Cup of Content

Simple instructions for cooking vegetables everyone will devour at dinner

A lot of attention gets paid to meats and main courses, but side dishes deserve equal love.

In this second installment of Cup of Content, food and lifestyle expert Roni Proter demonstrates the easiest way to roast veggies — cauliflower, carrots, what have you — for a tasty addition to the dinner table.

The key, she explains, is to give the vegetables plenty of room for hot air to circulate inside the oven. After generously tossing with olive oil, salt, and pepper, spread the veggies evenly and heat at 375 degree for about 25 minutes. The result is a crisp, flavorful, and nutritious side dish.

Proter has more than a decade of television experience, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes, as a regular contributor to AOL, iFood.tv, Kitchen Daily, Good Morning Texas, Great Day San Antonio, and Veria Living. She created Dinner Reinvented as a lifestyle reporter for KDAF, the CW affiliate in Dallas, after she discovered the challenges of preparing dinner as a busy working mother.

These tips will ensure you're roasting vegetables the right way.

Cup of Content roasted veggies

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These tips will ensure you're roasting vegetables the right way.

Quonset Hut News

Familiar names take over Quonset hut for new Far-Out Dallas bar

Far-Out Dallas

Yelp

Wriggly Tin is now Far-Out Dallas

There's a new Dallas restaurant and bar coming to everyone's favorite Quonset hut: Called Far-Out, it'll take over the space at 1906 E. Haskell Ave. in East Dallas that was previously home to Wriggly Tin, with a grand opening slated for 2025.

Founders Caroline and James Lee are calling it Far-Out & La Hermana Cerveceria and promise that a culinary adventure awaits.

"After months of creative brainstorming and a bit of furniture rearranging, we are thrilled to announce an exciting new pioneering concept that will open its doors in 2025," the duo says. "Introducing Far-Out & La Hermana Cerveceria, a dynamic new restaurant and brewery born from the collaboration of industry veterans."

The team includes some beloved East Dallas names:

Marc Cassel of The Green Room and 20 Feet Seafood Joint
Christopher Jeffers of Bolsa and Smoke
Stephanie Houston, the trailblazing first Latina Production distillery owner in America

Also joining the team is Bar Director Adam Mercado, whose resume includes stints at Billy Can Can and Brass Ram.

Marcado will crafting a unique beverage program, with support from mixologist Brian McCullough. Together, they will create what the founders call "unforgettable drink experiences to complement our delicious culinary offerings."

Wriggly Tin opened in November 2023 as an ultra-hip pizza and craft beer spot inside a renovated Quonset hut near Dallas' Fair Park — a former Cajun fried turkey place which they gave doting makeover with custom plaster walls and art objects from around the world. They replaced one whole side of the hut with glass for sunsets and created a spacious outdoor patio in front.

They earned two nomination in CultureMap's 2024 Tastemaker Awards, one for Best Bar and another for Best Patio.

Alas, the original founders, who'd previously owned Small Brewpub in Oak Cliff, parted ways shortly after it opened. And the bar closed down in September 2024, for what they called "internal changes."

Now the hut is back: The new Far-Out bar is already up and running a few days a week. In the coming days, they will offer updates and sneak peeks as they gear up for the opening of their kitchen.

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