Quick and delicious weeknight meals
To accompany our grilled leg of lamb dinner, I made #54 on Mark Bittman’s 101 Simple Summer Salads. The “recipe” is below: “Slice roasted red peppers (if you must use canned, try to find piquillos) and fresh mozzarella. Toss with cooked white beans, olive oil, …
Need summer salad ideas? Look no further than The Minimalist’s “101 Simple Salads for the Season”. Regardless of your taste and dietary restrictions, there is most certainly a recipe for you! The article details simple vegan and vegetarian salads, as well as salads containing seafood, …
A couple of years ago I saw an episode of Bobby Flay’s “Boy Meets Grill” entitled French Bistro Grilling. Tim and I adore typical French bistro fare. Figuring it would only be more delicious on the grill, I printed out the episode’s recipes. We finally …
As I mentioned earlier we had some friends up to the Berkshires this weekend. I decided that we would do two different types of kebabs, a salad, and — my summer favorite — grilled corn for dinner on Saturday. We finished the meal with a …
The salad and crostinis were a great combo of flavors! I used heirloom cherry tomatoes which provided some great color to the salad. The pesto was tasty and everyone seemed to enjoy the little crostinis. The recipe made about twice as much dressing as we …
We had our friends Julia and Brian over for dinner last night. We were excited to have them over and hear all about their upcoming wedding in August but I wasn’t going to have a ton of time to cook plus I needed to pick …
Tim’s cousin Sarah (who was also my classmate at Yale and HBS) came over for dinner on Monday night. After a busy weekend of cooking for the shower, I wanted to make something simple that would allow me to utilize a few extras from the …
On Saturday, my mom and I hosted a bridal shower for 25 in honor of Tricia — my oldest friend. The shower was at the bride’s parents house in beautiful Spring Lake, NJ. My mom and I cooked all the dishes — an array of …
This was definitely one of the favorites at the shower! The only suggestions here are: 1) Buy good quality shrimp. Purchasing them peeled and deveined will save you some time. 2) Use fresh lemon juice and fresh herbs. It will definitely made a difference. 3) …
This dish was absolutely delicious the day we made it but I think it lost something overnight. It didn’t refrigerate super well and I would suggest serving this dish the day you make it. Only a couple of minor notes. We cooked the strip steak …