recipe you’ve tried for yourself and have loved. If you haven’t made any yet, then head on over to her site, peruse, and let me know which recipe you would like to try! One lucky winner will be picked at random on Tuesday and notified via email. One entry per person and it’s open to anyone. Good luck to you all!
I’m making the Cacio e Pepe Potatoes Anna from the book. Which if you haven’t had cacio e pepe, you need to. Let’s focus on this cheese-pepper mixture because this is what’ll make it taste like cacio e pepe. In a small bowl, toss together the Parmesan and Pecorino, potato starch or cornstarch, salt and pepper.
**Note: Deb lists 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, but says that we can add more if we want, and I DEFINITELY want because I love black pepper. So I upped it to 1 tablespoons. And I did a mixture of Percorino and Parmesan because I like the two together in cacio e pepe.**
Coat the bottom of a 9-inch cast iron skillet with a tablespoon of melted butter or olive oil. Then layer sliced potatoes on the bottom in an even layer, in concentric circles. Then sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of melted butter and 2 tablespoons of cheese-pepper mixture.
Repeat four more times, or until the potatoes are all used up. Then lightly coat a sheet of foil with nonstick cooking spray and cover the skillet tightly. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and using oven mitts press down with the foil to firmly pack down the potatoes. Return to the oven uncovered for another 25 to 30 minutes.
Place the potatoes under the broiler just to evenly brown the tops of the potatoes. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly before slicing and serving.
**Note: There might be a pool of excess butter or oil, but you can just tip it over and discard the excess before inverting onto a plate and turning right side up.**
While the galette bakes let’s make a very simple salad. In a large bowl toss together the arugula, olive oil, white wine vinegar, salt and pepper. You want to keep the dressing lightly dressed.
**Note: Deb uses regular arugula for the salad, but I’m a really big fan of baby arugula so that’s what I’m using, but feel free to switch it out for what you love. Baby spinach would be great as well!**
Top the galette with the salad before cutting and serving. If you have any salad leftover you can serve it along side as well. I love a lot of it on the potatoes so I’m not complaining.
Sprinkle the top of the galette and salad with the reserved cheese-pepper mixture. It adds a nice salty-spicy kick to the top of the potatoes and I love it.
You can make the potatoes ahead of time and keep in the fridge for up to 3 days and then reheated in the oven covered with foil. Just make the salad the day you plan on serving the galette.
I love cacio e pepe in general because it’s so simple to make but packed with so much flavor and it’s vegetarian which is sometimes nice for me every now and then. This galette could be a great light lunch or quick weeknight dinner! It’s a great brunch recipe as well, so keep that in mind the next time you’re brunching.
Don’t forget to enter the giveaway below by leaving a comment on what your favorite Smitten Kitchen recipe is or what you’re dying to try! Remember that you have until next Tuesday to enter, it’s one entry per person and open to anyone. As always, my mamma will be picking the winner at random, BUT she loves reading your comments. It makes her day. Good luck, I’m rooting for ya!
- ¼ cup finely grated aged Pecorino Romano
- ¼ cup finely grated Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon potato starch or cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
- 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into ⅛-inch thick rounds
- 4 cups loosely packed baby arugula
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
- pinch of salt and pepper
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a small bowl, toss together both cheeses, potato starch or cornstarch, salt and black pepper. Set aside.
- Pour 1 tablespoon of the melted butter into the bottom of a 9-inch cast iron skillet, and swirl it around to evenly coat the bottom and sides. Arrange the potatoes in overlapping concentric circles in a single layer at the bottom of the pan. This will use approximately a quarter of your sliced potatoes. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of butter and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the cheese-pepper mixture. Repeat four times, or until the potatoes are used up; you should have about 1 tablespoon of the mixture left over; reserve this.
- Lightly coat a sheet of foil with nonstick spray and tightly cover the pan. Bake for 35 minutes. Using pot holders, firmly press onto the foil to compact the potatoes a bit. Remove and reserve the foil, and bake for another 25 to 30 minutes, until lightly brown all over. Remove from the oven and press down again with the reserved foil. Place under the broiler briefly, until evenly golden brown on top.
