Tag: Martha Stewart

Classic Tomato Soup

Classic Tomato Soup

As my readers know, I love tomatoes!  I love a juicy Jersey tomato simply sliced in the summer.  And I love all the wonderful things you can do with canned tomatoes in the fall and winter.  A good marinara sauce and tomato soup are among 

Slow Cooker Recipes: Tex-Mex Chicken & Beans

Slow Cooker Recipes: Tex-Mex Chicken & Beans

Here is another slow cooker recipe!  This is a Mexican-style chicken and beans recipe.  There is a little heat from the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and you can add extra spice or reduce the spice depending on what type of salsa you use. I 

Meatless Monday: Fresh Vegetable Quesadillas with Corn Relish

Meatless Monday: Fresh Vegetable Quesadillas with Corn Relish

Here is a great summer meatless Monday recipe.  The recipe is super quick because you do not cook the veggies before grilling the quesadillas. I love using my grill pan to make quesadillas.  I usually just lightly brush the pan with olive oil or spray 

Chicken Milanese with Arugula Salad

Chicken Milanese with Arugula Salad

I have a backlog of a few posts.  This dish was actually one of the first things I made when I got back into the kitchen. I saw this recipe in the new Everyday Food cookbook decided to make it because it reminded me of 

Getting Back in the Kitchen: Herb-Crusted Salmon with Spinach Salad

Getting Back in the Kitchen: Herb-Crusted Salmon with Spinach Salad

Slowly but surely I am getting back into the kitchen making simple meals and relying on quick and easy recipes.  I have a backlog of a few posts I need to write but hopefully you’ll see some more posts this week! Charlotte and I enjoyed 

It Feels Like Summer: Grilled Tomato Linguine

It Feels Like Summer: Grilled Tomato Linguine

by Weeknight Gourmet Guest Blogger Happy Farrow One of my favorite cookbooks is Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food: Great Food Fast.  I love that the book is organized by season with subcategories (soups and salads, main courses, pastas, sides, and desserts), and all of the recipes 

Meatless Monday: Pasta with Sweet Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, and Ricotta

Meatless Monday: Pasta with Sweet Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, and Ricotta

Here’s another super easy meatless Monday recipe — courtesy of the new Everyday Food cookbook — that relies on spring produce.  The thing I love about this recipe is that other than chopping a tablespoon of fresh tarragon there is absolutely no chopping involved!  Perfect 

Weeknight Chicken: Chicken with Tomatoes, Olives, and Cilantro

Weeknight Chicken: Chicken with Tomatoes, Olives, and Cilantro

First of all, my mother thinks it is ridiculous that I am still cooking with my due date only five days away but I really do find cooking (and blogging) relaxing. I bought the new Everyday Food cookbook a few weeks ago and have been 

Prepping for Baby: Vegetable Lasagna

Prepping for Baby: Vegetable Lasagna

My friend Suzanne had an adorable baby girl in February.  She mentioned to me several weeks ago that she had made my favorite lasagna recipe before the baby was born and froze it.  I decided that “make-ahead meals” would be a great blog series and 

Super Fast Spaghetti & Meatballs

Super Fast Spaghetti & Meatballs

As I am slowing down quite a bit with less than two weeks to go until my due date, I have tried to make pretty simple dinners. I adapted this recipe from the most recent issue of Everyday Food.  Instead of actually making meatballs, you