Happy New Year! Different cultures have different New Year’s Day traditions as to the foods you should eat to bring you luck and wealth in the new year. In the South, they eat black-eyed peas. In Italy, they eat lentils because they look like Roman coins. And in some cultures, they eat greens because we […]
Dinner
Bacala in Tomato-Caper Sauce
This is one of my dishes for my traditional Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes. Don’t be scared of salted cod. It’s a simple process to remove the salt, and transform the fish into a tasty dish. If you would like to read more recipes, subscribe below:
Festive Cranberry-Apple Pork Tenderloin
It’s Christmas, so you want to wow your guests. Let this main course be the star of your holiday table.
Spinach-Artichoke Dip Stuffed Bread
Everyone loves spinach and artichoke dip. How do you improve this classic? Add everyone’s favorite crescent dough bread! This is the perfect Christmas treat because you can make it into a Christmas tree! See note below. This year, I didn’t form a tree, but if you would like to do so, read the note.
Instant Pot Chicken with an Apricot-Ginger Glaze
Healthy turmeric gives this dish a golden glow to make any child want to eat their dinner. My daughter calls it Golden Chicken – it’s like she’s hit the jackpot of dinners. After a long afternoon arguing a case before the Appellate Division, and then rushing to get the kids to the tutor, I threw […]
Asian Beef
Who needs take-out when you have a slow cooker? This easy recipe is as simple as dumping some items in the slow cooker in the morning, and having dinner ready when you get home. I served my beef with a quick napa cabbage stir fry on the side.
Canned Jalapeno Peppers
As a little girl, my Yiayia loved her tomato plants. We would have so many tomatoes, that the only thing to do was to can them. I tried to follow in her footsteps with growing tomatoes, but my squirrels love them. So I’m left with the only thing the squirrels hate – jalapenos! But apparently, […]
Stuffed Cabbage, Collard Greens, and Peppers
As a child, my Yiayia would make stuffed grape leaves (dolmades to some, or Koupepia for us Cypriots). They were delicious, but so much work! Having helped her roll grape leaves as a child, when my farm share delivered me a bunch of cabbage, collard greens, peppers, and napa cabbage (all in the same week), […]
No Fuss Chicken Teriyaki
In less than 20 minutes, I was able to assemble 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, and 1 dinner for 4, while also getting the kids on the school bus (with 2 seconds to spare). This simple crock pot meal lets you look forward to a healthy, home-cooked dinner after a long day at the office.
Easy Italian Sausage and Peppers featuring Turkey-Sausage Meatballs in Homemade Sauce
Sweet Italian sausage has a distinctive, delicious flavor in large part due to the fennel seeds that are used. Given store-bought sausage is not very heart-healthy, I modified it by taking the same seasoning base and adding it to low-fat ground turkey meat (or you can use ground chicken). I made them into “meat balls”, […]