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...
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Santa Fe Turkey Stuffed Peppers
If you grew up in the 1950's-'60's, chances are your mom cooked from the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. And chances are equally good...
Spring Chicken Nicoise
Last evening we enjoyed our first al fresco meal of the year. This cool salad that I adapted from the Martha Stewart kitchens was an...
One-Pot Pasta Primavera with Shrimp
If you think that pasta is off limits when you’re trying to lose weight, think again. Italians eat pasta nearly every day, yet the...
Eat-the-Rainbow Vegetable Soup
On a warm and sunny Spring day last year I posted a recipe for Eat-the-Rainbow Salad. Two days later it snowed. Eating cold salad while...
Butternut Squash Chipotle Chili
Last night during halftime at the Super Bowl that the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WON, we dined on chili. Not just any chili, though. Ours was...
Lasagna Soup
If you love lasagna but don't like all the effort it takes to assemble and bake, here is your ticket to cheesy pasta nirvana: lasagna...
Tuna Noodle Casserole
I grew up Catholic in the 1950's and '60's, which meant that my family ate a lot of tuna noodle casseroles on Friday nights. My mom made...
One-Pot Pasta with Tomatoes and Spinach
You won't find an easier pasta main dish than this one. Why? Because everything cooks together in one pot. It's ready in less than 20...
Refrigerator Bran Muffins
Recipes for refrigerator bran muffins have been around for decades; they abound online with no one specific recipe standing out as the...
Summer Farro Salad
This salad is the epitome of healthy summer cooking. All of the ingredients (besides the farro) can be added straight from the fridge and...
Roast Chicken Provencal
Although I live in the American Midwest, I subscribe to the Sunday New York Times. It’s not that I crave “all the news that fit to...
Sheet Pan Teriyaki Salmon and Vegetables
I am on the fence with salmon. It's not my favorite fish but I eat it because, damnation, it's good for me. This sheet-pan recipe,...
Simple Chicken Tortilla Soup
I am a big fan of the Smitten Kitchen website, created by a young New York City woman who is married with two kids and has no...
Shepherd’s Pie with Ground Turkey
Shepherd's Pie is a traditional Irish recipe of ground meat topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. It was originally made...
Sheet Pan Greek Chicken with Roasted Potatoes
Southern Living Magazine has been a reliable recipe source for Southern cooks since 1966 when it was introduced by the publishers of...
Smashed Pea and Barley Soup
One of the most popular items on the menu at California Pizza Kitchen, besides the obvious plethora of pizzas, is their Smashed Pea and...
Creamy Tomato-Basil Soup
Valentine's Day traditionally involves a gift from Mr. Russell Stover that comes in a red heart-shaped box and contains about a zillion...
White Chicken Chili with Salsa Verde
Note: I first posted this recipe from the Weight Watchers website just before the 2022 Super Bowl. It's long been a favorite of Weight...
Olive Garden Minestrone
Minestrone soup has been on Olive Garden's menu since the Italian American restaurant opened in Florida in 1982. And with good reason....
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