It’s been awhile. My husband and I have been back east for two weeks visiting family and friends on a long overdue trip, and it was so great to see everyone. With stops in PA, DC, VA, and MD it was quite a busy couple of weeks, and especially nice to be back in the…
Tag: dinner
Quick Tomato Sauce
Sometimes simple is best! And with good ingredients, simple allows the true flavors to shine through. Trying to come up with a quick dinner the other evening, while hungry for pasta, I found this recipe for Tomato Sauce in The Tuscan Sun cookbook, a favorite of mine for Italian dishes. With few ingredients and a super…
Garlic Chicken Stir Fry
This is a stir fry dish I make quite often. A common Chinese cooking technique called “velveting” is used in preparing the chicken for this stir fry. Velveting is a process by which meat, chicken or seafood is marinated in a mixture of egg white, cornstarch, and rice wine before blanching in hot oil. It is…
Chicken Vegetable Barley Soup with Herbs and Egg Noodles
Sometimes I want the comfort of a good bowl of chicken soup, but don’t have the time or even the chicken needed to prepare the one I usually make. If you have a good quality chicken stock available, either homemade or packaged, you can make this delicious version chock full of barley, veggies , egg…
Skirt Steak Sizzle with Veggies
Here is a great entree for all you “meat and potatoes” people out there, yet there are enough caramelized veggies and just enough spice to keep everyone happy. My inspiration for this dish was found in the January issue of Food and Wine magazine. The recipe calls for cooking on a cast iron skillet or griddle…
Baked Chicken and Brown Rice
This easy and delicious chicken dish is one I have made for years. After browning the chicken just until golden, it bakes in the oven over the rice. The rice is richly flavored with the rosemary, turmeric, and broth or stock as well as the chicken juices as it bakes. The golden chicken…
The Way To Cook… Julia Child’s French Onion Soup Gratineed
This year we had a Holiday Party on the 6th night of Hanukkah and invited all our neighbors to join us for Latkes and more, which is how I worded the invitations. We moved into our new home, one of eight homes in its own unique neighborhood downtown, more than 3 years ago. At the…
Lasagne with Ragu
This luscious lasagne comes from Frances Mayes’ The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, a favorite Italian cookbook of mine. The lasagne pasta is layered with ragu, (meat sauce), besciamella (béchamel sauce), Parmigiano-Reggiano, and shredded mozzarella, and topped with toasted breadcurmbs. Delizioso!!! I have made this ragu recipe in the past and it is wonderful, but since I…
Pappardelle with Baby Bella Mushrooms and Garlic
Two nights ago I was hungry for pasta. I needed a quick fix and then I spotted the leftover container of sautéed mushrooms from dinner the night before in the fridge. They were leftover because I had decided to cook the entire large container of organic “baby bella” mushrooms purchased at Costco earlier that week….
Babette Friedman’s Apple Cake
Today marks two weeks since we celebrated our son and daughter-in-law’s fantastic wedding held at the Rancho Valencia Resort north of San Diego! It was a beautiful, joyous, and fun-filled weekend shared with close friends and family, and truly was a reflection of them and the love they share. Rancho Valencia’s Mediterranean-inspired setting includes flowerbeds of…