This technique, adapted from Fine Cooking September 2008, for roasting boneless chicken breasts produces wonderfully tender, well seasoned meat. You’ll need an even number of boneless breasts with…
Here is a nice hearty salad with a great combination of flavors. It is best warm or at room temperature. I like to cut the cauliflower into flat florets…
The good news is that my Best Ever Salt and Pepper Roasted Chicken with Herbs is also about the easiest ever roasted chicken! The bad news is that you can’t…
Another lovely recipe from the Bob and Melinda Blanchard (Cook What You Love), this comforting stew is based on a traditional recipe for coq au vin. When you add…
This is the chili that I grew up with and I’ve never even attempted to replace it because in spite of it’s simplicity, everyone loves it. The secret…
Easy enough for a weeknight family supper but elegant enough for an Autumn dinner party, here is my new favorite recipe for pork tenderloin. Go ahead and roast 2…
When I make chicken fajitas for the family, I cook the vegetables and chicken at the very last minute. Maybe it’s not the sizzling skillet served table side but close…
This recipe just might keep you out of that Chick-fil-A drive thru line for good. At the very least, you’ll never buy frozen chicken tenders again. When I ask…
Here is my go-to, all-purpose marinade for boneless, skin-less chicken breasts. Just a quick whisk of a few pantry staples, a few hours to marinate, a quick turn on…
A family favorite. I like the texture of hand minced chicken much better than that of ground chicken. It’s very quick and easy to do if…
This recipe is from Jamie’s Italy, by Jamie Oliver. I’ve made it many, many times and it is one of our favorites. The only advice I have…
I wish that you could see the Mongolian Beef page in my copy of Chopsticks, Cleaver and Wok, by Jennie Low. It is splattered, splashed and frayed. That goes…
When I first tried this recipe as a young mom over 25 years ago, I thought the marinade sounded so strange and exotic that there was a…
This burger was somewhat of a revelation. While trying to simplify a time-consuming recipe, and using whatever ingredients I had in the pantry so as to avoid another…
For this wonderful summertime sandwich, I bought a large piece of salmon fillet and cut it into portions that I knew would work with the bread that…
This is my idea of the perfect meatless meal (although not vegetarian, of course, with the chicken broth) It is a simplified version of the wonderful Moroccan dish that usually…
A really special sandwich! Worth the effort! (published in Elle Decor magazine) 1 pound jumbo lump crab, picked over for shells 1 egg 3 tablespoons…
One of my pet peeves is when a I am reading a cookbook or magazine and the photo of the dish obviously doesn’t match the recipe.…
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