Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Here is a quick and easy summer dessert. It would have been a healthier dessert except I baked a pound cake (thanks to Betty Crocker). Make sure the peaches are ripe but not too ripe — it’s easier to cut them. The peaches were even …
I started this cooking blog one night in late January and really wasn’t sure how it would be received or if I’d enjoy writing it. I have been pleasantly surprised by the positive reception from my readers and how much I enjoy communicating my culinary …
Here’s a great alternative to mayonnaise-based pasta salads! Lots of delicious flavors going on in this salad – goat cheese, olives, proscuitto, and a great vinaigrette. Last night, I made this to go along with our hamburgers on the grill. I didn’t have any proscuitto …
This is a super simple green bean salad with a refreshing lemon vinaigrette and some thinly sliced grilled red onions. The salad is made with haricot vert — French green beans — which are thinner and longer than typical string beans. I also find the …
We had some friends up to Becket last night. Amy, Colin and their adorable daughter Lucy drove up from New Haven and Ashley, who lives in San Francisco, drove over from Boston where she had some meetings. Sadly, Ashley’s husband Dave and beautiful baby girl …
I saw an amazing mushroom quiche recipe by Thomas Keller in Food & Wine but it was way more quiche than we’d needed for three people and I wasn’t in the mood to make my own pastry. I ended up making a variation combining elements …
Taste: **** Difficulty: Moderate Cleanup: Moderate Quiche is a wonderful brunch food. Even my mother who doesn’t really like egg dishes, can’t resist the combo of the savory quiche filling and the buttery crust. I have made this quiche a number of times. Often I …