Garlic, Bacon, and Beer Macaroni and Cheese. This ridiculously good macaroni and cheese recipe, with cheddar cheese spread, bacon and cheese, and roasted garlic, has become a cult classic in our home, and it is my most requested recipe and just might be the best mac and cheese recipe ever. Try it once, and you will…
Four Cheese Shrimp Scampi Pizza
With a creamy ricotta pizza sauce and lemony, garlicky shrimp, this Four Cheese Shrimp Scampi Pizza is decadent, different, and DELICIOUS. I think on the eighth day, God made pizza. What other explanation could there be? I’m even willing to bet it follows divine proportion somehow. Everything works on pizza …because bread and cheese go with everything….
Easy Dijon-Baked Cod over Swiss Chard
Super simple baked fish, made extra tasty with a toasty topping and served with super nutritional sides. Easy Dijon-Baked Cod over Swiss Chard is a must-try for your family. January is winding down… how’s everyone doing on those resolutions? The gym has certainly calmed down a bit over the past couple weeks. Funny how that happens,…
Chicken Makhani (Indian Butter Chicken)
Indian Butter Chicken love right here! If you haven’t tried Indian Butter Chicken you are missing out. This classic recipe is so good, so tasty, so ridiculously awesome wherever you have it, that you just need to make it at home too! A couple months ago, we were served an amazing meal at the Sanaa…
Homemade Pizza Sauce
Homemade Pizza Sauce is so easy and SO much more flavorful, you will never go back to store-bought again. “Clean eating” is the catch phrase of the day. If you haven’t heard of clean eating it’s the very correct notion of avoiding processed foods. Purchased pizza sauce is a processed food. Not as bad as,…
Super Good Morning Veggie Frittatas
Little, individual Veggie Frittatas that are so easy to make and can be made in advance to eat for breakfast or snack through the week. Super Good Morning Veggie Frittatas And here I go. Starting tomorrow. New Year’s resolutions. No, I didn’t start this past week because who starts anything on a Wednesday? But tomorrow’s…
Seared Salmon over Whole Wheat Pasta with Kale, Garlic, and Pine Nuts
This simple Seared Salmon over Whole Wheat Pasta with Kale, Garlic, and Pine Nuts dinner is ridiculously healthy, family-friendly, and easy enough for a weeknight dinner. A simple, healthy weeknight dinner was on order this evening, and this lovely dish was the result. I love putting salmon over pasta or rice because the natural oil from…
Russian Garlic Cheese
This Russian Garlic Cheese recipe is wonderfully garlicky, creamy, savory, and SO flavorful. Make this ahead to keep entertaining easy! I have had a life-long fascination with Russia. There is just something alluring, daunting, romantic, and beautifully tragic about Mать Россия, Mother Russia. They have the most interesting history, absolutely beautiful language, and a completely different…
Italian Bread Dip Seasoning
Italian Bread Dip Seasoning is as good if not better than restaurant dips! Make it and use as is with olive oil for bread dipping, or use as a secret ingredient in loads of recipes. Just like you would get in a restaurant! I was using purchased “Bread Dip Seasoning” in a number of recipes….
Weeknight Roast Pork Tenderloin
I have been making pork tenderloin like this for probably 15 years or so, and I always love it. And I always make it on a weeknight. Salty, savory, healthy (other than a little bacon) – and super easy! Leftovers taste great too since tenderloin is so forgiving and doesn’t get tough like pork loin…
Roasted Yellow Tomato Soup
There’s just something sexy and mysterious to me about yellow tomatoes. They are my favorite fruit. They’re the “cool” tomato as far as I’m concerned. Mellow, mild, unexpected, but still all tomato at the same time. Love ’em. So what better treatment of this glorious gift from God than to roast the crap out…
Spicy Smoky Jalapeno Hummus with Grilled Pita
When I try a dish made by anyone else and love it, I will get that recipe – or at least the gist of it. I am not shy about asking either. I once talked the chef at Morton’s Steakhouse into telling me how he prepared the bacon-wrapped scallops in brandy cream (that took some…
Herbed Potato Gratin
The other day, as an homage to Bastille Day in France, I attempted to make a potato gratin. While it was absolutely beautiful in the photo, it was a complete fail. For multiple reasons. Too soupy, too herby (I had thrown my whole herb garden at it), too bland (I had completely forgotten salt) –…
Slow Cooker Italian Beef Short Ribs
There is a wonderful site called ItalianFoodForever.com. It’s by a lady who lives between Italy (my dream) and Florida (my reality). I have tried a bunch of her recipes and have been really happy with the outcomes. So, I wanted to try beef short ribs and I gave her recipe a go. Absolutely delicious! Here…