- While the galette bakes, toss together the arugula with the oil and vinegar and season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Once the galette is out of the oven, let it rest in the skillet for a few minutes before running a knife around to ensure that it is loose. Gently tip the skillet over your sink to drain any excess butter or oil. Invert it onto a plate or cutting board, then flip right side up. Cut the galette into wedges, then top with the dressed greens, and sprinkle with the reserved cheese-pepper mixture. Enjoy!
I love Smitten Kitchen’s recipes. Looking over the ones listed on her site the sausage and potato roast with arugula sounds fantastic! I love to roast everything… I even roast my ingredients before I make soup… it gives such a rich flavor <3
To Deb at Smitten Kitchen, a big "Congratulations" on the new cook book,
This looks delicious! I love all things Smitten Kitchen!
My favourite Smitten Kitchen recipe is a go-to favourite – Baked Eggs with Spinach and Mushrooms It’s neat and easy to prepare and if you can perfect those runny yolks, it is honestly one of the best things. I love having this recipe in my kitchen arsenal. High recommended. Check it out here: https://smittenkitchen.com/2014/04/baked-eggs-with-spinach-and-mushrooms/
Yay Deb! I make her homemade oreos all the time. And I’m making her chicken soup this weekend, it’s one of my favorites. 🙂
Love your blog! Just two weeks ago I made Deb’s Double Chocolate Layer Cake for my boyfriend’s birthday. First (smile) birthday cake I’ve made him, since last year we were fleeing from Hurricane Matthew on his big day. He loved it…I loved it! I made it into a 3 layer cake and it was magnificent! It was rich, but not too rich, and it was not too sweet…just chocolaty goodness. I searched quite a bit on the web, but when I saw Deb’s recipe, I knew I could count on it being great. Thanks for the giveaway…I’m crossing my fingers! Happy day to you and yours. Lori
I love a lot of her recipes! She is my go-to. Most recently it was her pumpkin bread, and it is definitely my new favorite! Unless there are no eggs, in which case, Joy’s vegan one wins 🙂
My favorite recipe from Deb is the Chocolate Babka. I had been looking for a Babka recipe for a long time and hers fills my requirements! Those requirements are that the Babka is delicious! Some Babka’s are really dry and hers is not.
I’ve been wanting to make her New York Cheesecake, https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/04/new-york-cheesecake/, for a long time. Her site is wonderful for straitforward, authentic recipes.
My go to is her Baked Eggs with Spinach and Mushrooms. I’ll add an extra veggie or two if I have them on hand. Easy and delicious.
I discovered Deb before her first cookbook. I’ve been making her Chocolate,Whiskey and Beer (aka Irish Car Bomb) cupcakes for years. And most recently in her Instagram stories she gave us a great recipe for Instant Pot chicken tacos. It was the easiest and best recipe!
http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/01/chocolate-whiskey-and-beer-cupcakes/
I would love to make her recipe for Apple Sharlotka. Such a simple and lovely cake, perfect for fall.
Picking just one recipe is so hard. I use her blog as a guide to my life. But the recipe I probably make most often is based on the rugelach recipe in her first cookbook. I think that page is covered in flour and naturally falls open to that place.
I haven’t tried it yet but I LOVE potatoes and pepper and don’t forget the cheese so the recipe featured CACIO E PEPE POTATOES, is what I’m smitten about trying ?
Oh my, the Small Batch Tiramisu has become one of my favorites! Tiramisu always calls my name but this one is delicious and perfectly suited for company, date night or just me 🙂
I love Smitten Kitchen – my go to recipe is her blondies – so many endless combinations!
I’ve been cooking since the early sixties, relying on Joy of Cooking, etc. I have thousands of wonderful recipes collected after a lifetime of loving being in the kitchen, and I’m just getting into these blogs–seeing the old things become popular again and celebrating recipes that are new and intriguing. I have many, many cookbooks and love them all for one thing or another. I’m not very familiar with Smitten Kitten except through Joy. So I think I need this cookbook! I want to try this recipe and the tomato corn pie this week.
oh my god the Cacio e Pepe Potatoes is making me drool. If the other recipes in the book are even close to the yumminess that the Cacio e Pepe Potatoes seems to have, this is a must buy. And I haven’t read her blog yet, but this weekend that is what I’ll be doing!
