Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Friday was Tim and my five year wedding anniversary! It’s hard to believe it’s been so long since that beautiful day in Lenox, MA. Tim and I celebrated with an amazing dinner at Bouley. I have been lucky enough to dine at Bouley a few …
It’s another rainy summer day but that doesn’t mean we can’t dine on quintessential summer foods like WATERMELON! To me, there are few foods that encapsulate summer better than a juicy slice of watermelon. Here is a great salad with watermelon, feta, and baby arugula. …
Okay…so I actually cooked this on Tuesday but I liked the title Meatless Monday! A few comments… My new favorite grocery store — the Westside Market — had fresh ricotta when I was there on Sunday. Fresh ricotta makes this dish even more delicious! I …
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 …
These chicken kebabs were absolutely delicious!! The yogurt-based marinate kept the chicken super moist as it grilled. Boneless, skinless breasts usually dry out on the grill but not with this marinade! I followed the recipe so only a couple of comments…I couldn’t find Aleppo pepper …
The salad and crostinis were a great combo of flavors! I used heirloom cherry tomatoes which provided some great color to the salad. The pesto was tasty and everyone seemed to enjoy the little crostinis. The recipe made about twice as much dressing as we …
Tim’s cousin Sarah (who was also my classmate at Yale and HBS) came over for dinner on Monday night. After a busy weekend of cooking for the shower, I wanted to make something simple that would allow me to utilize a few extras from the …
Taste: *** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick I made this quick and easy stir fry last night. The rice took longer to cook than the stir fry itself so it’s a great weeknight dish. A few notes…the store didn’t have snap peas so I bought snow …
Taste: *** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick I found this recipe on the Epicurious app on my iPhone and used the shopping list feature as I shopped at Trader Joe’s on my way home from the Berkshires. What a handy application! This pasta dish was tasty …
I discovered that Epicurious has an iPhone application! For those of you not familiar with Epicurious, it is the cooking website owned by Conde Nast that publishes recipes from Bon Appetit and Gourmet. Their iPhone app let’s you search their database of 5,000 weeknight meals, …