Menu du jour convenience recipe : 11 Recipes


  • Recipe Easy Cajun Pasta
    Easy Cajun Pasta
    If this recipe doesn’t look like something that I’d normally make, its because I didn’t make it. My husband prepared it a few weeks ago when I had to work late and knew I wouldn’t feel like cooking. He cooks on nights like[...]
  • Recipe Habanero Hot Sauce
    Habanero Hot Sauce
    p style="text-align: center;"> Last week I promised you a recipe for habanero hot sauce, but I ended up getting side-tracked by a few exciting (and top-secret) projects and didn't have time to post it. But here you go! I made this sauce to go with[...]
  • Recipe Gnocchi with Red Pepper Pesto
    Gnocchi with Red Pepper Pesto
    Do you ever come home from the grocery store and have trouble finding a place to put everything because your cabinets are already bursting? I've been having this problem a lot lately. There's not enough in there to make a complete meal, but there[...]
  • Recipe Fried Olives + An Instant Party
    Fried Olives + An Instant Party
       Remo the pits from some good-quality olives, such as castelveltrano. Stuff each olive with a small piece of asiago cheese. Toss in some flour to lightly coat. Heat about 2 inches of oil in a deep pot. When the oil is heated, fry[...]
  • Recipe Meat-Free Friday: Shrimp Scampi Pizza
    Meat-Free Friday: Shrimp Scampi Pizza
    Trust me when I say that this pizza taste way better than it looks. I recently received some samples of all-natural whole in the wall pesto to try out. This stuff is AMAZING!! It comes in all sorts of neat flavors, and I look forward to[...]
  • Recipe Cooking Basics: Browned Chicken Stock
    Cooking Basics: Browned Chicken Stock
    As the weather continues to cool down I find myself wanting soup more and more often. I think soup is just about as close as you can get to the perfect meal: warm, comforting, balanced and great for wither lunch or dinner (and in some cultures[...]
  • Recipe Spinach, Poblano and Cheese Enchiladas
    Spinach, Poblano and Cheese Enchiladas
    For almost the entire time that I was away, I had a horrible craving for Mexican food. So I wasted no time when I got home and made these enchiladas right away! I was kind of tired of beef and pork, and I don't care for chicken[...]
  • Recipe Homemade Baguettes (+ the World?s Best Hot Dog)
    Homemade Baguettes (+ the World?s Best Hot Dog)
    When I went to France I ate a lot of wonderful food. But what I remember enjoying the most was the simple street food that I would pick up from a cart or a sidewalk cafe. In particular, I loved the hot dogs, which were serves with spicy dijon[...]
  • Recipe Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini with Feta-Pepper Sauce
    Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini with Feta-Pepper Sauce
    Because of the holiday, laziness, and the brilliant idea of making grilled peanut butter-bacon-maple-banana sandwiches, I didn't eat very healthily last week. By the time the weekend rolled around and it was time to plan my meals for this week, I[...]
  • Recipe Seafood Cioppino with Saffron and Fire Roasted Tomato Sauce
    Seafood Cioppino with Saffron and Fire Roasted Tomato Sauce
    Now that the Foodbuzz Festival is over, I've been given the go-ahead to share my winning cioppino recipe with you all. I'm really excited that I can finally post this dish - as I've mentioned before, I thought it was amazing (and from the[...]