Mexican food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, please. I’ll start with huevos rancheros or chilaquiles and then move on to tacos, tacos, tacos. Take a super simple grilled chicken and top it with tangy tomatillo salsa and some pickled red onions, and you’re elevating it a completely different beast. Sure, filling your tortilla with crispy-edged carnitas or a…
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Super Fast Miso Soup
Miso soup: A warm, steamy bowl of liquid umami. I sometimes struggle with what to serve for “meatless Monday,” but this one is a surefire hit with my crew. It also checks the box on almost all special diets: It’s low-fat, low-carb, low-sugar and vegan if you buy a variety of miso paste without bonito (fish…
Tomatillo Salsa
This one’s for the weekend. It’s fast enough to whip up on a Tuesday, but screams for salty tortilla chips and a cold beer on Friday night. Tomatillo salsa is one of those staples we tend to have stocked in the fridge around here, and it gets spooned onto scrambled eggs, quesadillas or tacos just about every day. Roasting the tomatillos helps…
Weeknight Lasagna
For birthday celebrations and back-to-school dinners, this is our go-to family meal. It’s a creamy, rich lasagna without much effort or mess. That’s why we call it “weeknight lasagna.” You can make it even faster (and meatless) by eliminating the sausage. Then just pop open a jar of store-bought tomato sauce, open a box of…
Whole Chicken in the Crock Pot
The slow cooker is a revelation. There may be nay sayers (you know who you are) but there are some days that just scream for plug-it-in-and-forget-about-it in my house. It’s a no-brainer dinner when you’re running in a million different directions and know you’ll be energy depleted at the end of the day, or when you’re trying to feed several different…
Grilled Tri Tip with Chinese Black Bean Sauce
I’m not exaggerating when I say my husband begged me not to share this tri tip recipe. It’s a secret weapon we pull out for dinner parties and barbecues that not only takes 5 minutes to put together, it turns out surprisingly delicious. Lucky for you, I didn’t listen. I couldn’t help myself. It’s just too…
Gluten-free almond cake
I like to drum up excuses to make this almond cake for Sunday night dessert so I can slice away at it for the rest of the week. Morning coffee and a slice of almond cake to go? Yes! Lunchbox treat? Yes! Afternoon hangries? You get the picture… I like it best with two cups of ripe blackberries folded into…
Chicken Lettuce Cups
Ground Chicken Lettuce Cups Chicken lettuce cups are a family favorite, and making them has become second nature to me. My kids ask for these about once a week. It’s one of those dinners that gets put together in 15 minutes once you have it down. You can work as you go, which I don’t…
Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos
Baked Creamy Chicken Taquitos My family could survive on Mexican food alone. And I’m talking any incarnation or Americanized version — street tacos, fajitas, queso, enchiladas, nachos, you name it. For a quick fix at home, these baked chicken taquitos are a new gold standard around here. They tend to disappear off the cooling rack, so…
Herbed Yogurt Sauce
This tangy yogurt sauce is perfect with lamb meatballs, grilled chicken or roasted salmon.