SUNDAY We have a cooking class tonight with some of my favorite recipes. Grilled lamb rib chops, a colorful radicchio, radish and butter lettuce salad and a roasted red pepper dip called muhammara that’s somewhat similar to romesco. We’re capping it all off with an upside down blackberry cake. My recipe is gluten-free and uses…
Weekly Meal Plan // March 2021 // Week 1
A Week of Delicious Dinners Here we go! The doors to my online cooking school are open for one week only. Find all the info here, I hope you’ll join me and hundreds of other students! It’s a serious deal at only $27/month, and I’ll teach you everything I’ve learned from teaching 20 years of…
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup Soup for the Soul Ready for the best chicken noodle soup you’ve ever had? Seriously. This recipe includes a quick and easy “double” chicken stock, which happens when you cook raw chicken in chicken broth. We also add some secret flavor agents and finish it with rich egg noodles. What could be…
Weekly Meal Plan // February 2021 // Comfort Food
A Comforting Meal Plan The great thaw of 2021 has begun. I shared my thoughts here and here if you want an update. My son and husband are back home after being stuck in Utah and Florida when the Houston airport shut down, so all is right in my world. We are exhausted, wish we…
Weekly Meal Plan // February 2021 // Week 2
Super Bowl Snacks and Easy Weeknight Meals SUNDAY Our Super Bowl menu hasn’t evolved much over time. A pot of weeknight chili, buffalo wings, seven layer dip (I don’t add the cream cheese in the linked recipe) and some lower carb dippers like bell pepper slices, celery sticks and cucumbers cut on the diagonal. MONDAY…
Weekly Meal Plan // February 2001 // Week 1
SUNDAY Cast iron seared ribeyes with rosemary and garlic. I’m following a recipe my son created. Serve with a raw shaved fennel salad, marinated in extra-virgin olive oil, Meyer lemon juice and a big pinch of Maldon sea salt. Serve over arugula with shaved Parmesan. Roasted cauliflower would also be a yummy side, toss it…
Instant Pot Lamb Stew
Instant Pot Lamb Stew (Whole30!) Oh fine, you can use beef in this instead if you really want to. But give lamb a chance! I absolutely love lamb in stews and ragus. Not to mention my favorite weeknight Indian dish, lamb keema. But Instant Pot lamb stew cooks quickly and the meat falls apart, plus…
Whole30 Meal Plan // January 2021 // Week 4
Whole30 Meal Plan: Week 4 We’re on our last week of Whole30 meal plans. Feelin’ good and the livin’s easy, right? It’s not hard to pull off Whole30 when it’s full of simple, delicious, approachable dinners. As a thank you for following along, I’ve put together a Whole30 eBook with my favorite dinners. It will…
Whole30 Meal Plan January 2021 // Week 3
I can’t believe we’re heading into week three of Whole30 meal plans. Halfway there! Are you with me? Or are you doing “Whole30-ish”? Either way, I hope you’re enjoying the meal plans and recipes. My goal is to give you dinner ideas that are attainable on a weeknight, delicious and healthy. Tomorrow I have my…
Whole30 Meal Plan // January 2021 // Week 2
Whole30 Meal Plan: Week 2 Here’s week two of my Whole30 meal plan, full of family-friendly weeknight dinners. There’s a lot going on this week! My kitchen reboot webinars (have you signed up?), the launch of my meal planning course, and a handful of online classes. Here we go! SUNDAY I’m teaching two cooking classes…