Quick and delicious weeknight meals
As my readers know, I love tomatoes! I love a juicy Jersey tomato simply sliced in the summer. And I love all the wonderful things you can do with canned tomatoes in the fall and winter. A good marinara sauce and tomato soup are among …
I am a soup lover and a tomato lover so there is nothing I like more on a hot day than a cold bowl of gazpacho! I just recently came across the Barefoot Contessa’s gazpacho recipe. It is simple and quick and relies only on …
I saw this soup and crostini recipe in a recent Williams-Sonoma catalog and knew I had to make it. I love all the ingredients involved in both the soup and crostini. The speed with which the soup comes together and the simplicity of the crostini …
We’re still cooking our way through the ground beef from the steer. Here’s a tasty chili recipe that actually doesn’t even call for chili powder! The heat and flavor come from chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and ground cumin. The stewed tomatoes and beer also …
We have lots of ground beef from the half steer. I typically make turkey chili but figured beef chili was perfect for a frigid day in Becket (windchill was negative 15 degrees!) and a good use for the copious amounts of ground beef in our …
Here is a great weeknight soup recipe for a cold night. It is very flavorful, easy, and relatively kid-friendly! This is my first Paula Deen recipe ever. Most of her recipes use LOTS of butter but this one is very healthy. I added some ditalini …
My dad always cooked the Thanksgiving turkey and on the Friday after Thanksgiving he would make his famous turkey soup! We all loved the soup and the tradition. As with everything he did, my dad made a very big deal out of his soup and …
January 23, 2021 note: I posted this recipe originally in 2009. I’ve been making it for over 10 years and it has stood the test of time. Depending on whether I used diced tomatoes with peppers or whole tomatoes, which brand of chipotle peppers in …
Tim and I are spending a quiet long weekend in the Berkshires. The cool mountain air inspired me to make soup.  I asked Tim what kind of soup I should make. He answered (very definitively), “black bean soup, like Atticus.” Tim never demands particular foods …
I made this delicious soup one night last week for dinner (just haven’t had a chance to post it).  I’ve always loved pasta e fagioli but had never made it before. I found this easy recipe from Giada and was surprised it was quick enough …