MONDAY I’ll make a fresh batch of Super Simple Salad Dressing to use this week and cut carrot and celery sticks for easy noshing. For dinner, it’s the Blackened Redfish Tacos from my cookbook. These Blackened Salmon Tacos are a similar recipe from my blog. I’ll have my fish over shaved cabbage with all the…
Weekly Meal Plan // October
SUNDAY I can’t lie, we ordered pizza and made a simple arugula salad with SSSD. It was a busy weekend. I cooked steaks, Greek lemon potatoes and salad on Friday night and gumbo on Saturday night, so I was ready for a night off. MONDAY My son requested tomato-feta pasta. I’ll make this and toss…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 8-13
Hi guys. We’re at our farm near Round Top for the weekend and I’m feeding a gaggle of teenage boys. I need to make this fast (as always). SUNDAY Make a batch of Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce and toss it with rigatoni or ziti. Here’s how I made a batch yesterday, you can see photos…
Banana Snacking Cake
A Favorite Banana “Bread” One of my favorite recipes from my cookbook is a buttermilk-banana quick bread I call Banana Snacking Cake. A quick bread is any bread recipe made without yeast. Typically, that’s recipes like banana bread or pumpkin bread made in a loaf pan. Snack cakes are usually lightly sweetened cakes without frosting….
Weekly Meal Plan // September 25-29
Dinners! Here’s what I plan to make for dinner this week. We didn’t have school Monday and I traveled to visit my oldest daughter this weekend, so you’ll notice there’s not a recipe for Sunday night. Scroll down for a dinner party menu you can use when the spirit moves you. Have a great week,…
Weekly Meal Plan // September 17-22
I’m jumping right in with the meal plan. It’s a busy week ahead as I start my Basics II six-week series and get some recipe emails out to my newsletter list. I hope you all have a great week and cook up something delicious. Take a moment to look at your schedule and make a…
Weekly Meal Plan // September 11-15
An Easy Week of Dinners September and back-to-school are moving at a brisk pace! This weekend, we had a full house of grandparents in town for our son’s Eagle Scout ceremony. We’ve done a lot of eating, chatting, watching football and tennis and playing with the dog. I went to sleep at 9 p.m. Saturday….
Labor Day Weekend Recipes + Meal Plan
I hope you’re resting and relaxing over the long weekend. We’ve been working on some projects at our farm property and getting caught up on emails and work. It’s still a million degrees in Texas, which means any time outdoors has been spent in a pool. Count this as your Labor Day grilling plan, plus…
Weekly Meal Plan // August 27-31
Here’s What’s For Dinner SUNDAY Dinner is cavatappi with pesto and a sidedish of sautéed shallots and peas. I’m using up Trader Joe’s kale pesto that I bought for an “easy dinners” demo. It’s a lucky night when you have everything for a salad of baby arugula, buffalo mozzarella, heirloom tomatoes, reduced balsamic, Old Country…
Weekly Meal Plan // August 20-25
My kids start school this week and I’m currently moving my oldest into her sophomore dorm. Since her freshman year was at American University in Paris, this move-in feels much more “typical.” We’ve been to three Targets, Ikea, Pottery Barn and Macy’s. Considering there are multiple universities in the DC area, finding a twin duvet…