Quick and delicious weeknight meals
After a glutenous rib dinner, I decided we needed something a bit healthier for dinner last night. I saw this salmon recipe in Food & Wine and loved its simplicity and the fact that there was very little prep work! We used wild sockeye salmon …
This is a super simple green bean salad with a refreshing lemon vinaigrette and some thinly sliced grilled red onions. The salad is made with haricot vert — French green beans — which are thinner and longer than typical string beans. I also find the …
We made this dish — a more sophisticated jalapeno popper — for the first time last night and it appeared to be a hit! I made the cheese filling and stuffed the peppers before our guests arrived and just kept the stuffed peppers in the …
Chances are if you’ve been to my house in the summer, you’ve had this dish. I first had it our close family friend Judy’s house and have made it countless times since. I take a shortcut and don’t actually make the salsa verde as shown …
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 …
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 …
Tim and I have outdoor space in our new apartment! For those that don’t live in NYC, this is a rarity!  We’ve already tried to make our little patch of patio a bit more attractive with some plants and flowers. Our bright orange patio chairs …
My mom visited us in the Berkshires for Easter. I decided to turn to Food & Wine for culinary inspiration! We had a grilled leg of lamb, pancetta-wrapped asparagus cooked on the grill, and a cannellini & green bean salad. Typically when we grill leg …
Taste: **** Difficult: Easy Cleanup: Quick Tim and I are in the Berkshires for the first time since March 1st! We typically don’t go this long without coming up to our house but there’s been a lot going on with AdBuyer.com and we just haven’t …
The Monday New York Times used to be my favorite because I could finish the crossword with ease, making me feel as gifted a crossword puzzle solver as my brother John and my mother-in-law Pam. But once I discovered the wonderfully simple recipes from Mark …