Some nights, it can seem like an insurmountable task to get a healthy meal on the table quickly. At the end of the day, I have a million things on my mind, a tired toddler whining at my feet, kids relentlessly asking me questions, and all I want to do is sit down and have a glass of wine. Instead, I have to think about dinner. It’s so tempting to order in or eat out, but really, it can be just as fast to make a healthy and delicious meal at home – if you have the right tools. And where do you get the tools to make real food really fast? Well, I’ve discovered that Epicure is a great place to start.
I’ve mentioned Epicure before, in this post, and I liked what I tried then. This time, I got to try even more of their innovative products and totally fell in love with them.
One of my favourite items is the crisper. This thing makes incredible fries! Apparently it’s great for baking pizza as well, so I can’t wait to try that. It has lots of tiny holes so the air circulates and prevents your fries from getting soggy while they cook. It also has a non-stick surface, because there’s nothing worse than having your fries stick to the bottom of the baking sheet. After I baked them on the crisper, the perfectly golden and crispy fries just slid right off onto my plate.
If you’ve ever baked sweet potato fries, you know how hard it is to make them crisp without burning them. This crisper did a pretty good job of keeping them from getting soggy or burnt. I coated to sweet potatoes with corn starch, cornmeal and Epicure pizza oven fries seasoning, and they were so good! Cole thought the pizza seasoning was a little too spicy, but I loved it.
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 2 tbsp. cornmeal
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tbsp. Epicure Pizza Oven Fries seasoning
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Cut sweet potatoes into wedges and place them in a large bowl. Pour in the olive oil and stir the sweet potatoes until they are coated with oil.
- In a large sealable bag, combine cornmeal, cornstarch, and pizza fries seasoning.
- Place the sweet potato wedges into the bag, seal it and give it a good shake until the sweet potatoes are coated.
- Lay the coated sweet potatoes out on the crisper. Make sure to place the crisper over a baking sheet or cutting board in order to catch the excess cornmeal mixture that will fall through the holes.
- Place the crisper in the oven and bake for 24 minutes, flipping the sweet potatoes halfway through baking time.
Another really ingenious item is the steamer, because it cuts down on cooking time and locks in flavour. I used it to cook chicken souvlaki in less than 10 minutes!
It’s a miracle to me that I could make an entire Greek meal in so little time with the Greek Food. Real Fast meal kit. These clever kits contain all the spices and recipe cards you need to create a fabulously quick feast. In addition to the Greek kit, they have Italian, Mexican, and even a cocktail kit.
Equipped with my Greek meal kit, I deviated slightly from the usual Souvlaki with pita and used taco shells instead – just for fun.
I usually buy tzatziki sauce because I had it in my head that it was complicated and time-consuming, but it was a cinch to prepare with only 3 ingredients – Greek yogurt, grated cucumber, and Lemon Dilly Dip mix.
The Greek Dressing Seasoning made a perfect dressing to pour over cucumbers, tomatoes and feta for a quick Greek salad. It made me wonder why I’m buying store-bought salad dressings when all it takes is shaking a bottle seasoning, oil and vinegar together to make my own dressing.
The Whine Critics all gave these Greek Tacos their seal of approval. Taco shells made this meal fun for everyone, and the seasonings made it delicious.
These kits make it so simple and fun to create healthy meals with minimal time and effort. Even Cole was able to make Greek scrambled eggs practically all on his own with the help of Epicure spices (he wanted me to mention that here because he was so proud!).
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Disclosure: I received complimentary products from Epicure for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.
Everything looks so good! I’d love to try the lemon dilly dip mix to make our own tzatziki.
I actually really want to try that crisper!! The Greek seasoning sounds amazing too 🙂 I love their roasted red pepper sansel, don’t know why I haven’t tried more!
I absolutely love the garlic and herb salt grinder. Use it on everything!!!
I want to try the large ice cube tray with frozen fruit. I’ll pretend it’s still Summer 🙂
I would love to try the crisper!
