In fall, winter squashes appear in supermarkets and at farmers markets including butternut squash, which is lovely in so many comforting fall dishes. Here’s how to roast butternut squash, two ways. The leaves are changing colors. More days are sweater weather than not. It’s the time of apple picking and pie baking; watching kids play…
Roasted Carrots with Garlic and Herbs | A Make-Ahead and Save Recipe
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SealToSavor #CollectiveBias Good carrots make good roasted carrots. This recipe for Roasted Carrots with Garlic and Herbs gives carrots a decidedly savory flavor with robust garlic and a trio of herbs. When Will said he wanted to plant…
Spiced Applesauce with Honey | How to Can Applesauce
Seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg and sweetened with honey, my recipe for Spiced Applesauce with Honey is something I’ve been making since my oldest child was a wee toddler. He still loves it today. Naively, I used to think that my memory was special – it was long and detailed and, I thought, indestructible. I…
Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe | How to Make Snickerdoodles
Soft and cinnamon-coated, snickerdoodle cookies are wonderful for filling the cookie jar. They’re also good for dunking in milk. Twenty years ago, I’d just moved to Manhattan for college. It was the only place I’d wanted to go, and the only college experience I’d imagined. My days were a mishmash of classes, studying, long walks…
Dilly Beans or How to Make Pickled Green Beans with Dill Weed
The word pickles probably conjures an image of small cucumbers in brine or other pickling solution. But so many foods can be pickled — including green beans. This recipe for Dilly Beans, or Pickled Green Beans with Dill Weed, is a lovely way to preserve summer’s green bean harvest for enjoying all year. The beans came…
How to Make Your Work Lunches Awesome
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GetEatingWellFrozen #CollectiveBias Without fail, as noon approaches so does my rumbling tummy. Working in a busy downtown area, I have many options for lunch from sandwiches to taco trucks. But eating out frequently isn’t all it’s cracked up to be….
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bark
Salty, peanut buttery, chocolatey – this dessert has it all. It’s a lovely bark, perfect for sharing and enjoying with friends. And it’s easy with just 5 ingredients. I love peanut butter. Like really love it. Like sometimes I dip a spoon into the jar and eat it because I love it so much. So…
Sarah’s Cucina Bella Weekly Meal Plan | August 31, 2018
Before I regularly meal planned, I wondered how folks could decide on Saturday what they’d feel like eating on Wednesday. It seemed like the biggest gamble — or perhaps a clairvoyance about the future. But time, age and a desire to actually eat well at home taught me that meal planning is less like looking into…
Cilantro Lime Quinoa Salad with Sweet Potatoes
It’s the contrasts in this Cilantro Lime Quinoa Salad with Sweet Potatoes that make it delightful: the sugary sweetness of the sweet potatoes, the tang of the lime juice, the earthy cilantro. Though it can be enjoyed hot or cold, we like it best hot. Taco Tuesday became a regular event in our house a…
Grilled Lemon Basil Pesto Chicken Kabobs with Zucchini
Lemon brings a zestiness to the pesto marinade in this recipe for Grilled Lemon Basil Pesto Chicken Kabobs with Zucchini. Perfect for a summertime dinner. “They’re getting so big,” she says, looking in the direction of my kids who are busy playing in the water with splashes and jumps. So big indeed. They’re 10 and…