Oh, go on! Add another sprinkle, an extra dash, or one last pinch! A little more never hurt anyone, did it?
This is a phrase I often find myself saying when I'm in the kitchen, and I say it in reference to a great many ingredients! An extra teaspoon of chili powder in the soup, one more glug of cream in a sauce, and a bit more cinnamon in that pastry.
The winner, though, is definitely cheese. I have a lot of trouble thinking of any savory dish that couldn't be improved with at least a dusting of shredded cheese...and many could use a little more.
What about you?
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Comments (57)
I second the cheese. Maybe wine, if you have time to cook the additional moisture out.
In our house I add way too much garlic powder and cumin to just about everything (oh and adobo sauce).
Kosher salt is a new addition to things too - a chef friend said his secret ingredient is finishing things with salt and it makes SUCH a big difference. Sprinkling kosher salt on pizza, broccoli, or really anything brings out the magic flavors. Maybe this is seriously obvious, but I was brought up to think that salt was evil.
definitely chili powder and cheese...
mine are garlic and red pepper flake year round. pumpkin pie spice in the fall through the winter! i add it to everything, including a big pot of chili
cheese for me, too
Hmm... I have to agree somewhat with the cheese, but generally it's just a purveyor of the true star - SALT! A little extra salt at the end goes a long way.
I have to second garlic, cream, and although I don't like a ton of it, sometimes a sprinkling of black pepper at the end is so good, especially on blander dishes like eggs, pasta, and potatoes.
Butter. When in doubt, a smidge more butter never hurt anyone, and can fix a myriad of cooking sins.
I'm with vintagejenta- SALT. I wish I didn't have such a love of salt, but I've never met a dish I couldn't enjoy just a hint more with a good dousing of salt and fresh black pepper.
In baking, I tend to be this way with almond or vanilla extract. You really can't have too much, it tastes so good!
Cheese - yes.
Butter - yes.
Black pepper - oh yes please.
But GARLIC. Oh, garlic is my weakness. I can never get enough.
SWEET CHILI SAUCE!!!!
Yes to butter and vanilla.
Garlic, onions, butter...
cinnamon! I add it to all baked goods, just about.
Garlic, cheese, and smoked paprika. I have yet to find the upper limit for those three.
definitely cinnamon here! I put it in everything I can think of, starting with my coffee in the morning:)
Truffle-based garnishes. Actual truffle, truffle salt, or truffle oil.
For sweet dishes, freshly whipped cream. Never enough.
Cheese. And chiles of some sort--there's always room for more chiles!
GARLIC.
I'm so glad everyone loves garlic as much as me!
also cheese, any kind !
Garlic, big time. I always use more garlic than is called for in a recipe, and I'm truly baffled when a recipe calls for only a couple of cloves of garlic. It's just nonsensical to me.
In context:
Garlic
Cinnamon
Vanilla
Red Pepper Flakes
Cayenne
Savory: A little more SALT never hurts!
Sweet: A little more VANILLA never hurts!
hot sauce!
..and garlic of course
Bacon!
Garlic. Butter. Salt. Cheese. Cumin. Basil.
Garlic.
Pepper or cinnamon, depending on the dish. I go through an ungodly amount of both!
nutritional yeast
I think one of the first clear phrases my 19 month old said was "More cheese." :)
Oregano, I just love it.
garlic or nutritional yeast
Cinnamon and vanilla, I always add extra when baking.
Onion, Garlic, Wine, Cheese, Fresh Black Pepper, Butter
om nom nom
And in the context of a bloody mary: Cholula.
Hands down its cheese...with wine a close second.
bacon and garlic! you cant go wrong
I'm with quite a few of you:
Garlic.
Vanilla.
I have never over-added either of these. I am known to say that a little more salt wouldn't hurt, but the truth is I definitely have oversalted things.
Lemon juice!
Cheese.
Butter.
Love.
Cheese. Garlic. Butter.
mmmmm
Cheese, garlic, chocolate, cinnamon, butter, and double the vanilla in every recipe you try.
Everything on the list thus far...
salt
Garlic, lemon, cumin, cheese.
Amen to "more cheese." Television chefs tell me to use "1/2 cup cheese" and I don't even know what that means. The only amount of cheese that I'm familiar with is "much," followed by a healthy sprinkling of "more" with "some on the side." Cheese...
I'm going to go with paprika.
If it were about making a little more of a whole dish than expected, I would do with mashed potatoes. While making them the other night I defended myself saying "If I'm boiling the water for it, and I've got the potatoes, I might as well do it... I'll eat them..."
GARLIC
1. Garlic
2. Cheese
3. Butter
Wine for the cook?
CAVENDERS.
where's the cumin love? i keep mine in a mason jar. can't ever have too much!
Cheese! Parmasean to be exact, I love it. Once I breakout my microplane, all bets are off.
I also can't enough lemon zest, vanilla extract and garlic. Oh, garlic...
Like practically everyone here - garlic. I love garlic. The motto of the Stinking Rose in San Francisco, "We season our garlic with food", is my new motto in life.
Oregano
Cheese
Garlic
Cinnamon
and "wine for the cook", yeah :D
Butter.
Brown sugar!
usually cheese (in/on most things) or ginger in soup/baked things).