Quick and delicious weeknight meals
We had some friends up to Becket last night. Amy, Colin and their adorable daughter Lucy drove up from New Haven and Ashley, who lives in San Francisco, drove over from Boston where she had some meetings. Sadly, Ashley’s husband Dave and beautiful baby girl …
This dish is an old standby for me. I have cooked it for many dinner guests and, without fail, the guests request the recipe! I typically get shrimp that have already been peeled and deveined as a time saver. And, I usually throw in a …
Taste: *** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick I made this quick and easy stir fry last night. The rice took longer to cook than the stir fry itself so it’s a great weeknight dish. A few notes…the store didn’t have snap peas so I bought snow …
Taste: *** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick I found this recipe on the Epicurious app on my iPhone and used the shopping list feature as I shopped at Trader Joe’s on my way home from the Berkshires. What a handy application! This pasta dish was tasty …
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I discovered that Epicurious has an iPhone application! For those of you not familiar with Epicurious, it is the cooking website owned by Conde Nast that publishes recipes from Bon Appetit and Gourmet. Their iPhone app let’s you search their database of 5,000 weeknight meals, …
Sometimes the simplest dishes are the most delicious! This recipe only requires 3 ingredients that might not be already in your pantry/fridge — bucatini, pancetta, and Pecorino Romano. Just a couple of caveats… Don’t forget to reserve the pasta water. It’s key to the sauce …
Taste: **** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick Tim and I had these tasty burgers on Monday night! It was a beautiful day and we wanted to put our grill to use. What better way to use it than to grill burgers! I saw this burger recipe …
Taste: *** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick I made this shrimp dish on Friday night. It was tasty, very quick, and easy! My new favorite grocery store – the Westside Market on 14th Street and 7th Avenue – had shrimp that were already peeled and deveined …
I made these cookies on Friday night to serve on Saturday at our brunch. I couldn’t imagine six people eating a whole batch of cookies but I forgot the Ogilvie men were coming over. There wasn’t a single cookie left to bring to my mom’s …