My favorite new kitchen gadget is the Microplane Zester. It must be some kind of recipe trend but it seemed like recently every new recipe I wanted to try required zest. Lemon zest, orange zest, or finely grated ginger.Not one to want more in my kitchen than absolutely needed, mainly because it is exceptionally small, I didn't believe I needed a microplane zester - until I had one.
After ruining a perfectly good chicken fried rice dinner because the not-finely-enough chopped ginger overwhelmed the entire dish, I decided to spend the $9.99 on the zester to see what all the fuss was about. It was money well spent.
For the first time I am able to properly grate ginger and it is make all of my Asian cooking sing. Not to mention being able to buy cinnamon and nutmeg sticks and zest the spices fresh. It really does make a difference. The fresh spices have a cleaner vibrate flavor in baked goods or just on my morning oatmeal.
Here is my favorite new Zesty Recipe:
Zesty Lemon Yogurt
1/2 cup Plain nonfat yogurt (Preferably Total Greek Yogurt)
1 Tablespoon Honey
4 walnut halves broken into pieces
Zest from 1/2 a lemon
Zest lemon into yogurt and mix well.
Drizzle honey over yogurt, then top with walnut pieces.
Perfect for breakfast, desert, or a snack. It is high in protein and low in refined sugars.
Enjoy!
1 comment:
I love my mine as well- when I used to sell Pampered Chef, I got hooked on it! They have some pretty addicitve goodies that will actually make you want to spend more time in the kitchen!
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