Rhubarb muffins are sweet (but not too sweet!) with a hint of tartness. They celebrate the lovely fragrant rhubarb in a tender, lovely breakfast muffin. Can’t time just stand still for a moment? That’s the perennial question of parents. As we watch our children slowly begin to explore the world, it seems like time moves…
Make-Ahead Recipes
Roasted Red Pepper, Radish Greens and Garlic Sauce
Roasted Red Pepper, Radish Greens and Garlic Sauce uses the edible tops of radishes to make a delectable sauce. Try it on steak, chicken or fish. When we lived in Connecticut, I didn’t always feel like I fit in. Back then — in the first decade of the 2000s — the great buzz phrase was…
Mexican Chocolate Pots de Creme
Creamy, baked custard has notes of chocolate and cinnamon in this recipe for Mexican Chocolate Pots de Creme. These are a delightful make-ahead dessert. The science of food is fascinating. Eggs, sugar, heavy cream and chocolate together, for instance, can make the airiest chocolate mousse, if prepared in a certain way (whipped egg whites and…
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Light, moist Apple Cinnamon Muffins are dusted with coarse sugar for a lovely breakfast muffin with a nice crunch. There are certain things we almost never buy. Cookies, for instance, unless they are a special variety that we don’t or haven’t made at home. Taco seasoning is another good example (why buy when it’s so…
Easy Chicken Souvlaki Recipe
Chicken tenders are marinated in a tangy mixture of lemon, olive oil and spices in this easy recipe for chicken souvlaki. Marinated chicken. Something carb based. A salad of some sort. Those are the things I try to make every week for lunches. My weekly lunch meal prep sessions take a few hours of cooking…
Seasoned Rice Noodle Salad
Filled with sweet bell peppers, pea shoots and scallions, this easy recipe for Seasoned Rice Noodle Salad is excellent served with warm chicken. Spring is setting in here in Maine. Well, spring as we know it. Here, the last days of March through April is known as mud season. Some call it our fifth season,…
Deviled Eggs with Gremolata
Classic appetizers like deviled eggs are a party favorite. They’re simple but elegant, and a wonderful grab and go bite. Some of the most memorable parties of my childhood were ones that I wasn’t exactly invited to. The neighbor’s Easter dinner. Another neighbor’s Fourth of July bash. I was friends with relatives of both neighbors…
How to Hard Boil Eggs
From sliced on toast to crumbled on salads to deviled eggs, hard boiled eggs have so many culinary uses. Here’s how to hard boil eggs. Hard-Boiled Eggs vs. Hard-Cooked Eggs Is there a difference between hard-boiled eggs and hard-cooked eggs? Yes, but the terms are often used interchangeably these days. If we’re being technical about…
Curried Roast Cauliflower Recipe from The Vegan Slow Cooker
Take a peek at the newly revised cookbook, The Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester, which is filled with flavorful, exciting plant-based recipes including Curried Roast Cauliflower. Lots of folks have fallen head over heels for their Instant Pots. And I get it: It cooks food fast. But it doesn’t negative the prep time for…
Sundried Tomato, Chicken and Garlic One-Pot Pasta
Sundried Tomato, Chicken and Garlic Pasta is a flavorful, bright one-pot pasta with the sweetness of sundried tomatoes and pungent earthiness of garlic. Sundried tomatoes were the darling of the 80s and 90s. They were on the menus of restaurants all over. Used as a garnish, an ingredient and a flavor booster, this Mediterranean food…