I am definitely trying this recipe as well as her marbled banana bread!!!
Love your site Jonathan!!! Everything is always so attractive and beautiful. Keep inspiring us!!!
Have a great day!
Cheers
Christine
Looks great! How would you recommend adding meat to this recipe, like a pancetta?
Hi Jennifer! Pancetta would be amazing in this recipe! Or even bacon if you like that smokiness!
This looks super yummy! After poking around on Smitten Kitchen, the rigatoni with eggplant puree just make my meal plan for this week.
Yum! My favorite Smitten Kitchen recipe is the blue cheese and potato tart!
All my family loves Deb’s Biscotti recipe.
I’ve made the tomato corn pie and it’s delicious!
Besides the Potatoes Anna, I’m am craving the Pizza Bean recipe. Trying to incorporate more beans in our diet. Would love to win a copy of Deb’s new cookbook.
Deb’s salted chocolate chip cookies are the only chocolate chip cookies for me. I’ve converted so many people! I’ve made so many things. This weekend is the marbled banana bread!
I made her grapefruit yogurt cake. It was a hit!
I would just cook the meat first, (pancetta is cooked) and layer with the potatoes. I use hand with my scalloped potatoes and I think it would
Work with this as well.
I agree – I love the Smitten Kitchen and have tried so many of Deb’s recipes over the years. One of the recipes I make on repeat is the warm butternut squash and chickpea salad. The caramelized butternut squash, filling chickpeas, and creamy tahini are always a hit.
I love Deb’s blog, I love all that she has to say about all of her recipes, it makes me want to cook, and of course eat, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! I am in loved with her baked ziti dish and am looking forward to trying her Liege Waffles next! She makes them sound absolutely heavenly!
Deb and Joy are the two bloggers I consistently visit more than any others (besides you, Jonathan!). Deb is always my first go-to when seeking any savory dishes and Joy for her (duh!) baking. I know with certainty that anything I make of theirs will be excellent. So hard to narrow down my favorites from Smitten Kitchen but the ones that immediately come to mind are the farro with tomatoes, black bean soup, cacio e pepe pie and the amazing kugel with dried tart cherries! I’d love love love to win her newest cookbook but if I don’t hear from you on Tuesday I’ll definitely be purchasing it!
Deb’s blueberry yogurt pancakes changed my life. But so far no misses with her recipes. I totally agree with you about the food blog pioneers. Still love reading those original ladies!! I’m getting this book from xmas but would be nice to win a copy to pass along to my sister! ❤️
i love her chocolate peanut butter cake!!
I wanna make this recipe!
I’d love to try the Bakery-Style Butter Cookies, because they remind me of the Italian cookies my dad used to get for me and my sister from Mike’s Pastry in the North End of Boston. So close to my heart!
Deb posted the “pizza beans” from her cookbook on her website…loved it! Can’t wait to see the rest of the cookbook.
What a fun giveaway – Deb is simply the best! So many of her dinner and dessert recipes are on my go-to list, but a standout has to be parmesan broth with kale and cannellini beans. I will never throw out a Parmesan rind again!
yum!!! can’t wait to try this recipe! it’s hard to pick a smitten kitchen recipe … I just recently made the sausage and potato roast with arugula. I make the bakes pasta, broccoli rabe with sausage all the time. Lastly the salted brown butter crispy treats are my go to dessert.
Chocolate Babka!! Fo sho!
Thanks for sponsoring this giveaway! I made Deb’s “Chocolate Olive Oil Cake” to rave reviews.
I’m a huge fan of Deb and Smitten Kitchen. I love her crusty baked cauliflower and farro, as well as her zucchini and rice gratin.
I love so many of her recipes but the brown butter Rice Krispies I’ve made so much if I have everything memorized. I’m hoping I win because I went on release day to buy and my target was sold out!i need the sequel!!!!!
