Quick and delicious weeknight meals
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We had a great first Christmas with Charlotte. We enjoyed lots of time with family and lots of delicious food! In case you are looking for menu ideas for New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, I highly …
I love rack of lamb! And, this is a delicious and simple recipe! The breadcrumb crust has great flavor from the lemon zest, garlic, and parsley. And, the quality of lamb we had was just unbelievable. So tender! The only change I would make is …
Last year the way in which our half-steer was butchered left us with a ton of ground beef. This year, it looks as if we have a TON of stew cubes. I love Giada’s Beef and Butternut Squash Stew but made that couple of weeks …
I am a soup lover and a tomato lover so there is nothing I like more on a hot day than a cold bowl of gazpacho! I just recently came across the Barefoot Contessa’s gazpacho recipe. It is simple and quick and relies only on …
For any of you who have read Julia Child’s My Life in France or seen the movie Julie & Julia, you will recognize sole meuniere as the star of Julie Child’s first significant meal after arriving in France. It’s incredibly simple — fillets of sole, …
I have posted this recipe before but it was part of a larger post so I decided it deserves its very own post. We had this quick and healthy side with our Sole Meuniere last night. Broccolini is sweeter than regular broccoli and only needs …
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 …
Here is a delicious and very easy side dish! I love broccolini — or baby broccoli. It’s so quick to prepare, very healthy, and doesn’t require much in the way of ingredients to make a very interesting side dish. I thought this broccolini recipe with …
Tim and I are back after a wonderful trip to Grand Cayman. We were sad to come back to the frigid weather but very happy we were able to get away to somewhere tropical before the baby comes. After reuniting with Angus yesterday, we drove …
In addition to the Spinach Gratin, we had some sauteed mushrooms. I loosely followed the Barefoot Contessa recipe below. I used a mix of basic white, shitake, and baby portobello mushrooms. It was a delicious accompaniment to our porterhouse steaks! Sauteed Wild Mushrooms Barefoot Contessa …