Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Here is a delicious and very easy side dish! I love broccolini — or baby broccoli. It’s so quick to prepare, very healthy, and doesn’t require much in the way of ingredients to make a very interesting side dish. I thought this broccolini recipe with …
In addition to the Spinach Gratin, we had some sauteed mushrooms. I loosely followed the Barefoot Contessa recipe below. I used a mix of basic white, shitake, and baby portobello mushrooms. It was a delicious accompaniment to our porterhouse steaks! Sauteed Wild Mushrooms Barefoot Contessa …
Tim dug our grill out of the snow yesterday so that he could grill the porterhouse steaks from our half-steer. Tim grilled two porterhouses to perfection! Porterhouses are not for those with a light appetite — they consist of a strip steak + a filet. …
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 …
We had 3 couples over for dinner last night. Our dear friends Jason and Maria are expecting their second child on New Year’s Eve so we thought it would be fun to have them over — before things get even busier for them — to …
I thought this would be a nice side dish for the pork (it can also serve as a standalone vegetarian entree). Because the pork had to cook at 350 degrees, I roasted the cauliflower, onion, caper combo earlier in the afternoon. I figured the cauliflower …
We enjoyed a quiet Thanksgiving with my mom in the Berkshires. Even though it was just three of us (plus Angus), we made the full bird and array of sides. You shouldn’t have to sacrifice all your favorites tastes of the holiday even if you …
At our small Thanksgiving dinner, we skipped the mashed potatoes since none of us is a big fan. My mom and I love sweet potatoes so we included those on the menu. I had never tried this Barefoot Contessa recipe before but was not disappointed. …
I’ve made this dish for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Brussels sprouts get a bad name but Tim and I just love them. They are great simply roasted or delicious in a dish like this. Pancetta makes everything even more delicious! You can do all the …
My mom discovered this recipe in a Real Simple a few years ago and we’ve found it to be a great Thanksgiving side dish. The flavor accompanies the turkey very well. Plus it is a yummy leftover! I recommend preparing the dish in advance but …