Tag: Food

Lemon Pasta with Roasted Shrimp

Lemon Pasta with Roasted Shrimp

Here is a quick and easy pasta dish from the Barefoot Contessa.  I just loved the lemon flavor with the roasted shrimp! I did make a few changes to the recipe though.  Instead of angel hair, I used Trader Joe’s Lemon Pepper Pappardelle which added 

Finger Food Fun: Broccoli Cheese Nuggets & Avocado Spread

Finger Food Fun: Broccoli Cheese Nuggets & Avocado Spread

Hard to believe Charlotte is 10 months old!  As you can tell by her cheeks, she’s a good eater. We have moved beyond smooth purees and are fully into chunky mixtures and finger foods.  Charlotte loves fruit — pears and bananas are her favorites — 

Turkey Milanese

Turkey Milanese

Tim and my go-to delivery restaurant is a place called Good in the West Village.  We typically order their crisp turkey scallopine with arugula, ricotta salata & lemon-caper vinaigrette.  I think we are single-handedly responsible for it becoming one of Good’s most popular items on 

Five-Spice-Glazed Salmon with Sesame Green Beans

Five-Spice-Glazed Salmon with Sesame Green Beans

Here is a a quick and easy Asian-flavored salmon dish.  The simple marinade — honey, soy sauce, Chinese Five-Spice Powder, and garlic — is packed with flavor. Five-spice powder is a mixture of — you guessed it — five spices.  Typically, it contains cinnamon, cloves, 

Easiest Beef Stew Ever!

Easiest Beef Stew Ever!

It has been a while since I posted.  I have been cooking but between work, some illness making its way through our family, and taking a much needed vacation, there really hasn’t been much time to devote to my blog.  Hopefully that will change soon! 

Barefoot Contessa's New Cookbook, "How Easy is That?"

Barefoot Contessa's New Cookbook, "How Easy is That?"

I received the latest Barefoot Contessa cookbook, How Easy is That, for Christmas.  As usual, it is beautifully photographed and full of flavorful but simple recipes that rely on good quality, fresh ingredients.  I don’t think there was a single recipe in the book I 

Cooking for Charlotte: First Baby Food

Cooking for Charlotte: First Baby Food

We’ve been blessed with a good eater (as evidenced by her cheeks and thighs)!  Charlotte transitioned to solids very easily a few months ago.  We started with the basic (and bland) rice cereal and then introduced a variety of fruit and veggie purees.  Other than 

Happy New Year!  Top 2010 Posts

Happy New Year! Top 2010 Posts

Happy New Year from the Weeknight Gourmet!  2010 was a transforming year for me as I became a mother.  Here are my favorite posts and recipes of this very memorable year.  Some of the posts are bit sentimental and others are just delicious recipes.  Enjoy! 

Holiday Menu: Honey-Mustard Pork Roast with Bacon, Baby Arugula Salad & Cauliflower Gratin

Holiday Menu: Honey-Mustard Pork Roast with Bacon, Baby Arugula Salad & Cauliflower Gratin

The day after Christmas is my father-in-law’s birthday.  Tim’s immediately family came up to the Berkshires on the 26th to celebrate.  We had the delicious and festive menu below.  The pork I have made before and it was even better than I remember!  The bacon 

Holiday Menu: The Best Red Velvet Cake

Holiday Menu: The Best Red Velvet Cake

I wish I had a photo of this cake but it was too hectic getting the meal on the table and entertaining guests.  But trust me, it was amazing looking and tasting! I turned to my favorite source of the cake recipes — the Cake