5 Ingredients or Fewer
Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle
By Lisa Mayfield
Piquant Crab on Jícama Wedges
If you can't find jícama-a sweet, crunchy root vegetable eaten raw-use English-cucumber rounds or put the crab mixture in a bowl and serve it with tortilla chips.
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Creamy Grits
By John Martin Taylor
Roasted Celery Root
This dish can be baked along with Pork Loin with Morel Stuffing, but it should go into the oven about 30 minutes before the loin does. Transfer the celery root to the lower third of the oven after 30 minutes so that the loin can be put in the upper third.
Artichokes with Scallion Tomato Vinaigrette
Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Makes use of the microwave oven.