I would love to try the Italian SeasoNing!
We have a lot of their seasonings. We don’t have their cookware. I would like to try the crisper for healthy fries!
their Apple Pie Spice
I’d love to try this one: Pumpkin Pie Spice.
Thanks.
The Pasta Pot!
Always wanted to try the crisper… heard good things about it
Love their stff. I need to get some more of their fruit salsa mix, so yummy.
I would love to try the Chocolate Truffle Dip Mix
I would have to say the crisper you reviewed. Those fries sound and look amazing. I love sweet potato fries and that Epicu!re Pizza Fries seasoning sounds perfect. Thanks for the review and giveaway
I think I would like to try the Good Greek as I have not had any Greek food in quite a while.
I love greek food – so Id like to try the greek dressing
I am a HUGE Epicure fan. Greek seasoning is my favourite and I’m always stocked up on it. We go through a lot of it in this house – on chicken, potatoes, veggies… it’s a staple. I am curious about the Greek Dressing!
The pizza seasoning!
Epicure Pizza Fries seasoning- this sounds great
I would like to try the guacamole dip mix.
I would love to try the Good Italian. Real Fast. I love cooking & playing in the kitchen so really any of them would be interesting to try!
I love all the Epicure I have tried, next I would like to try the fry seasoning.
I would love to try the Crisper
thanks
Id love to try the crisper!!
Love to try the seasonings…the Greek Tacos look amazing.
I would like to try the Good Mexican. Real Fast
I would love to try the Crisper!!! Great giveaway!
I would love to try the garlic and herb salt grinder.
Everything Pan that is perfect for Ideal for searing, browning, sautéing, and pan roasting! I would also like their black pepper grinder
I would like to try the Mexican kit!
I would love to get the white French Baker!!!!!
Really want to try their crisper pan and their petite perfects silicone tray…. looks amazing!
I’d like to try the crisper, the apple sage stuffing seasoning, the steamer and a bunch more lol!
I would love to try the crisper… They offer so many awesome things !
The mexican kit! Please!
Would love to try the good greek as I love Greek food!
I love the pizza over fries and have been wanting to try the good Greek, real fast!
Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
I love Greek food so the greek seasoning would be great to try.
I’d love to try the crisper, we love fries so a healthier approach is always better
I entered this contest before realizing it was for Canada only. Which makes me TOTALLY jelly of all the rest of you 🙁
I would love to try the Chocolate Mint Sugar.
The silicone steamer! I was at an epicure party yesterday and fell in love with it!
I love the Good Greek Real Fast collection. It is my favourite!!
I would like to try the Pizza Seasoning. I make sweet potato fries and this change sounds good,
The Rectangular Silicone Steamer.
I want to try the greek seasoning.
Epicure Pizza Oven Fries seasoning sounds great.
the blue cheese dip 🙂
I love Epicure products and there are so many things I’d love to try! I’ve heard that their Chocolate Velvet Cheesecake Mix is amazing!
I want to try the Chocolate Velvet Cheesecake Mix
I never tried any Epicure so id like to try Good Italian. Real Fast i guess?
I would like to try the
Greek kit
We have a ton of epicure – but one I haven’t tried is the pumpkin pie spice
would love to try the Chipster
crisper! microwave chip maker thing too! 🙂
oh my gosh!! this would be a great gift for my mom!!
I would love to try the greek kit
I love to try the crisper!!
The spices for the guacamole would be great to try
Wow the crisper sounds amazing so I must say the crisper!
any of the dips would be delicious, I am certain!
The greek seasoning
I would love to try their Pumpkin Pie Spice.
I’d try the crisper! I have been trying to make crispy sweet potato fries for years!
I love to try the pizza and greek seasoning and the crisper! Mexican food is the best!
The crisper is really interesting to me. I would like to try that.
I would love to try the Greek Kit!
I would like to try the crisper