Featured, Food & Recipes, Salad, School Lunches, Side dishes, Veggies |
Couscous is a wonderful traditional Middle Eastern grain made from semolina that is versatile and tasty not to mention easy to cook. It is my go to choice for so many applications that I had to share a few ideas about cooking couscous with everyone. I am using the...
Appetizer, Beef, Food & Recipes |
A meatball is a great versatile thing that can be everything from a main course to an appetizer. My Middle Eastern meatballs are very flavorful and everyone loves the complex spice mix. The Middle Eastern spice blend may seem like a lot of stuff, but I normally make a...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pork |
Creating a quick dinner on a busy night is about having go-to recipes that are simple to make and no fail. These simple apricot glazed pork tenderloins are favorites in our house because they are quick cooking and moist, plus the prep time is low and clean up a...
Appetizer, Food & Recipes, Seafood |
Mussels are probably the biggest value at the seafood market, at about four dollars a pound steamed mussels are a “fancy” dinner that will not even dent the family food budget. Do get your mussels at good fish market or other reliable seafood purveyor, for me Whole...
Beef, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
Sliced Ribeye Steaks with Roasted Radish and Orange Quinoa I have had my issues with quinoa in the past, but suddenly after reading blog after blog I have found the secret, it came from the Manila Spoon she is a genius: the rice cooker & an orange peel. In the...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pasta |
Chicken Cacciatore with Cubanelle Peppers The other day I took a drawer full of wilting veggies and made the most wonderful all-purpose tomato sauce out of them, it was so good but there was so much of it. That night I used half the sauce to make Garden Vegetable...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pasta, Veggies |
Admit it there has been a day when you have opened the vegetable drawer and realized that there is no way your family is going to finish all the veggies inside that drawer before they go bad. Especially since by the time most of us reach this profound realization the...
Food & Recipes, Salad, Side dishes |
Panzanella or bread salad is a traditionally Italian dish that normally celebrates the bounty of a summer garden: tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and more. It is also a clever and tasty way to re-purpose stale bread. In the fall and winter it feels silly to make a summer...
Crockpot, Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pork, Sandwiches |
As a family we can eat a ton of food in one night and leftovers normally disappear as after school/work snacks, but there is at least one hunk of meat too large us: the fresh ham. The fresh ham or picnic ham is one of the cheapest cuts in your grocery store and it’s...
Food & Recipes, Main Courses, Pasta, Salad, Seafood, Veggies |
Christmas is over and we have all been very naughty around here eating lots of cookies, cakes and cheese. I don’t even want to know the average daily calorie intake of the members of this household; it might make me take up starvation as a hobby. Just kidding I love...
Chicken, Food & Recipes, Main Courses |
Tis the season of heavy eating! Thanksgiving dinner, holiday parties, and cookie exchanges it’s time to lighten up. This simple diner of chicken thighs and vegetables is the result of a quick trip to Whole Foods looking for inspiration for the defrosted chicken that...
