Tag: Dinner

Cumin and Turmeric Roast Chicken with Smashed Avocado and Corn Cakes

This may be incredibly shocking to you, but I don’t often serve my family cohesive, prettily plated meals.  I know, crazy! All sarcasm aside, the way it usually works is I’ll pick something that sounds really great from a cookbook, blog, or something that I 

General Tso’s Chicken

We all have our guilty pleasures, don’t we?  Even though we know it’s no good for us, we just can’t quit.  For some people, it’s a double cheeseburger from McDonald’s. (Come on, you can admit it.) For others, nuclear mac and cheese, from a box, 

Pork Chops with Apples, Onion, and Thyme

A lot of quick meals happen in this house.  Have I mentioned that there are TWO tiny little humans here who both need my completely undivided attention, without fail, about twenty minutes before we should be eating dinner?  It’s perfectly delightful I assure you, but 

Harvest Vegetable and Goat Cheese Salad with Olive Vinaigrette

Harvest Vegetable and Goat Cheese Salad with Olive Vinaigrette

We don’t eat out much.  It’s expensive, I like to cook, and two of our dining companions make eating in public somewhat tricky.  By tricky, I mean terrible.  There is always so much crying.  And the kids aren’t too happy either. BUT SERIOUSLY FOLKS.  

Skillet “Bread Gnocchi”

This is a weird recipe.  I know it.  So much so that for a long time I didn’t consider sharing it with you.  What’s more, I’m pretty sure I got the idea from Rachael Ray.  So half the world knows about it and the other 

Swiss Chard, Leek, and Ricotta Crostata

With this glorious time of mid-summer comes a serious case of chard fatigue.  And kale fatigue.  And leafy green fatigue.  I have chard and kale in my garden and they grow so rapidly and so abundantly that I often can’t keep up.  And there are 

Pork Burgers with Apple and Brie

I really love a good burger. Who doesn’t?  Based on lots of the recipes I see on the web and in cookbooks, even vegetarians love burgers, albeit ones made out of black beans or quinoa or all kind of interesting things.  There is something about 

Turkey and Zucchini Burgers with Green Onion and Cumin

I’ve been holding out on you.  I’m sorry.  These burgers are one of the best things we’ve been eating over the past several months, and I’ve made them many times.  They’re one of the things we like so much that I made multiple batches and 

Spaghetti with Brussels Sprouts and Almonds

Spaghetti with Brussels Sprouts and Almonds

Pasta, like Mexican food, is another one of those things that doesn’t exactly get fair air-time on this blog.  At least not in a reality-to-blog kind of way.  I’d guess that we eat some kind of pasta for dinner at least once a week, especially 

Moroccan Chicken with Lemons and Olives

Several weeks ago, I saw a recipe for preserved lemons (another goodie from Jerusalem: A Cookbook… I seriously need to get that cookbook already!), and decided it would be a fun thing to try.  I had a huge bag of lemons, so it seemed the