Quick and delicious weeknight meals
My mom snipped this recipe out of her local paper, The Asbury Park Press, and we made it the night before Thanksgiving to accompany our grass-fed sirloin. We cut the butternut squash into small cubes, tossed with a little olive oil and salt and pepper, …
We had these delicious twice baked potatoes with our first steak from White Flower Farm. The recipe, as written, takes a while but I took a few shortcuts to save time. I cooked the potatoes in the microwave. Perhaps the potato skin would have been …
Tim and I drove to Litchfield, CT yesterday to pick up our dry-aged and butchered half steer. The steer is from White Flower Farm and was beautifully butchered by Litchfield Locker and Processing. We luckily picked up exactly the right amount of beef to fill …
I was in my local food store, Guido’s, in the Berkshires yesterday and came across a root vegetable I was unfamiliar with — burdock. I was curious about the root so I did a little research. Here’s some info from Wikipedia: The taproot of young …
We had Tim’s family up to the Berkshires this weekend. Tim’s parents and the dogs arrived on Friday and Tim’s brother, his wife, and baby girl came on Saturday. We had this delicious and surprisingly simple barbecue menu on Friday night! I love grilled lamb …
Here is a wonderful way to put fresh zucchini and basil to work — a tasty and healthy pasta salad dish for the summer. I did add an extra clove of garlic to the recipe. I also added crumbled ricotta salata cheese for some additional …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I started this cooking blog one night in late January and really wasn’t sure how it would be received or if I’d enjoy writing it. I have been pleasantly surprised by the positive reception from my readers and how much I enjoy communicating my culinary …