Every few months, I get a hankering for Hungarian dishes from my childhood. One of my favorites was Chicken Paprikash - but even though I ate meat until I was 19, I still enjoyed the delicious sour cream, bell pepper, and sweet paprika laden sauce over wide buttered egg noodles much more than I did ...
Easy Weekday Recipes
Lentil and Chorizo Stew – in a Flash with Instant Pot
I'm still amazed at how quickly I can make dinner in my new Instant Pot. My Lentil and Chorizo Stew takes me at least 6 hours in my slow cooker, so I was shocked when my same basic recipe took just 18 minutes of cooking in the Instant Pot. Talk about a time saver! In addition to saving time, ...
East Skillet Bratwurst Dinner – featuring Beyond Sausage Brats!
Move over, Tofurky and Field Roast . . . Beyond Sausage is here! I've never tasted a vegan sausage that tasted so much like meat - before now. My carnivore hubby, ever eager to please, brought me Beyond Sausage Brats home from Sprouts - and we couldn't wait to them them out in some of my ...
Fall Calls for Brussels Sprouts!
There's something about the onset of cooler weather that makes me crave Brussels Sprouts. Alas, this much maligned veggie is one of the most loathed by many folks. Perhaps it's because too many people have only experienced them mushy, stinky, and boiled to death at holiday family gatherings. ...
Not Your Mom’s Stuffed Peppers Redux
If your childhood was similar to mine, your mother may have made stuffed green peppers with minute rice and ground meat swimming in tomato sauce. (My hubby claims that his mom always used ketchup!) Frankly, mom - they were never my favorite dinner. Although I've blogged about ...
Need a quick weeknight meal? Try my Lemony Farfalle Chick’n and Asparagus
We’ve all been there. It's hard to balance the needs of your job, your volunteer commitments, your children's schedules, and your own sanity with the desire to make sure that your family is eating a healthy home-cooked meal together every night. [Trust me - it’s even more challenging when you’re ...
The pasta recipe shared 2.8 million times – with 45% of the calories
Kudos to Julia’s Album for its success in having the most repinned pasta recipe on Pinterest with her Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce. 2.8 million repins is positively mind-boggling . . . but so was the 1028 calorie cost per serving. I knew I had to ...
Mediterranean Cutlets for an Easy Weeknight Meal
With my 92 year-old mother in rehab following a hip fracture and surgery, my time for cooking healthy meals for my family has been in short supply this past month. Probably, not unlike your home - since each of us has a unique set of family trials, triumphs, and tribulations to get through at any ...
