Quick and delicious weeknight meals
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. …
Here is a very tasty way to prepare your basic pork chop! The goat cheese, cream cheese, spinach, and sun-dried tomato filling is super tasty and tangy. The dish looks like it would take a long time to make but comes together quite quickly. A …
In this month’s Real Simple, there was an article on ten ideas for your basic cheese ravioli from the refrigerator section. Many of the ideas looked quite tasty and they all looked like a very easy way to spruce up a basic ingredient. I made …
A couple of friends (thanks Cameron & Suzanne) recommended Fine Cooking Magazine to me, so I bought the most recent issue. I really enjoyed the magazine and think I might have to add to my growing list of cooking magazines! One of the articles I …
I had one last package of short ribs from our half-steer and decided to cook them yesterday in the slow cooker. Tim loved this dish! And, I loved how easy it was to get dinner on the table. I think I prefer the traditional braising …
Here’s a very tasty and easy shrimp dish. The recipe is basically a spicy version of shrimp scampi. It’s very simple and fresh tasting. I didn’t make any changes to the dish other than adding some freshly grated pecorino romano to the panko mixture. Serve …
Here is a healthy, vegetarian dinner option for those of you trying to keep to your New Year’s resolutions. I was a little skeptical of this recipe but then I read the reviews on the Food Network site and they were all raves! The sauce …
I can’t believe this chicken recipe didn’t make it to the blog in 2009! Both Tim and I love it and I have made it for a number of dinner guests who all seem to have enjoyed it as well. The recipe is great because …
We are slowly but surely working our way through the ground beef in our freezer. I decided to make an all ground beef meat sauce on Sunday night. But after our long drive home from the Berkshires, I needed a sauce that would be ready …
As a Christmas gift for our family and a few friends, I printed Weeknight Gourmet cookbooks featuring my favorite 70 or so recipes from 2009. Pulling the book together was a fun way to reflect on my year of cooking and blogging and the recipients …