Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Here are two great recipes for weeknight entertaining or for a special meal for you and your love. Rack of lamb sounds complicated but is surprisingly quick and easy to make. Luckily, I married a fellow lamb lover. Not everyone likes lamb. But I am …
Autumn days and autumn nights, Autumn feelings and autumn sights. Leaves of red, yellow and gold, Afternoons so bright and bold. These are two lines of a poem I wrote in the fifth grade. I can’t remember the rest of the poem but I always …
Here is a delicious way to use end of summer produce: ratatouille! In addition to being a super cute Pixar movie, ratatouille is a stewed vegetable dish with eggplant, zucchini, red pepper, tomatoes, garlic, and onions. When I was a vegetarian, my mom would make …
Trying to ignore the loud rain hammering the house and the tornado warnings for the county south of us to write this blog post! As we prepped for Hurricane Irene and the prospect of losing power, I decided to make Charlotte some food that might …
We are on the Jersey Shore until Labor Day. It’s been a great getaway — there is nothing I find more relaxing than the beach! This weekend we had some friends visit us and we had lots of good food — grilled pork chops, grilled …
I must say I was a little surprised to see Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover of Bon Appetit the other month. Obviously, her image has graced countless magazine covers but, after her macrobiotic phase, I typically don’t associate her with delicious food. But she has …
I bought some beautiful red bell peppers and zucchini balls at the farmer’s market. The zucchini ball seemed perfect for stuffing so I search for a stuffed pepper / zucchini recipe. My challenge was to find a recipe that did not involve rice or a …
We’re very lucky — our Charlotte is a great eater! She loves broccoli, green beans, fruit, and cheese and is even willing to eat fish! Charlotte loves these fish sticks! They are so easy to make and you can make a big batch and freeze …
Here is a super quick and healthy summer meal! The dish has lots of flavor from the tomatoes, olives, and lemon juice. What a fresh and summery combination. I used sushi-grade tuna from my favorite fish store — The Lobster Place — and served it …
After our success with the Broccoli Cheese Nuggets, I thought I would give homemade chicken nuggets a try. These nuggets are not pretty and almost look like a meatball, but, regardless of their appearance, Charlotte loved them! I had a taste and thought they were …