Chicken and Salad Milanese Style

“Coronavirus Edition: Choose whatever recipe from Everyday Dorie you prefer to make , or for which you have ingredients available”. Still working from the completed recipe list, I chose this chicken recipe as it looked doable for week night meal. I skipped the oven portion of the recipe and did just the pan frying. I…

Potato Chowder

For Cook the Book Fridays, we are continuing to make anything from the book that we can find ingredients. I have taken this month to play catch-up with recipes previously done. For this week’s selection I handed my husband the list and asked him to pick a recipe, he chose this potato chowder with bacon….

Last-of-the-Bunch Banana Bundt

Keep calm and bake, my new motto. I had all the ingredients for this week’s assignment for Every Day Dorie. The plan was to take this to a dinner party but it was cancelled due to the coronovirus outbreak. No matter I baked it anyway and shared it with my in-laws. Now comes the funny…

Ginger Fried Rice

Ginger fried rice, this week’s assignment for Every Day Dorie. I actually made this one on time but forgot to do the write up. We haven’t made Asian food in a long time so this was a welcome change. I used soy sauce instead of ponzu sauce and I skipped the gochujang and I wished…

Balsamic Chicken with Baby Potatoes and Mushrooms

I love a good sheet pan recipe. Baking all things at once and in a single pan is a win, win for me. I tailored amounts to suit my family, no one is a mushroom lover but I put a few in for flavor. I couldn’t find chicken quarters at my market so I just…

Chickpea-Tahini Salad

This salad ticked a lot of boxes for me and my husband. We love chickpeas in salads or pureed in hummus. Dorie’s spin on this chickpea salad was a winner with us. This was a light dinner served with arugula and pita. There really hasn’t been a chocolate chip cookie that I haven’t liked and…

Pasta with Cabbage, Winter Squash and Walnuts

My first recipe with Cook the Book Fridays! I was looking forward to another interesting recipe from Dorie, pasta is a dinner we turn to often in our house. I chose acorn squash as my winter selection, linguine as my pasta and substituted pecans for walnuts. This was a fairly easy recipe, Dorie’s instructions are…