Sesame Peanut Noodles with Pulled Chicken
Peanut noodles with a twist: creamy tahini-infused peanut sauce with toasted sesame seeds and pulled rotisserie chicken. Infused with fresh ginger, garlic, a bit of cayenne for some lingering heat, these noodles are flavor-packed and addicting. In need of a delicious meal that you can save for days in the fridge and serve chilled as incredible leftovers? This is your recipe. Make a huge batch on Sunday night and save…
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Crispy Breakfast Potato Skillet with Sausage, Broccoli Rabe, and Toasted Shallots
Breakfast potatoes are almost always throwaways. You get a beautiful omelet for brunch at a restaurant, and the potatoes on the side are always just plate fillers. Old, stale, lame, boo (sad). These potatoes are so good that I’ve eaten them for breakfast, lunch – and dinner. Instead of slimy, limp potatoes, these potatoes are crispy, garlic infused, and loaded with toasted shallot rings and crumbled sausage. Top your potato-sausage…
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Pan Seared Swordfish with Spicy Peach Salsa and Scallion Mashed Potatoes
Swordfish is one of my absolute favorite foods on this planet. Although swordfish is high in mercury and shouldn’t be eaten “on the reg,” if I could eat it every day, I would shove an entire swordfish in my mouth right now. LOL. So if you’re looking to get your swordfish fix like me, this pan seared swordfish recipe is out of this world, laying ever-so-perfectly on scallion sour cream…
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Spaghetti with Zucchini, Ricotta Pesto, and Lemon Zest
I’m a totally crazy obsessed foodie who thinks about flavor combos most every hour and every second. So it shouldn’t surprise you that I spent days pondering on how to make a summer pesto pasta that’s creamy yet light and more summery. This is what I came up with: native tender Zucchini that I got from the farm-stand mixed with traditional garlicky, bright pesto, tossed with velvety ricotta and a…
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Grilled Caesar Salad with Mini Garlic Sourdough Croutons
Have you ever met someone who doesn’t like Caesar Salad? Well if you’re of one those odd-balls, you’re either slightly crazy or you haven’t had this one. LOL. Wow, sorry that came off a bit harsh – but I hope I got your attention because this Grilled Caesar Salad with Mini Garlic Sourdough Croutons is worth it. Grilled romaine is crunchy, juicy, and just a bit charred to add a…
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Seared Salmon with Tomato Shallot Cream
Salmon can be super. Or super dry. Super lifeless. Super fishy. Super blah. Sear Salmon with Tomato Shallot Cream is super good. Dare I say dangerously delicious. Sear salmon in a pan with a bit of butter and olive oil until golden, and lay gently and blissfully on a bed of delicate matchstick veggies. Let the salmon and veggies soak up every droplet of tangy, rich, acidic, sumptuous tomato shallot…
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Garlicky Broccolini Pesto
How about a new and equally delicious take on a classic? Broccolini adds a new dimension to pesto. Broccolini is a slightly milder, sweeter, drier and coarser version of broccoli. Although I LOVE basil pesto, this pesto is such a cool change of pace. Also, you’re getting your veggies in without eating a pile of broccoli! WOOHOO! Mix this pesto into pasta, use as a bruschetta topping, or spoon on…
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Simple Italian Table Salad
I’m currently struggling with midweek stresses which means that I want to make myself a gigantic pile of cheesy nachos and finish with a box of Oreos. Yes, I’m very aware this is quite unhealthy so instead, I’m eating a salad. Before you feel bad for me, I ate this salad and loved every mouthful of it. Creamy cannellini beans, a mixture of veggies, thinly sliced Vidalia onion, buttery and…
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Butter Pecan Shortbread Cookies
Warm, buttery, tender cookies, loaded with chopped pecans and a hint of vanilla. Enough said. Of course, when you come up with baking recipes, you have to taste the dough at every stage of recipe creation. After all that tasting, I think I’ve eaten a good full batch of cookies by myself. My job is fun! Makes: 12-15 cookies Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes…
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Strawberry Mango Bellini
It seems like the Earth is finally waking up after a long winter, and the farm stands in New England are just opening! One of the best parts about living in New England is the changing of the seasons and the excitement that Spring brings after a long, harsh winter. When the farm stands open in the Spring, one of the first produce items available is strawberries. I’m making a…
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