Tag: meal planning

Brown Butter Balsamic Skate Wing

Brown Butter Balsamic Skate Wing

This dinner was a lesson in flavor-pairing on the fly.  I found a recipe for Brown Butter Skate Wing from Chef Johnathan Waxman’s cookbook Italian, My Way and had been curious to try it out.  I had to wait until I found skate wing at our local 

Pumpkin Mac ‘n’ Cheese

Pumpkin Mac ‘n’ Cheese

In a former life, I created a very popular recipe for “Macaroni and Cheese with a Secret” that was wildly popular with my friends and blog followers.  The “secret” was a can of pumpkin used to replace most of the cheese that would typically be 

Meal Prep Madness: My Process for a Busy Month

Meal Prep Madness: My Process for a Busy Month

It seems like we’re always “too busy” to eat homemade food regularly, which means most people resort to buying their lunches 5 times a week and many Americans eat out or get take out several times a week for dinner as well. In response to 

The Right Way to Roast a Chicken

The Right Way to Roast a Chicken

Ah, roasted chicken- the pinnacle of home cooking.  There’s nothing quite like biting in to the potato-chip-like crackle of perfectly golden brown skin only to discover savory, drippy, tender meat underneath. And yet, few home cooks venture to attempt creating this joy in their own