Better Home Cooking Basics: #56 Butter Bread with Mayo for the Best Ever Grilled Cheese.

I love a good grilled cheese. The bread is buttery & crispy & the cheese is melty & gooey. When you get a good one you know it & there is nothing better. I’ve tried endlessly to make the perfect grilled cheese at home but it wasn’t until recently that I found this life (or grilled cheese) changing tip in Bon Appetit that I was able to perfect my grilled cheese sandwich. The key - the secret to the best grilled cheese is MAYO!! Who knew? I’m personally not a mayo fan but you don’t taste the mayo with this method, you just taste nutty, brown, crispy, toasted bread. What’s even better is your cheese gets all melty & gooey just like you’ve always dreamed!

So without further adieu, this is what you do:

Aunt Rosemary's Super Easy Salmon

 Every Christmas Eve, my Aunt Rosemary makes a giant piece of salmon as part of the “seven fishes” at my grandparents house.  It comes out perfect every time. So while grocery shopping for dinner with my mother-in-law about a month ago we had to call Aunt Rosemary to find out how she makes her famous salmon.  She laughed when I called & you may too when you find out how easy this non-recipe recipe is. I like to think of it more of a “method” than a recipe.

Essentially you take the piece of salmon, stick it in an oven safe baking dish or in my case - the brownie pan.  I drizzle mine with a a little olive oil but you can leave yours naked for the true “Aunt Rosemary Method”.  Then you broil it (on low) for about 10-15 minutes. I’d check it after 10 minutes so that you don’t over cook it. Serve it with salt, pepper & lemon wedges on the side so that your guests can season as they like & that is it!