This one-pot dish of Roasted Red Cabbage Steaks with Bacon and Onion is loaded with flavor, texture, and color. It's a perfect dish for utilizing a whole head of cabbage for a vegetable-forward meal. The seared cabbage caramelizes, then roasts to cook through in the oven. And the bacon, onion, and mushroom topping makes the...
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Lemon Arugula Pasta Salad
This delightful Lemon Arugula Pasta Salad is filled with incredible flavors and textures that come together to create a truly delicious and beautiful dish. The finely chopped walnuts and parmesan mesh and mingle so wonderfully with the pasta and arugula, creating the perfect texture throughout. You can enjoy this lemon arugula pasta salad all year...
Glazed Rainbow Carrots (recipe)
These Harissa and Honey Glazed Rainbow Carrots are probably the most comforting carrots you'll ever eat. They oven roast for about an hour in olive oil, which allows them to soften and caramelize beautifully. They then soak in a perfectly balanced sweet and spicy agrodolce glaze. That flavor profile is really magical. Finally, topping them with fresh...
Vegan Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
There are many reasons to make this Vegan Sun-dried Tomato Walnut Pesto/ Spread. It's incredibly simple with only 5 ingredients, (plus olive oil, salt, and pepper) and takes just minutes to make in a food processor. It tastes incredibly rich and flavorful, with hints of acidity from lemon, and nuttiness from walnuts. As with some...
A Perfect Hot Maple Toddy
This quick and simple hot maple toddy is truly perfect. It has the perfect combination of sweetness, acidity, heat (temperature), and of course, bourbon! How To Make this Hot Toddy Making a hot toddy is one of the easiest things one can do in the kitchen. There's no shaking involved, so it's also very low...
Creme Fraiche Salmon Pasta
Creme Fraiche Salmon Pasta is a quick, easy, and sophisticated dish you can make in under 30 minutes with only 7 ingredients. It's a type of salmon pasta without cream. Instead of cream, it uses creme fraiche, an ingredient that classically pairs wonderfully with salmon. The creme fraiche along with a with a few other...
Deep Fried Calzones A.K.A. Panzerotti
This recipe for Panzerotti, or mini deep fried calzones, stems from my great grandmother's recipe. Like many Italian-Americans, she used to make them every year on Christmas Eve to accompany the feast of 7 fishes. Since she passed away, my grandmother, my sister, and I have continued to make a lot of the things she...
Authentic Italian Chicken Cutlets
For many Italian-Americans, chicken cutlets are a staple in the weekly dinner rotation. It's truly amazing just how delicious and satisfying something so simple can be. If you didn't grow up eating them, now's your chance.
Calabrian Chili Wings
These Calabrian Chili Wings are sweet and spicy baked chicken wings that are just ridiculously flavorful. I prepare them in the morning, let them rest in the fridge all day, and bake them when I get home. Warning: These wings are addictive! Their sweet and spicy flavor profile combined with their sticky texture is a...
The BEST Apple Chicken Meatballs
I can't believe it's taken me 28 years of life to come up with the idea of making Chicken and Apple Meatballs. I LOVE chicken meatballs, possibly even more than regular meatballs. But Apple Chicken Meatballs?? Now we're talking. Pair these sweet, nutty, cheesy meatballs with spiced mashed sweet potatoes, and you have autumn on...