I've been watching a lot of Food Network lately... well, not just lately, since my obsession with that particular channel has been going strong for years. I love me some Alton Brown in all his nerdy glory, sweet southern Paula Deen with an obsession of her own: butter, and Kerry Vincent with her ice queen exterior and hair wrap thing...
Watching all that food made me start thinking about my favorite ingredients... not dishes, meals, or recipes, but the ingredients themselves. Here's my ten favorite ingredients (that I am thinking of right now... I reserve the right to change these as I remember new things, or the next time I go walking through the grocery store!):
1. Heavy Cream - that's right, whipping cream. I love it. It's the main ingredient in ganache, which I also love!
2. Butter - you know a little butter will fix most anything. Except burns. Do not put butter on a burn.
3. Leeks - as far as veggies go, this is one of my favorites. I'll take leeks over regular onions any day!
4. Garlic - we put garlic in just about anything we cook; I don't know what I would do without it...
5. Chocolate - no one should be surprised by this!
6. Tomatoes - I will eat tomatoes any way, any day... by themselves or in something, cooked or raw, I don't care, they're awesome!
7. Basil - yum yum yum.
8. Cilantro - chopped cilantro goes in just about anything... salads, omelets, enchiladas, pico de gallo...
9. Shrimp - by far my favorite protein...
10. Avocado - It doesn't even need to be mashed up into guacamole, I'll eat avocado straight with a spoon from the peel! Note - avocado was the first food (besides milk and organic brown rice cereal) I fed my baby!
I am proud to say I did not get up to go raid my pantry to think of these... that's probably a good thing, because if I'd gone to check, we might have ended up with my twenty favorite ingredients! Take a minute to think of your favorites... feel free to post them, I'd love to know how people's kitchens differ!
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