Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Here is a super quick and healthy summer meal! The dish has lots of flavor from the tomatoes, olives, and lemon juice. What a fresh and summery combination. I used sushi-grade tuna from my favorite fish store — The Lobster Place — and served it …
After our success with the Broccoli Cheese Nuggets, I thought I would give homemade chicken nuggets a try. These nuggets are not pretty and almost look like a meatball, but, regardless of their appearance, Charlotte loved them! I had a taste and thought they were …
Just as I was skeptical of the Slow Cooker Beef Stew recipe that did not require me to brown the stew cubes, I was highly skeptical of this slow-cooker pot roast recipe that did not require me to brow the chuck roast and called for …
Here is a simple recipe to spruce up your typical steak dinner. I just loved the olive-shallot-parsley-red wine vinegar combo on the steak. I’ve actually made it several times now. And, pureed cauliflower is one of my favorite veggie sides! All the creaminess of mashed …
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 …
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 — …
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 …
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, …
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! …
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 …