Bites | Hungry Poodle

Sheet Pan Sausage with Peppers, Onions and Potatoes

Sheet-pan recipes have become popular for a good reason. You can prepare an entire meal in one fell swoop with only one pan to wash up....

Orzo Minestrone (Summerstrone)

The end of summer is approaching. When I take the poodles outside in the early morning I feel a cool autumn breeze instead of the...

Tomato Green Bean Salad

This salad is the Recipe of the Day in today's NYT Food section. I made it when it was first published in early summer and was happy to...

Orzo Salad with Peppers and Feta

This next weekend we're kicking off America's final summer holiday: Labor Day. In lieu of traditional mayonnaise-laden and calorie-packed...

15-Minute Chicken Shawarma Bowls

As its name suggests, this is not your average American winner-winner chicken dinner, but fear not. It's from a trustworthy cooking...

Grilled Chicken with Tomatoes and Corn

Grilled chicken is a quintessential summer dinner. This recipe, from Ali Slagle of the New York Times, takes it up a notch with juicy...

Watermelon, Mint & Feta Salad

When I was a child, we ate watermelon cut into big wedges for dessert. We had as much fun picking out the seeds with our fingers as we...

Air-Fryer (or Oven-roasted) Chicken Tenders

I've tried several recipes for healthy-ish chicken fingers, trying to avoid ones cooked in lots of fat. Most recipes are roasted in a hot...

Greek Chicken Tray Bake

Tray bake (the British term for sheet pan) dinners have become very popular for several reasons: preparation is straightforward and...

Instant Pot Summer Soup

This soup knocked my socks off. OK, technically that's not true. It's summer and I'm not wearing socks. But I digress. When I saw this...

Lemon Chicken with Tomato, Olive and Feta Salad

This Mediterranean-inspired recipe hails from the Weight Watchers recipe box. It's crazy low in calories/WW Points and is a longstanding...

BBQ Drumsticks

One mistake many cooks make when grilling chicken is to douse it with BBQ sauce when it first hits the grill. The sauce burns to a crisp...