Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Here is a healthy, vegetarian dinner option for those of you trying to keep to your New Year’s resolutions. I was a little skeptical of this recipe but then I read the reviews on the Food Network site and they were all raves! The sauce …
I can’t believe this chicken recipe didn’t make it to the blog in 2009! Both Tim and I love it and I have made it for a number of dinner guests who all seem to have enjoyed it as well. The recipe is great because …
We are slowly but surely working our way through the ground beef in our freezer. I decided to make an all ground beef meat sauce on Sunday night. But after our long drive home from the Berkshires, I needed a sauce that would be ready …
As a Christmas gift for our family and a few friends, I printed Weeknight Gourmet cookbooks featuring my favorite 70 or so recipes from 2009. Pulling the book together was a fun way to reflect on my year of cooking and blogging and the recipients …
Pureed cauliflower is one of my favorite winter side dishes. It is a great accompaniment to many comfort foods – stews, roast chicken, meatloaf — and is far less caloric and full of carbohydrates than mashed potatoes. Here is recipe I have concocted. If you’d …
Since it is our last morning in Becket after a wonderful week, I decided to make a special breakfast. Pregnancy has definitely brought out my sweet tooth so I thought french toast would be a delicious way to start our Sunday! I had a loaf …
Happy New Year! The first post of the year is a quick one. Last night, I made this simple spinach salad. The recipe reminds me of my mom’s spinach salad which I have always loved! I used baby spinach because that’s what we had but …
I just wanted to write a Happy New Year message to my readers and say thank you for reading my blog during 2009! Here are some stats for the year: This is my 215th post for the year. I’ve had just under 31,000 readers since …
Here’s a delicious oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe. I made these today to bring up to Vermont where we are spending New Year’s with Tim’s brother, his wife, and baby girl. The cookies are chewy and packed with lots of chocolaty and oat goodness. The …
We have lots of ground beef from the half steer. I typically make turkey chili but figured beef chili was perfect for a frigid day in Becket (windchill was negative 15 degrees!) and a good use for the copious amounts of ground beef in our …