Chicken, Olive, Orange, and Rye Bread Tray Bake
Really Really Good. And So Easy! Tray bake, sheet pan meal, single pan dinner. Whatever you call them, if you cook, you probably have at least a couple of these easy meals on standby for when you’re short on time and energy, or just don’t feel like spending much time in the kitchen. I’ve been […]
Red Cabbage and Sour Cherry Salad with Orange Soy Dressing
Keep the Cabbage Salads Coming! Well, folks, as promised, here is what I made with the remaining red cabbage I had left over from the chicken salad I posted last week. There were endless ways I could have gone, but a crunchy side salad to serve with a couple of meals was what I had […]
Spicy Summer Salad of Corn, Blackberries, and Queso Fresco
Now This is a Salad Worth Talking About! Summer corn, blackberries, lots of scallions, queso fresco, and homemade torn croutons are the basic ingredients in this salad and they’re all delicious in their own right. But when they’re combined and topped with a simple dressing, along with some spices, something almost magical happens. Of course, […]
Baked Potato Halves with Garlic Butter
The Title of This Recipe Kind of Says It All! While I love a good baked potato, I frequently find that I don’t want to eat an entire big potato, unless I’m serving it as a main course. After making my Sweet Potatoes with Lime Chipotle Butter , in which I slice the potatoes in […]
Roasted Fennel, Zucchini, and Clementines with Tomatoes and Feta
Not Your Typical Roasted Veggie Meal. At All. Here is a pretty simple pan of roasted vegetables and clementines – 2 bulbs of fresh fennel, 1 zucchini, 1 red onion, and 3 clementines are the basic ingredients. But this ended up being so much more than that. Not that a simple tray of roasted vegetables […]
Bacon-Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms On Bitter Greens
Talk About a Great Main Course Salad Meal! Lots of bacon. That’s what happened here. I started out by cooking 10 slices of bacon, but I wasn’t sure I’d use all of it. Really? Who was I kidding? It ended up being the perfect amount of bacon. No big surprise there. I haven’t made stuffed […]
Sheet Pan Chicken, Apple, Cabbage, and Croutons
Who Doesn’t Love a Great Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner? I set out to make a quick and easy chicken thigh sheet pan dinner. I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to add to the chicken. But when the time came, I had half a head of red cabbage and a couple honey crisp apples […]
Sausage, Bean, and Escarole Bake
The Flavors of White Beans, Italian Sausage, and Greens Hardly Need Anything Else in Order to Shine. Escarole and beans is a classic dish for a reason. It’s one of those ultimate comfort foods. The bitter flavor of the greens mellows completely when they’re braised with the beans. I had a taste for it, but […]
Black Rice Stuffed Baked Tomatoes
Feta, Nigella Seeds, Pomegranate Juice and Arils Combine for a Unique and Delicious Take on Stuffed Tomatoes. I’ve been singing the praises of black rice for awhile now. I love its chewy texture and flavor. Plus, the deep purple color is so beautiful when it’s cooked. I find it irresistible in salads and mixed with […]
Savory Tomato Cobbler with Cheddar Cream Biscuits
A Cobbler That’s Not Dessert? Oh, Yeah, It is a Very Good Thing. I’ve run across a couple of recipes for tomato cobbler throughout the years and I’ve always been intrigued. I mean, come on. Doesn’t the thought of biscuits sitting on top of baked tomatoes sound good? I had visions of the bottoms being […]