Everything You Want to Eat

To make the CRISPIEST roast chicken ever, all you need is a cast iron skillet, a tablespoon of kosher salt, and a chicken! 
I have made this chicken with oven temperatures ranging …

Smoked trout dinner salad with cucumber, celery, baby potatoes, pickled onions, marcona almonds and grainy mustard vinaigrette. This salad comes together in as long as it takes to…

Meatballs bare one of my favorite meal prep items. You can make these with beef, turkey, chicken, pork or a combination. My preferences for the meats are a ground 85% sirloin and …

🇮🇹Ever just want salad for dinner? Enter my favorite antipasti chopped salad. The pictures salad is lacking olives because I was all out - I highly recommend customizing it to y…

These grilled lamb chops look impressive but take minimal effort. They’re dusted with a warm Middle Eastern spice mix called Baharat and I love serving them over this couscous wit…

An easy, beautiful and delish way to prepare fish. Here I used halibut but you can do this with cod, salmon, or any other thick fleshed fish. I posted a recipe a while back for fi…

Lemon mousse and berry Tart! Here she is! This is a simple tart crust filled with lemon mousse (lemon curd combined with whipped cream), and topped with fresh berries. Perfect for…

I love making versions of this farro salad. Lately I’ve been putting beets in it (red or gold) but you could leave them out if beets aren’t your thing! It’s full of veggies, nuts …

Fattoush is a Northern Lebanese salad made with leftover pita, tomatoes, herbs, cucumber and other vegetables. It started as a way for people to use pita scraps so they didn’t go …

I’ve probably roasted thousands of chickens over the years. My favorite way to do it, hands down (wings down??) is the way my mom taught me. All you need is fresh thyme, a head of…

I’ve been working on this vegetarian chili for the last month. It’s full of warm spices, lots of healthy veggies and protein packed beans. Don’t let the long looking ingredient li…

Classic Baked Mac n Cheese. This makes a BIG batch so it’s perfect for sharing with a neighbor or freezing half for later. My fav pasta shape for this is cavatappi, a curly tube, …

These ginger, garlic and sesame grilled meatballs are flavor bombs full of mint, ginger, garlic, chilies, scallions, sesame and lime. Maybe the best part about them is that you ca…

Spice things up with this Moroccan fish stew! It has a delicious, brothy tomato base filled with peppers, citrus, olives and chickpeas. You can use halibut, cod, Chilean sea bass …

Coq au Vin. A fancy name for a rustic, cozy chicken stew. This is a great fall/winter weekend dinner to have simmering on the stove, making your house smell amazing. It doesn’t ta…

This creamy and cozy cauliflower soup only has 5 ingredients! The recipe will work for most vegetables - so if you don’t have a cauliflower you could make it with carrots or sweet…

Roast Delicata Squash with Crispy SageHere’s a fall and winter side dish that will make (almost?) everyone happy and isn’t loaded with cream and butter (a few sides on the lighter…

Cozy mushroom soup with thick cut bacon crutons! This is such an easy soup and you can really make it fun with garnishes. Regular old button mushrooms work great but you can add s…

I forgot how much I love a good Greek salad! It’s simple, healthy and so delicious. Did you know a traditional Greek salad (horiatiki) doesn’t have lettuce??It’s just tomatoes, be…

This is a summery, light eggplant Parm more that's much more like the traditional Italian version than the fried version you see in Italian-American restaurants (w…