Today we are making our lives simple with sheet tray bakes. This is a default dinner setting for me especially on those lazy days where I don’t feel like doing anything ( cue Bruno Mars song ). I take frozen mixed vegetables, if I feel like chopping up some potatoes I will and add pork …
Today I wanted to talk to you about fresh pesto. It is delicious, bright green (my favorite color) and an automatic flavor booster. If you are looking for a way to elevate your routine dishes there are many ways pesto can help you. I use it as a marinade for chicken and fish. It also …
Let’s talk about stuffed cabbage, I really enjoy this dish: It tastes great, easy plating and freezes extremely well. These are all of thing we want when planning dinners for ourselves during this time. Today I will share a modified version of my recipe that you can make simply at home. At home we enjoy …
How is quarantine treating you? Looking for new recipes to try? Here is one I made this weekend, this is a classic biscuit with dried rosemary that I had found in the depths of my spice cabinet. Check out the recipe below! Ingredients 2 cups of all purpose flour 1 tbsp dried rosemary 1 tsp …
I thought today would be a great day to share my creamy tomato basil soup recipe! This dish was made for a private chef client whom I made a 3 course meal for their anniversary. This soup was the first course but can easily be made into a main course especially if served with a …
Tis the season of sweets, left over candies, and cookies! Some of my favorite cookies to make are sugar cookies. They are versatile, easy to gift to others and the dough can be refrigerated for up to a week; making sugar cookies a great cookie to have on hand. Sugar cookies can easily be infused …
Today I wanted to share with you 2 fun cocktail options for this season, especially if you are having a Halloween party next week! They are both really simple and refreshing, great for serving with heavier dishes or apps. The first one Bobbing for Apples is a gin based cocktail that is fresh and sweet. …
The other day I was really in a pinch on what to make for dinner. It was one of those weeks where we were eating all of the frozen goodies in our freezer, needed to go food shopping and no one was feeling motivated to try something new. I decided to make a quick eggplant …
Hello Readers and happy Friday! Last week we started our conversation on pickling, and how it is a great time to start thinking about preserving some of our summertime favorites. This weeks pick is the lovely beet. Beets are great for your body and you can read more on their benefits here. Here is the …
One of my favorite things to do in my spare time is read other chefs cook books. I found this amazing coconut lime curried chicken recipe in one of Marcus Samuelsson books Marcus off Duty: the recipes I cook at home. If you are interested click here to check out his books or you can …
Hello Readers and Happy Monday, Today we have tzatziki sauce! Typically used to dress gyros, tzatziki can also be used to dip veggies, dress regular salads or spread on crackers. This delicious dressing is high protein, satisfying and really simple. Personally I enjoy whole milk plain yogurt, it is creamy, satisfies my fat craving and …
So shrimp, probably one of my personal favorite foods. I love spicy shrimp, coconut shrimp and fried shrimp, now before I go Forest Gump on you I will cut to this weeks GOT ( Game of Thrones ) dish which was a smoky Cajun seasoned lemon shrimp. Served with toasted baguettes to sop up all …
Last week for the Game of Thrones premier, we wanted to eat something special. Rather quickly, my brain went to European cuisine, and from there it only took about 30 seconds for me to blurt out beef wellington! It had been years since I made a beef wellington and knew right away I would have …
This weeks blog is short and simple: tomato sauce. Now, we all have our own family recipe’s and there are ba-jillions yes ba-jillions of sauces for you too choose from at the grocery store, but sometimes it’s fun to make one on your own. If you are interested here is my tomato sauce recipe. This …
