Peking Chicken. This filled the whole house with a great aroma and was so good. The basting marinade is super simple: Honey, soy sauce, tobasco & balsamic vinegar but it tastes really complex. Continue reading Peking Chicken
Category Archives: Recipes
Chicken and Dumplings
Bill is super duper crazy about this dish. I love it because it’s an elegant spin on what can be a bland “comfort food” dish. Continue reading Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken, Broccoli & Rigatoni
This was soooooooooo good! I love Chicken Broccoli pasta with alfredo sauce but that is certainly a special occasion dish. I’ve been working on making a healthy skinny tasty version of alfredo sauce and I finally nailed it! Continue reading Chicken, Broccoli & Rigatoni
Skinny Alfredo Sauce
Gnocchi with Lobster
First, I took this picture with my iPhone and it’s not the best but my friend Terry was asking for the recipe, so I figured I will post this now and replace the picture the next time I make this. Continue reading Gnocchi with Lobster
Perfect Roast Chicken
I love cooking a whole roasted chicken. It makes me feel very Martha Stewart. This baby was on sale for $3.66. We had dinner, then I made chicken salad with the leftovers and the bones are in a ziplock in the freezer, waiting to be made into stock this weekend. You can’t beat that! Continue reading Perfect Roast Chicken
Tomato Risotto
I’m sad to say that Tomato season here in NH is winding down. I know I only have probably 10 days left of those delicious tomatoes before the farm runs out and the only option for tomatoes are the sad & pathetic pinkish/red things they sell at the grocery store that they call tomatoes. Continue reading Tomato Risotto
Carmelized Onion Dip
This is not the packaged dip you buy next to the chips. No sir. This is also not the dip you make by stirring an onion dip soup package into sour cream. Folks, this is the REAL deal. Continue reading Carmelized Onion Dip
Sesame Noodles
I had a cookout yesterday and I was looking for a different side dish when I came across this recipe at Epicurious. I absolutely loved it. Continue reading Sesame Noodles
Caprese Salad
There is nothing like a ripe warm summer tomato in New England. They are delicious just on their own with a little salt but I do also love to make the classic Italian Caprese Salad. You know how you hear everyone talking about “Farm to Table” and “only the freshest ingredients” etc. Continue reading Caprese Salad