Fall Stews: Spicy Sausage, Escarole & White Bean

Fall Stews: Spicy Sausage, Escarole & White Bean

Here is a super quick and delicious fall meal!  This white bean and sausage stew requires few ingredients and only one pot so it is perfect for weeknight cooking. To lighten the dish up, try turkey sausage instead of pork sausage. Also, the recipe calls 

Fall Meals: Beef & Black Bean Chili with Chipotle and Avocado

Fall Meals: Beef & Black Bean Chili with Chipotle and Avocado

I love chili!  It is such a satisfying fall and winter meal.  Plus, it usually packs some heat which I love.  And, it usually only requires a single pot! I was looking for a new chili recipe using ground beef so I could use the 

End of Summer Meatless Monday: Ratatouille

End of Summer Meatless Monday: Ratatouille

Here is a delicious way to use end of summer produce: ratatouille!  In addition to being a super cute Pixar movie, ratatouille is a stewed vegetable dish with eggplant, zucchini, red pepper, tomatoes, garlic, and onions.  When I was a vegetarian, my mom would make 

Pan-Seared Tuna Steaks with Warm Tomato, Basil, and Olive Salad

Pan-Seared Tuna Steaks with Warm Tomato, Basil, and Olive Salad

Here is a super quick and healthy summer meal!  The dish has lots of flavor from the tomatoes, olives, and lemon juice.  What a fresh and summery combination. I used sushi-grade tuna from my favorite fish store — The Lobster Place — and served it 

Slow Cooker Recipes: Pot Roast

Slow Cooker Recipes: Pot Roast

Just as I was skeptical of the Slow Cooker Beef Stew recipe that did not require me to brown the stew cubes, I was highly skeptical of this slow-cooker pot roast recipe that did not require me to brow the chuck roast and called for 

Five-Spice-Glazed Salmon with Sesame Green Beans

Five-Spice-Glazed Salmon with Sesame Green Beans

Here is a a quick and easy Asian-flavored salmon dish.  The simple marinade — honey, soy sauce, Chinese Five-Spice Powder, and garlic — is packed with flavor. Five-spice powder is a mixture of — you guessed it — five spices.  Typically, it contains cinnamon, cloves, 

Easiest Beef Stew Ever!

Easiest Beef Stew Ever!

It has been a while since I posted.  I have been cooking but between work, some illness making its way through our family, and taking a much needed vacation, there really hasn’t been much time to devote to my blog.  Hopefully that will change soon! 

Sausage, Peppers & Onions Stoup (and a vocab lesson)

Sausage, Peppers & Onions Stoup (and a vocab lesson)

Brrr….it is frigid in New York City! Here is a great stoup recipe to keep warm on a cold night.  Rachael Ray uses the word stoup to refer to a dish that is heartier than a soup but not quite a stew.  As is the 

Weeknight Chicken: Roman-Style Chicken

Weeknight Chicken: Roman-Style Chicken

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, 

Tasty Turkey Tacos

Tasty Turkey Tacos

Here is another recipe I found while shopping for groceries on Fresh Direct.  As I try to find time to prepare dinner with a newborn, I’ve been looking for recipes that are quick and healthy (so I can lose the baby weight).  This recipe —