Carnitas Tacos + Red Salsa I think I have mentioned before that we are a bit obsessed with tacos. Especially taqueria style tacos. We used to live in California and had access to some amazing taquerias there. When we first moved east, it was hard to find similar food here. Thankfully now there is aContinueContinue reading “Carnitas Tacos + Taqueria Red Salsa”
Category Archives: Main Dish
Quick Chicken Soup with Garlic Chili Oil
Quick Chicken Soup with Garlic Chili Oil and Carrot and Couscous Salad This is another quick and healthy dinner recipe, but with a tasty twist. The quick chicken soup comes together really fast. I used this great ingredient I have recently added to my cooking arsenal to get great chicken flavor in a short amountContinueContinue reading “Quick Chicken Soup with Garlic Chili Oil”
Chicken Parmesan Meatballs with Polenta
Chicken Parmesan Meatballs with Polenta My teenage son got a job and is working in the evenings several days a week. I like to feed him something before he goes to work if I can, so I have been trying to make more quick dinners. If you have been following my blog for very long,ContinueContinue reading “Chicken Parmesan Meatballs with Polenta”
Thai Red Curry Tofu
Thai Red Curry Tofu Thai red curry tofu is a quick, easy and healthy dinner you can make in about 30 minutes. The store bought red curry paste adds tons of flavor with basically no effort. You can use the Thai Kitchen red curry paste they sell at most grocery stores in the Asian section,ContinueContinue reading “Thai Red Curry Tofu”
Homemade Gyros Meat + Gyros
Gyros We have always been big gyros fans. They are such a quick, fresh, tasty option when eating out. It always seemed impossible to make them at home, since in restaurants they cook the meat on a huge rotating skewer. Then at some point I found this recipe with a method for making gyros meatContinueContinue reading “Homemade Gyros Meat + Gyros”
Bologna Pie
Bologna Pie with Ketchup Ok, I know how bologna pie sounds. Trust me on this though, this dish is delicious! If you like bologna. If you don’t, I’m probably not going to convert you. Anyone else grow up eating bologna sandwiches? My most common packed lunches for school or camp were liverwurst or bologna sandwichesContinueContinue reading “Bologna Pie”
Roasted Mushroom Sandwich with Arugula, Fontina, and Garlic Mayo
Roasted Mushroom Sandwich While we were on vacation this summer, my son, daughter and I ate lunch at a cute little coffee shop in the mountains. They had some really fantastic sandwiches and my son asked if I could recreate this one we both loved so I decided to give it a try. We wereContinueContinue reading “Roasted Mushroom Sandwich with Arugula, Fontina, and Garlic Mayo”
Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken
Does anyone else grow lemongrass in their garden? I love the flavor and discovered a few years ago that it grows really well here in North Carolina in the summer. I’ve been growing it ever since. It can be frozen by trimming the top of the stalks, peeling off the hard outer layers, and freezingContinueContinue reading “Vietnamese Spicy Lemongrass Chicken”
Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
This is a great super easy weeknight dinner, or a weekend lunch. This recipe traditionally has orecchiette, which I love, but I had some corkscrew pasta so I used that. I also didn’t use the traditional Italian sausage for this. I decided to substitute some sun dried tomato chicken sausage instead. To boost the flavorContinueContinue reading “Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe”
Pakistani Beef Stew (Nihari)
Nihari with Garlic Naan One of my sons saw a YouTube video of someone making this dish and asked me to make it. I love it when my kids are interested in food we haven’t tried. I love cooking new things and it is even more fun when I know someone really wants to tryContinueContinue reading “Pakistani Beef Stew (Nihari)”