I love smitten kitchen and cook from her blog often. My favorite repeat recipe is the apple slab pie. Just perfect
I love her Slow Cooker Black Bean Ragout and Corn Risotto-Stuffed Poblamos from her first cookbook!
There are so many great Smitten Kitchen recipes it’s hard to choose a favorite! Lately I have really loved her eggplant and mozzarella baked orzo!
So many! I’ve been “cooking with Deb” since 2012, and have never had a bad outcome with her recipes. If I have to pick one, then her recipe for Pho is it. The broth is amazing and fragrant. I make a bunch of it and freeze it to use through the winter.
Oh man, is it even possible to choose just one favourite? I think nearly all of my go-to recipes are very slightly adapted from her site and book.
My two favourites (I’ll choose a sweet and savoury) are her “tiny but intense chocolate cake” from her first book (I actually made a tiered version for my wedding cake!), and the sausage and cabbage bake from her site (we serve it with buttery mash instead of crusty bread). I feel like the cook I am today has been almost entirely influenced by Deb.
I have made so many of Deb’s recipes but one recipe that I seem to make again and again is her recipe for Mom’s Apple Cake. I gave the recipe to my sister and now she makes it all the time as well. I love both of your blogs…..so cozy and fun.
I have made too many recipes from Smitten Kitchen to count, but I think the most memorable is her mushroom bourguignon. I’ve made it multiple times and it is always shockingly delicious.
I like of course her pictures and I also like her flavorings. I like her use of grapefruit, in her cake. Yogurt grapefruit cake.
My fave Smitten Kitchen recipe is the one for New York Cheesecake!
Her one pot farro is the best!
Smitten Kitchen’s recipe for Sheet Pan Chicken Tikka Masala is fantastic! And, since we are approaching Thanksgiving, I highly recommend her Classic Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Praline Sauce. It’s a winner! Speaking of which, thanks for the chance to win a copy of her cookbook! Enjoy your week.
I just made Debs chewy granola bars – so good! I also love her sizzling chicken fajitas – that’s in regular dinner rotation here
I am actually making her blueberry crumb cake today. I can always count on her recipes turning out great!
Deb’s recipes are standards in this household…particularly her Moroccan Meatballs and Chickpea Salad. BUT, if there’s one recipe that’s always a crowd pleaser, it’s those BROWN BUTTER SALTED RICE KRISPIE TREATS! I can’t wait to get a hold of her new stuff!!!
I too have used smitten kitchen as my reference and the first recipe I made were her hot pretzels. I love how honest she is about her life.
The Cacio e Pepe Potatoes Anna looks awesome. would LOVE to try those! Thanks.
I just made Deb’s eggplant rigatoni and it was a hit!
I make Deb’s latkes for our family Hanukkah celebrations. They’re perfect everytime!
My go to Smitten Kitchen recipe is tomato sausage risotto. It’s deceivingly easy and always a hit. You’re reminding me that I need to make this again this week!
Smitten Kitchen has such comforting savory dishes, and even though I’m generally more inclined towards those savory things, my favorite this past summer was the Strawberry Graham Icebox cake. This has to be one of the greatest desserts ever conceived, and constructing it makes you feel like a rockstar. So happy to have this (and a few of her other recipes) in my pocket!
Love her big and so many favorites! One of my favorites is chickpea and pasta:
1. Quick
2. Easy
3. I have the ingredients already on hand so no stopping at the grocery after a long day at work
4. It reminds me of Spaghetti O’s!
Thanks for offering this!
Choosing a favorite Smitten recipe is tough, there are so many that I love and have made over and over again. For a savory dish, my favorite is the mini meatloaves with tomato glaze and brown butter mashed potatoes, and for dessert, I love her chocolate and olive oil cake.
(Also, I just went through all of these comments and pinned every Smitten kitchen recipe I hadn’t tried. So excited!)
