Quick and delicious weeknight meals
As my due date approaches, I am definitely slowing down a bit so I am on the hunt for some easy weeknight meals. Tim and I both love pesto of any sort so when I saw this super simple Giada de Laurentiis recipe the other …
We had this tasty vegetarian pasta dish last week. It was very quick and easy to prepare, quite delicious, and reminded me of springtime. The store didn’t have frozen lima beans so I substituted frozen edamame (baby soybeans). Edamame are packed with protein and quite …
Here is a super easy and healthy Asian-inspired dinner. Chicken is sauteed in soy sauce and light brown sugar and then tossed with toasted sesame seeds. The sesame chicken is piled on top of soba noodles and greens that have been drizzled with a simple …
Yesterday was Tim’s birthday! To celebrate, I made a cake that I brought into the office. This was no ordinary cake — it was Holy Cow Cake (as coined by the Cake Mix Doctor). This is not the cake to bake if you are looking …
Here is another recipe courtesy of my new iPhone app. After a long week, it was a super easy meal to prepare on a Sunday night. I would suggest a few changes to the recipe to amp up the flavor. In addition to the 1/2 …
Tim and I had a very long week moving our AdBuyer.com offices from shared office space in Tribeca to our very own space in the Flatiron. We were planning to drive up to the Berkshires Friday night but were too tired so we drove up …
Here is a very quick and easy Mediterranean-flavored dinner. The actual “cooking” takes only a few minutes to prepare and cook the patties and chop some of the toppings for the pitas. I seasoned the beef patties with an Italian seasoning blend I had as …
Since I am still on a quest for the perfect bolognese sauce, I decided this recipe from the March Bon Appetit was a good use for the last of the ground beef from the steer. This recipe is from a “back country” menu, so it …
I had never made homemade macaroni and cheese until last night. For my first attempt, I turned to my go-to gal Ina Garten. Her recipes have never led me wrong and are always delicious. This mac and cheese recipe is no exception. It turned out …
I decided we deserved a nice breakfast treat on this snowy weekend. Coffee cake came to mind, but all the recipes I looked at would have required me to go to the store to pick up an ingredient or two. I really didn’t want to …