Weeknight Dinner

A frequent quick dinner in our house is homemade pizza. Sometimes with homemade dough, sometimes with TJs dough, we make two pies (his and hers) and then have leftovers for a few days of lunches (or dinners!) Jeff prefers cheese …

Read More

A favorite dinner of mine is crepes, and when I received a crepe maker a few years back for my birthday, I was also given a crepe cookbook that Jeff and I have been using ever since. The Chicken Broccoli …

Read More

Sometimes on a week night, you just want to make a recipe that you know is delicious, quick, and will produce some leftovers. Am I right? For me, that recipe was Barefoot Contessa’s Lemon Fuisilli with Arugula. The recipe on …

Read More

For our team recipe, we chose a coffee crusted steak recipe from Kevin & Amanda that won us over with it’s charm and simplicity. We love coffee. We love steak. What could go wrong? Corelyn’s Steak Truthfully, this was not my best …

Read More

To finish up the month of February, Jennie and I chose a non-traditional recipe to round out our cumin exploration. We found this recipe for Pan-Fried Tilapia with Cilantro Orange Cumin Vinaigrette at the Rouxbe online cooking school website. The combination …

Read More

So I procured a giant bag of farro from Costco a couple of months ago, and Ky (my trusty cooking partner) and I have been trying to use it up during our cook-something-good-for-you-and-also-do-yoga nights. We’re consistently more successful in the …

Read More

Recently, I decided that I wanted to make a spaghetti squash for dinner. But I wanted to do something different with it than using it as a base for red sauce. So I decided I wanted to make pesto. I’ve …

Read More

Sometimes you need a quick dinner. One that includes veggies, doesn’t make you want to regret what you ate, and maybe something that will give you leftovers. A great option for this is calzone! Let dough rise, about twenty to …

Read More

Last week Melissa and I had dinner planned with a few girlfriends. We needed something gluten free and delicious. I was in the mood for something fast. Result? Delicious, warm, delightful chicken tacos. The recipe was once again borrowed from …

Read More

I’ve been looking for easy but delicious weeknight dinners, and I have another to report. This Rachel Ray Chicken stir fry. 3 3/4 cups water 2 oranges, zested 2 cups jasmine rice, rinsed 2 tablespoons canola or safflower oil, 2 …

Read More