Weeks before Thanksgiving I began cooking and freezing numerous meals to have on hand when my sister and brother arrived. They were coming the week before Thanksgiving. Having some home cooked meals available even after busy days spent sight seeing, shopping,movie-going, walking, and just enjoying Slo was great. And of course we did our share…
Tag: dinner
Lamb Souvlaki
Souvlaki is a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer. As a fast food it’s usually eaten straight off the skewer while still hot, with pita bread served on the side. Another option is to pile the meat in the pita with tomatoes and…
Pasta with Chicken and Summer Vegetables
Looking for a one dish summer dinner loaded with the great produce available to us now? This may be the one. This light and yet satisfying combination of summer vegetables, pasta, and chicken can be served warm or at room temperature. The chicken can be grilled or sautéed on top of the stove….
Sheet Pan Roasted Zucchini, Carrots, Potatoes, and Corn
For a quick side dish to go with this marinated grilled skirt steak and salad with homemade blue cheese dressing I roasted these assorted vegetables shown above. While you could grill them I decided to roast them all together on a sheet pan after tossing them in olive oil and kosher salt and freshly ground…
Whole Wheat Orzo with Veggies
Orzo is a great alternative side dish to potatoes or rice. I like to cook it as you would risotto instead of boiling it as you do with most pasta. I discovered I am not the only one who has been doing this (I actually thought I invented it). I’ve noticed the internet is full of…
Steak Fajitas
Last week we enjoyed these Steak Fajitas which are made with marinated skirt steak, and caramelized multi- colored bell peppers and onions. They were a big hit and I will be making them again. The recipe comes from the online New York Times Cooking column. Steak Fajitas (Martha Rose Shulman, NYT Cooking) (4 servings) Ingredients…
Cobb Salad
Here is a delicious and simple Cobb Salad from the New York Times online cooking column. The basic recipe follows, but you can always tweak some of the ingredients to suit your taste. You can also check out this NY Times video of it being made. While I’m a lover of blue cheese, my husband…
Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken Cacciatore! I love saying it as much as I love eating it! Basically this dish is an Italian chicken stew but you have to agree Chicken Cacciatore sounds much more intriguing! “Cacciatore” means hunter’s style in Italian, and you will find countless versions of this dish. They will most often include onions, garlic,…
Chicken with Roasted-Garlic Pan Sauce
You may think we don’t need yet another recipe for roasting a chicken, but you might reconsider once you try this one for Chicken with Roasted-Garlic Pan Sauce in the September 2017 issue of Food and Wine magazine. I am still recovering from my broken wrist, but feeling more like myself these days. So, with…
Boeuf Bourguignon for a New Year’s Eve Dinner at Home
Happy New Year 2018! With my recent trauma of a seriously broken wrist and a fairly long recovery ahead of me it was clear we would be in for New Year’s Eve this year. On my first outing to the grocery store with my husband a few days before New Year’s Eve I suggested to…