Smitten Kitchen vs. NYT cooking

[Anonymous]

NYT has enough stuff that I can enter my main ingredients (what seems to be on hand) then “easy” and then I check the number of stars. If it seems workable I use it. If questions, skim comments.

I dislike ads and blather in blogs.

Sometimes there are disappointments, or it takes me way more time to matchstick and dice and mix a little sauce than they say it will.

Thanks to those who posted a couple of sites I haven’t tried.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love SK, but lately her recipes haven't appealed to me (and too many desserts). But a number of her older recipes are in regular rotation at our house.

Np - which ones? Need some new things to try

Broccoli cheddar soup
Lentil with sausage and chard soup
Key lime pie
Nancy's chopped salad
Cannellini aglio et olio
Old school ziti

[Anonymous]

I use both plus also Once Upon a Chef (her Moroccan chicken/green sauce, Parmesan crusted chicken, chicken Tikka, and Mac and cheese are on regular rotation at our house but many of her other recipes are great too).

[Anonymous]

I also use an app called Paprika to save recipes. This standardizes how the recipe is presented and stripes out all the blog blather which I find annoying to sort through. Unfortunately it doesn’t work with NYT receipes but helps me organize others. And it allows you to create a shopping list from selected receipts.

It is paid ($2-3 a month) but I find it super helpful!

[Anonymous]

My pet peeve with NYT is that they bought into the chicken thigh fad / lobby. We eat mostly chicken in our house and do not like chicken thighs. Yes, I’ve tried them. And understand they are suppose to be juicer/more flavorful but I find a tenderized chicken breast well marinaded is much more delicious.

[Anonymous]

I never look at comments. NYT let’s you print just the recipe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Smitten Kitchen adapts some NYT recipes, so you get some for free. But I can’t stand her prattle! I prefer NYT for the breadth of content.

That's why "jump to recipe" is such a great function on blogs like hers.

[Anonymous]

I haven't used NYT much (because it costs money), but Smitten Kitchen has been the best.