Cooking with seasonal products and the contents of your pantry
Brussels sprouts are up there as one of my favorite veggies. Well, along with most of the other cruciferous vegetables. My favorite way to eat them is roasted until the outer leaves get nice and crispy and the middle gets tender. Or pan-fried so they…
This recipe is very near and dear to my heart. It is based on my grandmother’s recipe for gedempte chicken – a Jewish chicken dish where the meat is literally falling off the bone. This is one dish that I requested constantly growing up. My…
Beets are delicious – I don’t care what anyone else says! Do you know what else is delicious? Those stems and greens coming out of the top of those beets (yes, they are completely edible)! I mean, look at them! Beet greens are pretty mild…
Who doesn’t love sheet pan dinners? A few minutes of prep and a single sheet pan is all that stands between you and dinner. Well, plus about 45 minutes of hands-off cook time! Use chicken quarters, thighs, or drumsticks – whatever happens to be on…
It was one of those nights where I had no clue what to make for dinner. But it was getting late and we were getting hungry. Ok, well let me start by thinly slicing and caramelizing an onion. And while that was going, I kept…
It’s still warm and sunny over here, but cooler weather favorites are calling to me – like these beans. A cassoulet is a traditional French comfort dish that is slowly cooked with lots of pork and fat. I wouldn’t call my version a cassoulet because…
Corn and scallions make a delicious combination. On a pizza? Why not! Really, what doesn’t go on a pizza? This family-size sheet pan recipe makes use of one recipe of pizza dough (or a little less if you want to roll the dough out thinner…
I haven’t made chicken wings in a few years, but I couldn’t tell you why. But one lazy afternoon I was looking for something easy to make for dinner and somehow we decided on chicken wings. And then I made them twice in one week.…
Cauliflower and chard. Both are commonly found in my refrigerator and I’m always looking for new ways to use the two ingredients, either separately or together. But adding lemon and garlic is my default for many recipes, including this delicious, easy, healthy side dish. And…
I’ve probably made double and triple batches of these about 5 times in the last 3 weeks. And they never last for longer than the following day. If you keep going overboard and buying too much summer squash (guilty!) or your home garden is going…