{make this} Smitten Kitchen’s Shakshuka
Have you heard about Shakshuka yet? It’s a funny word but a delicious thing to eat – a spicy North African tomato sauce with soft-cooked eggs on top. It’s equally good for breakfast or...
Category: Main Course Recipes
{recipe} Spiced Green Lentil Coconut Soup
Here in Northern California it’s been raining like crazy and the skies darken so early each afternoon. This kind of weather almost demands you make something nourishing and warm, with just a little bit of...
{recipe} Power Pasta
I am a pasta lover and a carb-a-holic. And more than anything, I favor a heavy, creamy sauce on my noodles. But if I’m honest, eating a big plate of pasta makes me feel, well,...
{recipe} Creamy Coconut Cumin Chicken
Whenever I need to throw dinner together using things I have around, it often comes out as something like this: a comforting, creamy, spiced-up, coconut milk-based sauce with something in it. Often, it’s chicken–and usually...
{recipe} Golden Potato Gnocchi with Herbed Brown Butter and Parmesan
I have been experimenting with making homemade gnocchi, because it is one of my absolute favorite dishes. But it can be hard to find a truly excellent plate of gnocchi, as they can often be gloppy,...
{recipe} Cha Ca: Hanoi-Style Catfish with Turmeric and Dill
My last post was all about eating and drinking in the North Vietnamese city of Hanoi. One of the dishes I mentioned was the famous Cha Ca – a catfish dish served in sizzling...
{recipe} Slow Cooker Beef Burgundy Stew
I love a rich, warm, beefy stew that’s been cooked all day. Wouldn’t it be great to spend the day recreating Julia Child’s famous Boeuf Bourgignon recipe? Sadly, I have neither the time nor...
{recipe} Hearty Beef Shank Stew with Parmesan Dumplings
I pinned a recipe for beef stew with parmesan dumplings on Pinterest about a year ago, and every time I see the photo, it has a Pavlovian effect on me – I start to...
{recipe} 10 Minute Dinner: Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter, Parsley, & Toasted Almonds
Dinner in 10 minutes from start to finish? Yes, it can happen. This is a super simple and fast way to make pumpkin ravioli taste great – and it literally takes 10 minutes from...
{recipe} Slow Cooker Honey Soy Chicken
I am in Shanghai right now, and while I usually don’t write while on vacation, the jet lag has me up at odd hours with not much else to do. I was also eager...
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