With a sweet-tart lemon glaze and a crumb dotted with juicy blueberries, this Bundt cake makes a lovely breakfast. Be sure to let the cake fully cool before glazing. The sale made me do it. When I spotted the swirls of this Heritage style Bundt pan with the sale price in red, I couldn’t resist….
Sweet Potato and Red Onion Shells One-Pot Pasta
With warm notes of cinnamon and sweet Hungarian paprika, as well as sweet potatoes, red onions and Napa cabbage, this pasta has an exotic feel to it — and a totally welcome one, at that. Tagines were really popular the holiday season that I moonlighted at Williams-Sonoma. The term refers to both the cooking vessel…
Everything You Need to Know About Lunch Meal Prep
Lunch meal prep is preparing foods and ingredients intended for packing for lunches. Doing so makes it easier to select and prepare lunches to take to school or work on a daily basis. What do you need to know to get started? The sun is warm, streaming through the windows on a Sunday. I’ve already…
Satay-Style Chicken with Peanut Sauce
If you like chicken satay, the traditional Thai dish, you’ll love this recipe for Satay-Style Chicken with Peanut Sauce. It has all the flavor! Plus, it’s great to make ahead for lunches. A few of my colleagues have recently joined a local wellness program that comes with an extensive meal plan, exercise regime and weekly…
Lemon Garlic Shrimp One-Pot Pasta with Arugula
Inspired by the flavors of shrimp scampi, this easy recipe for Lemon Garlic Shrimp One-Pot Pasta with Arugula is a delight. Serve it with crusty bread for sopping up any extra sauce. This past week, I submitted the manuscript for my fifth book. I get chills just saying that — I can’t wait to hold…
Looking Ahead to Our Maine Garden in 2019
It’s only January but planning is already underway for our Maine garden this year. Spring — and especially planting season — feels so distant right now. It’s January. We haven’t even hit the stride of winter in Maine yet, and the last frost won’t come for months. It was 1 degree when I heated up…
Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Macaroni — A One-Pot Pasta
Calling all buffalo chicken lovers! Creamy, spicy and hearty, Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Macaroni is a satisfying version of macaroni and cheese that’s delightful on cold days. Or anytime you’re craving the combination of buffalo sauce, chicken and cheddar cheese sauce. It became a guilty pleasure last winter. A local restaurant specializing in wings had a…
Roasted Brussels Sprouts Polenta with Sundried Tomatoes and Gorgonzola
Sweet, creamy, earthy and comforting, Roasted Brussels Sprouts Polenta with Sundried Tomatoes and Gorgonzola is a lovely warm dish to enjoy on a cold day. My dining room is in disarray. Leftover Christmas decorations, the ones we haven’t had time to put away yet, are mingling with the research and notes for my next book….
Top 10 New Recipes of 2018 on Sarah’s Cucina Bella
In 2018, I aimed to cook more, write more and refocus Sarah’s Cucina Bella to be about home cooking from scratch, with a firm lean toward quick and easy recipes. Over the course of the year, I published 52 recipes on this site. My personal favorites included the Teriyaki Salmon and Avocado Rice Bowl, Buffalo…
My 2019 Goals and a Look Back on my 2018 Goals
Hello, 2019. It’s so nice to see you. You’re looking all spiffy and new. Seriously though, can you believe it’s 2019? It seems like just yesterday we were welcoming 2018. Then, suddenly it was summer then back to school then Thanksgiving and now a New Year. What does it say about a year when it…