Dinner

Story has it that the cobb salad was created as a midnight snack, hastily assembled with leftover ingredients.  Many years later, you’ll find it on a lot of menus in restaurants spanning large cities to rural towns.  Let’s face it, it’s the perfect harmony of …

Meatballs are an excellent go-to meal for busy weeknights. They’re easy and quick to pull together, delicious and satisfying, and flexible to be served with whatever you have on hand. The Meatball Framework Ground Meat + Binder (egg & breadcrumb) + Seasoning + Aromatics (herbs …

This soup is a classic, quick meal that is nourishing and comforting in the colder months of Fall & Winter. Leeks and potatoes are are both in season at the start of Fall. I describe leeks as a cross between cabbage and onions.  They have …

I’ve shared this recipe already as it’s probably my favorite soup recipe.  Minestrone is on the short list of recipes I’d love to perfect.  This recipe reflects my journey to perfect minestrone.  I’m nowhere near an expert on it and am excited to learn from …

I’ve talked about minestrone being the perfect soup.  It really is.  It’s my favorite if I was forced to pick one.  Aside from the components, I think my favorite part is the combination of tomato and chicken broth.  Check out my minestrone recipe if I’ve …

This is a wonderful soup recipe and can come together very quickly if you’ve already made wonderfully, rich turkey broth and have leftover turkey meat.  If you find yourself away from home – either traveling for vacation or away for the holidays visiting family, sometimes …

If your goal is to create a rich, deeply flavorful soup, know that a soup is only as good as it’s broth.  Broth can be made in advance and stored in the freezer to make soup a quick and convenient weeknight meal.  But a good …

If I could be great at making two things, it’d be a richly flavorful, brothy soup and a whole roasted chicken.  Simple dishes done extraordinarily well are my ambition in the kitchen.  The extraordinary is hard to see – it’s not pompous or fancy.  Instead, …

To set the stage on this post, it requires a confession.  One of my favorite guilty pleasures as a kid was those cheap premade chicken pot pies you’d find in the freezer section.  To be completely honest, the frozen food section has never tempted me …

We’re a couple weeks into a 90-day gluten free and very limited added sugar protocol.  We’ve been working on our gut health and this is what was recommended for both of us based on lab work.  Our functional medicine practitioner/RN shared that we don’t want …