Quick and delicious weeknight meals
At our small Thanksgiving dinner, we skipped the mashed potatoes since none of us is a big fan. My mom and I love sweet potatoes so we included those on the menu. I had never tried this Barefoot Contessa recipe before but was not disappointed. …
I’ve made this dish for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Brussels sprouts get a bad name but Tim and I just love them. They are great simply roasted or delicious in a dish like this. Pancetta makes everything even more delicious! You can do all the …
My mom discovered this recipe in a Real Simple a few years ago and we’ve found it to be a great Thanksgiving side dish. The flavor accompanies the turkey very well. Plus it is a yummy leftover! I recommend preparing the dish in advance but …
My mom snipped this recipe out of her local paper, The Asbury Park Press, and we made it the night before Thanksgiving to accompany our grass-fed sirloin. We cut the butternut squash into small cubes, tossed with a little olive oil and salt and pepper, …
I made this recipe the other week and thought it would be a good recipe for the week after Thanksgiving since everyone has probably eaten too much turkey and might want a meat-free meal. The bread pudding was very easy to make and was tasty. …
Buying a half steer is going to make me much more conversant on the various cuts of beef and what to do with them. We couldn’t quite get one of the boneless chuck roasts into the freezer on Friday so we decided to defrost it. …
We had these delicious twice baked potatoes with our first steak from White Flower Farm. The recipe, as written, takes a while but I took a few shortcuts to save time. I cooked the potatoes in the microwave. Perhaps the potato skin would have been …
Tim and I drove to Litchfield, CT yesterday to pick up our dry-aged and butchered half steer. The steer is from White Flower Farm and was beautifully butchered by Litchfield Locker and Processing. We luckily picked up exactly the right amount of beef to fill …
Risotto is not hard to make but it definitely requires attention and time so I find it to be a weekend meal. I thought Wild Mushroom Risotto was a perfect fall dish for a cold night in Becket. I found some wonderful looking cremini, button, …
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 …