Boy, I sure do love the smitten kitchen! I wouldn’t know where to start with my favorite recipie…there are so many! Deb has a lot of repeatable recipies, which is one reason that I think makes her stand out. This summer the favorites would have to be the zucchini bread tweaked to use more zucchini, and the zucchini fritters. Can you tell I had a garden with a lot of zucchini this year?!
Love the work you do with Joy, it’s a great partnership!
Oh my, such a difficult choice to pick just one. The Bakery Style Cookies just caught my eye! Who can pass up a buttery cookie sandwiched with jam, dipped in chocolate and then dipped in sprinkles!?!? Ok, not this girl! I’ve already printed the recipe and plan to make today on this rainy and chilly day.
Also, thank you for the opportunity to win her terrific cookbook! ??
Deb has helped me explore so many aspects of cooking. As a baking connoisseur, I first fell in love with her apple cheddar scones, although as a vegetarian, she completely won my heart with Mushroom Bourguignon: https://smittenkitchen.com/2009/01/mushroom-bourguignon/ … it is a comforting delight.
Pick one!?! I’ve made so many winners it’s hard to choose! Lately I’ve been loving the broccoli pizza – two things I would never have thought to combine. I do change the recipe as suggested by someone in the comments and make the sauce with sour cream and it is divine. Definitely a winner and you can tell yourself how awesome you are for eating all those veggies with pizza 🙂
I love many of her recipes. The mushroom marsala pasta bake is a favorite as is the asparagus goat cheese and lemon pasta. And the grapefruit olive oil poundcake!
I have made a lot of her recipes, but my favorites are the blueberry bars and the fried zucchini pasta.
I have been following Deb’s site for 10 years now and have made many of her recipes. One that I have made a lot is the roasted tomatoes and cipollini onions with beans.
I have been making Deb’s recipes for years and my favorite recipe has got to be her blueberry boy bait!
Deb’s Spaghetti with Lemon and Olive Oil is one of my favorites. I also really like her One Pan Farro with Tomatoes. Thanks for the chance to win!
I plan to make her One-Pan Farro With Tomatoes. With the cold weather coming on, and wanting to learn how to cook more with farro, it’s perfect. Thank you for the chance to win her new book, and also for your beautiful post above – wow!
I love the black beans from her first cookbook. I am actually making them now. Easy, fast, healthy, inexpensive and delicious…she has no many wonderful recipes though.
I love Smitten Kitchen’s Jacked-up Banana Bread. It’s the only banana bread that I’ll touch. I’ve been following her blog her years and have made so many of her recipes. If she posts it, I know it’ll turn out amazing!
I love ALL her stuff! Her whole lemon bars a dream to make and aways turn out perfect
Deb’s breakfast slab pie! I’ve made it for brunches, dinner parties, and work bake-offs. Always a hit.
Glad to have found your blog, too! Thanks for posting and I look forward to reading!
I love her chocolate cake!! It was lovely.
I always go apple picking with Deb’s mother’s apple cake in mind!
i loved her apple cheddar scones!
I love her Wild Rice Gratin with Kale, Caramelized Onions and Baby Swiss! And, I completely agree about Ree, Joy and Deb!
I’m excited about Deb’s new cookbook. I love her blueberry crumb bars.
Currently, Mom’s Apple Cake!
I rarely buy cookbooks but this one is on my list….I’ve tried her blondies with great success! Twice recently people have linked me to your blog so clearly that is a sign that I need to become a regular reader.
I made Deb’s red wine chocolate cake on Friday and it was delicious! I love all of her recipes, but I think my favorite is her strawberry summer cake.
I love the red cabbage-feta-data salad – and I’m excited to try some of the other recipes others mentioned above!
This looks delicious. I love Deb’s broccoli pesto and chocolate sheet cakes they are regulars in my kitchen!
I love her recipe for lemon bars! They are the best lemon bars I’ve made yet!
There are a few smitten kitchen recipes that I make on repeat so it’s hard to pick, but I’m going with this one: https://smittenkitchen.com/2008/04/lemon-yogurt-anything-cake/
This time of year I just love the butternut squash salad with farro and pepitas!
