Crispy on the outside, filled with vegetables and soft on the inside. These savory Vegetable Pancakes are delightful with fried or poached eggs. Dip forkfuls in the creamy, rich runny yolks. A few days before school started, I suggested to my son, Will, that he might need a planner to keep track of his 9th…
Roasted Tomato Marinara Sauce with Garlic, Onion and Basil
This robust Roasted Tomato Marinara Sauce with Garlic, Onion and Basil makes good use of in-season tomatoes and is perfect for freezing to enjoy later. Confession: I keep glass jars and use them to store things. This old marinara jar was perfect for storing my homemade marinara sauce in the fridge or freezer. When we…
Roast Chicken with Garlic, Thyme and Lemon
Easy, versatile and so tasty, Roast Chicken with Garlic, Thyme and Lemon is a delightful dish that can also be made-ahead for use in easy lunches. When was the last time I roasted a whole chicken? I can’t even remember. But with a chill in the air, I decided to do so. Roast chicken is…
Make-Ahead Mini Mediterranean Frittatas
Mornings run smoother when we have grab-and-go (perhaps with a few seconds of reheating) options for breakfasts like these veggie-filled Make-Ahead Mini Mediterranean Frittatas. Quick and easy to make, these reheat wonderfully. What’s in a week? I’ve talked about how busy ours would get once school began, and I wasn’t kidding. In some ways, it’s…
In Our Maine Garden: Growing and Putting Up
The peas are growing! Doing a second planting of sweet peas was a gamble — it’s something we’ve never tried before and with Maine’s short growing season, there’s a chance the frost will happen before the plants can mature enough. Still, so far so good. The plants are growing quickly, seeking the string trellising to…
Pico De Gallo Chicken Skillet
This Pico De Gallo Chicken Skillet recipe is a quick and easy dinner that’s full of flavor and simple to toss together. Delightful for busy nights! There was a list. Things to do this summer. But we waited to make it until a few weeks ago — after the camps had ended and just before they…
Sauteed Summer Squash with Balsamic Glaze
Warm, but still crisp, this Sauteed Summer Squash with Balsamic Glaze is an easy side dish for late summer dinners. When my cookbook book club cooked from Saladish by Irene Rosen recently, I chose a summer squash recipe. In it, you sliced summer squash lengthwise, brushed it with oil and sprinkled it with seasonings. Then…
Farmer’s Market Panzanella Salad
This easy Panzanella salad recipe combines fresh flavors of farmers market vegetables with toasted bread and a red wine vinaigrette. A delightful dish! Torn bits of toasted bread. Fresh tomatoes, corn, peppers, carrots, cucumbers, basil. A red wine vinaigrette. This salad is simple but comes together in the most extraordinary of ways. And with many…
Venezuelan-Style Black Beans
These saucy, savory Venezuelan-Style Black Beans are a wonderful side dish with rice, chicken or whatever you’re serving. When I discovered that my Progressive Eats blogging group, a group that blogs together around a theme once a month, was tackling Latin American cooking this month, I began looking at foods in search of just the…
Brazilian Marinated Steak Skewers with Chimichurri and Rice
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MahatmaFastRice #MahatmaRice #MahatmaRiceUnites #CollectiveBias Marinated steak, zesty chimichurri sauce and flavorful rice combine in this easy dinner. But the secret ingredient is the super easy, fast, Mahatma® Ready to Serve Rice. Over the last few years, food trucks…