Tag: SeasonalCooking

Chicken

Braised Chicken Legs With Grapes and Fennel

Think of the grapes in this chicken recipe as something like a rustic way to braise chicken in wine. Here, though, you get all the flavor while saving your wine for drinking. Red or green table grapes are sweet but also have just the right amount of acidity for this dish. I build on that […]

Dinner & Lunch

Pork Tenderloin with Apples

A duo of sliced apples and apple cider makes this one-pot dish your go-to fall dinner! Either Honeycrisp or Pink Lady apples work well in this recipe they hold their shape nicely while cooking and are the perfect mix of sweet and tart. Total: 1 hr 10 minYield: 4 servings Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil […]

Soups & Salads

Summer Vegetable Soup With Pistou

This soup is designed both for longevity and nutrition an easy option packed with lots of good things to get you through the week, especially the kind where something needs to give but you don’t want it to be a delicious, nourishing homemade meal. While you can cook this soup up almost anytime, it is […]

Soups & Salads

Yogurt and Cucumber Soup

As the heat of the summer ramps up, this luscious chilled yogurt soup, packed with fresh and dried mint, is an incredibly refreshing and cooling appetizer that makes me feel like I’m taking a dip in the cold mountainous streams of northern Iran. It’s one of those dishes that is initially met with some skepticism […]

Simple

Glazed Torn Beets With Pistachio Butter and Mint

Beets get the full luxe treatment here. First, they’re roasted, then torn into chunks and cooked in a sticky maple-Dijon-balsamic glaze until lightly charred. The craggy crevices of the torn beets allow them to absorb all the flavors of the tangy glaze, which mellows some of their natural sweet earthiness. Ingredients Glaze 2½ Tbsp. pure […]

Liquid Gold, Simple

Cranberry Sauce

Made from 5 ingredients, this easy sauce is ready after 20 minutes on the stove. It thickens as it cools. You can use fresh or frozen cranberries. See notes. Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 20 minutesYield: 2 cups Ingredients Instructions Notes

Simple

Tomatoes With Brown Butter

When asked my favorite way to serve slicer tomatoes, I always reply, “with brown butter, black pepper, and salt.” There is something about the nuttiness of brown butter that takes peak-season tomatoes to a whole new level. Recipe information Ingredients 8 to 10 Tbsp. butter 1 to 2 dashes sherry vinegar Kosher salt and freshly […]

Dinner & Lunch, Simple

Stuffed Eggplant

Stuffed eggplant is a hearty and flavorful dish made with simple, wholesome ingredients like eggplant, onions, garlic, bell pepper, ground meat, tomato sauce, and cheese. It’s a comforting and versatile meal perfect for any occasion Prep Time: 20 minutes minutesCook Time: 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutesServings: 4 servings Ingredients  Instructions Notes Nutrition Serving: 2eggplant […]

Risotto

Spring Risotto

Delicate spring vegetables are well suited for a risotto, which is by its very nature a fairly neutral palette that can take on myriad flavors. Risotto achieves its creaminess because of the starchy and absorbent rice, usually arborio or carnaroli, that takes up well-seasoned stock and wine. Recipe information Ingredients 1 bunch asparagus, woody ends […]