Tag Archives: Default Dinners
Whole Roasted Chicken with Fennel, Potatoes and Kalamata Olives
Sorry for the delay in posting! It is such the bane of blogging – life gets in your way (sometimes: this is a good thing, sometimes it is not). For example: last week was all about dealing with heightened allergies, hives, soccer injuries (son) and having our basement baking-soda-blasted (nasty cement walls… the clean-up alone… ugh). But: it was also about planting garden boxes (incl 6 trips to the… [more]
default dinners: my top 5 go-to recipes.
I am a big fan of default dinners. A concept I came up with years ago—to highlight family favorite meals, proven winners and regular dishes that appear on your/my/our weekly table. I will soon be offering a ‘Default Dinners’ cooking class and workshop. It is a 3 class series.
I go to people’s homes (or they come to mine), and I teach 3-6 friends new recipes to add to… [more]
Crab Enchiladas with Bacon and Orange Sauce
This recipe is compliments of our cooking school, where I sometimes teach classes (I teach at a school as well as offer private cooking classes out of my home). I changed it a tiny bit. I like to think of it as enchiladas for guests. I make enchiladas all the time for my family: midweek. I toss together chicken, some salsa and bottled enchilada sauce. Roll ‘em up,… [more]
mmmmmmm… ragu.
I am in love with ragu. Shall I marry it?
I made this ragu recently for lunch, and my eldest son says to me: “mom, this is the only thing I am willing to eat the rest of my life.” His way of saying: make it again and again and again and again and again… in perpetuity. Now THAT is a compliment.
And my fullest compliments go to Mario Batali,… [more]
default dinner: 1-2-3 steak
I love this new little addition to our family default dinner list. I bought a grill book last summer, and have primarily used it to compile rubs and massage steak accordingly. During summer that meant lots of last minute skewers, but now that it is chilly outside I typically throw the steak under the broiler. The best best best part of this entree is that I can:
1.… [more]
pork: sugar and spice and everything nice.
My friend knows how to collect good recipes. When my kitchen is on the brink of a lull, all I need to do is call her up for an injection of inspiration. In fact, it was through her that I finally found a chicken curry I could trust. And now, this. She has done it again: supplied me with a blue ribbon recipe, another recipe that my… [more]
default dinner: sausage & pasta
And tomatoes of coarse!
I was browsing through my category of default dinners, and realized that this token fall, hearty and warm recipe was missing. Sure, you can eat it any time of year but truth be told, this is the time when we bring out the blankets, crank up the heat and draw the curtains. We love being warm and cozy inside while it is blustery,… [more]
the usual, but with tartar on top.
The truth is, I make a lot of default dinners.
We are a busy family, with school and extracurricular, sports, music and you name it pulling us in a million different directions. Though my pie in the sky would be to cook an elaborate meal with new recipes every evening, it just isn’t practical. Instead, I aim to add maybe 1-2 new recipes in a given week, hoping that… [more]
tortellini: Peas, P's, Please!
Prosciutto, peas, Parmesan, parsley and pasta. What is not to love? (Maybe guilt from all the cream and butter)? Well, at least the peas are healthy: so I add a ton of them! The fresh, sweet peas perfectly compliment the salty prosciutto and rich cream. The more peas, the less guilt in my mind.
I am a fan of the book French Women don’t get Fat and have… [more]
default dinner: brown butter sage ravioli
This Butter & Sage Ravioli certainly qualifies as a default dinner: it is easy, quick, mindless AND delicious. It is perfect for a weaknight meal (weak as in: out of time/energy/ideas to figure out ‘what’s for dinner?’).
And I say ‘weak’ lightly; by no means am I suggesting you are not an iron chef. It is simply an acknowledgment that midweek meals have a reputation for… [more]
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