Quick and delicious weeknight meals
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 …
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 hosted an “Early Mother’s Day / See our New Apartment” brunch on Saturday for Tim’s parents, brother, our sister-in-law, and our beautiful little niece Kaylin. I made two wonderful brunch dishes – a tomato, olive, and rosemary crustless quiche and an asparagus …
I love artichokes but have never cooked with fresh artichokes. I must admit I have been intimidated by their unique structure. So, when I read this week’s Melissa Clark article in the New York Times about stuffed artichokes, I decided it was time to stop …
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 …
As I mentioned in my previous post, we had a dinner party for 10 last night — 4 other couples from business school. I was excited to host so that we didn’t feel rushed and could catch up more easily than in a restaurant. But …
Taste: **** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Moderate I decided to make this Barefoot Contessa Zucchini Gratin as a side dish last night. It was delicious — everyone raved about it! I followed the recipe exactly other than using panko instead of fresh breadcrumbs. The panko provided …
We had our good friends Pam & Tony over for dinner tonight. They are always lots of fun! Without fail, Pam brings more wine than I think we can consume but by the end of the evening the bottles are empty and we’ve had a …
The idea for a steak dinner started with the extra bag of spinach I had in the fridge. What’s better than my steakhouse favorite, creamed spinach? We needed some steak to go with the spinach, so I went to the store intending to buy skirt …