Deb Perelman is a treasure. Last night my husband and I had her summer squash pizza for dinner and tonight we’re having her Sharlotka for dessert. I think my favorite is her Feta tapenade tarte Soleil, it’s deeelicious and surprisingly easy to make. My daughter and I “ discovered” Deb at the same time and we’ve been cooking with her ever since.
Chocolate peanut butter cake, wedding cake, too many others…love them all!
Deb’s mom’s apple cake recipe is a favorite of mine. Her blogs (and her books) are favorites!
As potatoes are basically my soul food, I think you picked a winner of a recipe to try out here. I’d definitely go for the potatoes cacio e pepe.
Love the Browniest Cookies!
Deb’s one bowl brownies are probably my most-made recipe… or maybe the strawberry rhubarb bars. Ridiculously easy and delicious for that 2 week period when rhubarb is everywhere!
I want to try her pumpking bread recipe since it’s the fall season!
I love Deb’s recipes and have had great success with all the ones I’ve made. Her jacked up banana bread is my all time favorite, and I can’t wait to try her pizza beans soon!
Happy to read through the comments and bookmark some recipes I haven’t tried yet 🙂
I love her chocolate babka!
I love Deb! Been cooking from her blog and her first cookbook for many years. One of my favorite recipes is her double coconut muffins.
I love her normal cacio e pepe! We make it all the time.
As a true Southerner, I cannot resist the Smitten Kitchen version of tomato and corn pie. It is a must-have as soon as the tomatoes and corn are ripe.
Strawberry milk is always a winner
So many faves, but I really love her salted caramel brownies!
I make Smitten Kitchen’s pasta salad w/ roasted tomatoes all the time and it’s always a big hit!
I’ve made Deb’s spiced applesauce cake more times than I can remember right now. The cake is so simple, so moist, so delicious, and easily transitional for vegan eaters (I live in L.A. and have dairy-free friends, as it often happens in L.A.). It’s a winner every time I make it for whomever I make it for, but let’s be real, sometimes this cake is just for me and myself.
Love Deb! I’ve made at least a couple dozen of her recipes, but my favorites on rotation are the roasted eggplant-walnut pesto pasta salad, a bagel recipe from the archives, and her black and white cookies. I love her first book and am looking forward to checking her new book out, too! Thanks for posting the delicious recipe + gorgeous photos!
All the things! But especially her peanut butter swirled brownies 🙂
Her candied almonds were a hit at Christmastime last year! But I’ve never found a SK recipe I didn’t love 🙂
wow.. what haven’t I made of hers…her homemade graham crackers were amazing…my whole fam (esp my toddler ) loves her whole wheat cheese “goldsish” crackers and we are going to be making her pot pies soon… can’t wait to try one of your recipes as I stumbled (don’t remember how ) on your blog a while a go and those waffle corn dogs….. as I really do need another waffle iron (because that is why you don’t mention to your mom that you want a waffle iron because then it randomly show up at your door…unexpected…when you alone because you husband is out of town on a work trip ….#truestory)
I love watching Deb’s Instagram stories- they are so cute and real! I’ve made quite a few recipes, but one of my recent favorites was this Corn Chowder with Chile, Lime and Cotija! Definitely can’t wait to see her new cookbook!!
https://smittenkitchen.com/2017/08/corn-chowder-with-chile-lime-and-cotija/
Thank you for sharing her website – I found many recipes I want to try. This one is first! Eggplant Parmesan Melts 😀
Her recipes are so reliable and well-tested, it’s hard to choose just one! But one I made this past week, is her pumpkin bread. It uses the whole can of pumpkin and is so moist and deliciously and actually tastes like pumpkin, not just spice. So, so good. Can’t wait to try these potatoes!
I love her brownie bite cheesecake. It is my go to celebration dessert.
Hello fellow Deb fans! It’s hard to choose just one recipe since I’ve found many Smitten Kitchen gems, but the most successful in my kitchen were probably her banana pudding and chocolate mousse recipes!
