Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Here is another slow cooker recipe! This is a Mexican-style chicken and beans recipe. There is a little heat from the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and you can add extra spice or reduce the spice depending on what type of salsa you use. I …
I love Coq au Vin! Actually, I cannot fathom how someone wouldn’t love this dish. Chicken braised in red wine with mushrooms, shallots and lardons…mmmm! A perfect dish for a chilly night. But, as with all braised dishes, Coq au Vin must simmer for hours …
If you love black bean soup, you’ll enjoy this slow cooker recipe! How amazing are slow cookers! I love throwing the ingredients in the cooker and then coming home 10 hours later with dinner prepared. This recipe was especially appealing because, as you know, I …
Looking for a tasty weeknight chicken recipe? Here another delicious recipe from my gal Giada. What I love about this dish is that it tastes like it has been simmering for hours but only requires about 30 minutes of prep and cooking. The prosciutto, wine, …
I prepared my first baby food this week –pureed sweet potatoes! I can hardly believe Charlotte is eating solids. While I now understand why so many new parents say they can hardly remember life without their little one, in many ways the first five months …
I’ve always loved Giada (and am more than a little bit jealous of how she can cook and eat such delicious food and have such an amazing figure). But now more than ever I am developing a real appreciation for her recipes because they are …
I used to grocery shop multiple times per week. I would just pick up what I needed for dinner that night on my way home from work. That’s not a realistic option now that Charlotte has come along and I am working full time. Menu …
Tim and I are laying off the carbs for a few weeks but I made this Meatless Monday recipe in September and it was quick and tasty! I used baby spinach because that’s what I had on hand. The combo of parmesan and asiago was …
I have been cooking, but it has been tough to blog with a 4-month-old baby and a full-time job so I have a bit of a backlog of recipes to write up. Here is a delicious chicken recipe that both you and the kids will …
Here is a delicious and easy dinner that you can make with either store-bought or homemade pesto. I used some pesto that my mother-in-law Pam made with the fresh basil from their glorious vegetable garden. The corn – haricots verts combo with pesto was unexpectedly …