I love Deb! Her chocolate stout cake was an early fave of mine. It was one of my first baking projects and also inspired me to buy a bundt pan. Her dilled potato salad with pickled cucumbers is one of my husband’s favorites. And a family favorite is her one bowl jacked up banana bread, which my kids love to make and eat.
I regularly make recipes from SK, and they always work.
I really love her Roasted Cauliflower with Cumin and Yogurt.
My favorite smitten recipe is for thick & chewy oatmeal-raisin cookies!! To die for.
I love Deb and Smitten Kitchen. Her recipes are always so reliable. My favorite is probably yogurt panna cotta: https://smittenkitchen.com/2013/04/yogurt-panna-cotta-with-walnuts-and-honey/ It’s a real dessert game changer. I, too, am a big fun of the triumvirate: Deb, Joy and Ree. That’s how I landed here!
My favorite is her shaved asparagus pizza which even my kids eat and the cream cheese frosting she uses on her red velvet cake is what I frost all my cupcakes with. It’s delish!
I’ve never made a SK recipe that wasn’t delicious! Sweet and savory both are always awesome!
Her peach pie is amazing.
I made her double chocolate layer cake and it was fabulous
I love her stacked wedge salad! It’s so delicious and I like getting dressing into even more nooks and crannies of the lettuce. 🙂
I made this last night and it was SO GOOD! Served 4 maybe, I think 8 is a stretch. The arugula salad with it is a revelation!
I like all the smitten kitchen recipes. I always make the Mushroom Bourguignon for family holidays as a veg option and the meat eaters end up inhaling it!
I make Deb’s potato and summer squash torte all the time! It is so simple, but so, so good!
How do I choose just one?! I love all of Deb’s recipes. I can always trust they will turn out. I think I’ll have to go with her recipe for blueberry crumb cake. It is absolutely delicious with fresh blueberries in the summer! I really want to make her chocolate tahini challah buns. I think I’ll try my hand at them this week in honor of her cookbook release! Happy Halloween!
her grapefruit yogurt cake!
I just made the marbled banana bread
My favorite favorite favorite is her rootbeer float cupcakes! I modified the recipe a bit and used it to win this year’s SC State Fair cake competition! 🙂 Blue ribbons and happy bellies 🙂
I really want to learn how to make her bagels! I just have been afraid to because they are so time consuming and what if they don’t turn out. All the hours wasted!
Her carrot cake pancakes are a must!
I make her Cream Biscuits so much that I have the recipe memorized! They’re super easy and quick — great for a last minute addition to dinner.
SUCH a fan of Deb and Smitten Kitchen! One of my faves is her summer squash pizza (translated nicely into a grilled cheese recently). It’s rich and decadent yet oddly light because – vegetables!
My absolute favorite recipe, which I make all the time is The brownie roll out cookies. They are always a hit, easy to make and so so delicious. (Although “my old school baked ziti” comes in a close second! I love everything Deb makes!)
I love her shells with peas and lemon (I forgot what the recipe is actually called, but it’s from her first book).
To be honest, my favorite Smitten Kitchen recipe is “Broccoli Rubble.” So simple, yet so addictive. That charred broccoli, tho!
Yum, this recipe looks great and your extra peppery version sounds fantastic. I’m a huge Smitten Kitchen fan! I just made her roasted sausage, potato and shallot dish but I am also a huge fan of her baked goods – snickerdoodles, her tiramisu cake and her stout chocolate cake have made regular appearances on our holiday table!
I love Deb’s “Surprise Me” button! It has helped me find many dinner ideas when I’m not feeling too inspired on my own. Her crepe recipe is foolproof, and I use it all the time.
I have had two of your waffle recipes on my project list forever, one because it was from one of my food idols of early days Marion Cunningham and the other because it’s seasonal: essential raised waffles and your pumpkin waffles! I’ve made so many others over the years it’s hard to pick a favorite. You give all small kitchen cooks hope with everything you put out from your own tiny space. Thanks for sharing it all with us!
I’ve made so many recipes from smitten kitchen. Just last night in fact I made her butternut and caramelized onion galette. I added bacon and used Joy’s pie crust with less sugar and it was amazing.