Sweet & Spicy Brie & Peach Grilled Cheese Sandwich
My love of oozing cheese knows no bounds, and as I’m sure you’ve noticed I’m constantly trying to find a way to squish delicious things between buttery pieces of bread. Enter this sandwich, the perfect...
View ArticleChicken Fried Steak with Mushroom-Thyme Gravy
The Legend-Teigen household loves us some fried chicken, but why should chicken have all the fun? Steak in our house usually means Jonny outside at the grill, but for us…how shall we say…indoor types,...
View ArticleCheesy Chicken “Milanese”
Whoever invented Milanese-style dishes has some serious mindf**#k Jedi mindtrick stuff going on. I mean, have you ever met a more devilish-angelic dinner in your life? The thin, breaded, crunchy cutlet...
View ArticleOnion Dip and Salt & Pepper Potato Chips
Chips and dip speak to me, so when I discovered how easy they were to make—with stuff I already had at home—I decided to have at it. Cutting up an onion really small, then sautéing it nice and slow...
View ArticleSleepytime Stew (And Easy Smashed Potatoes)
For our anniversary weekend, John and I decided to jet over to the woods for a couple of days. We packed up for the Berkshires, all of the dogs in tow, for some time away from other humans. The goal...
View ArticleEasy Smashed Potatoes
These smashed red potatoes go with everything under the sun (especially my Sleepytime Stew). They will be your lifelong, go-to smashed potatoes and you will thank me on your deathbed for providing you...
View ArticleTomatillo Salsa & Baked Lime-Cumin Tortilla Chips
I’m in a chippy-dippy kinda mood. Last week it was onion dip and spuds, this week it’s spicy tomatillo salsa with tortilla chips you season and bake in the oven (read: calories saved not frying = more...
View ArticleSpicy, Soupy, White Chicken Chili
Chili doesn’t always have to be thick, it doesn’t have to be red, but it does benefit from some sausage (that’s what she said). Case in point: this big, spicy affair where there’s not a tomato in sight...
View ArticleCookbook Preview: Oven Zucchini Fries & Sriracha Mayo
So apparently a photo of breaded vegetables with spicy sauce is even more popular than a photo of me and my husband, because last week I posted a photo of my sneakered feet, my dog Puddy in the...
View ArticleButtery Lemon-Caper-Garlic Fish and One-Pot Rice Pilaf
“Fast dinner” is like an oxymoron to me, because lots of things I love to make are a process – usually because I plan it that way and I love to hang out in my kitchen as a PMA (primary nighttime...
View ArticleSoft Pretzels & Spicy Salsa Dipping Cheese
Food just tastes better in airports. I mean I’ve seen these kinds of pretzels in the outside world, but get me in that post-security and pre-plane zone, and all I want is a soft, sweet, warm, slightly...
View ArticleVegetable “Pasta” With Chili, Parm & Basil
It’s sad but true: my life is one long attempt to avoid carbs – and usually about me failing in a major way. When John and I go to Italy I eat pasta and/or pizza for breakfast, lunch (sometimes twice...
View ArticleRoasted Butternut Squash & Pomegranate Seed Salad
I have mixed feelings about salad, because sometimes when I make one and post about it people accuse me of being a “healthy” eater. First of all, as if that’s a bad thing, but I’m not any kind of eater...
View ArticleGiant Shrimp & Pork Dumpling Soup
This recipe is so good I couldn’t wait until my cookbook comes out to share it with you, so I yanked it from the pages, for your making and eating pleasure here instead. So you know that wonton soup...
View ArticleSweet (and White) Potato Gratin
I know I live in La La Land, but even us sun babies start craving warm, rich, belly-filling foods once Halloween pumpkins start showing up on doorsteps. I adore potatoes. I adore cheese. But sometimes...
View ArticleCorn, Potato & Bacon Chowder with Cheddar Toasts
I’ve had a lifelong love affair with canned corn. It’s always crisp, always a pretty yellow color, and always sweet, like little nuggets of earth candy you can have any time you want. I’ve been known...
View ArticleOne-Pot Roasted Garlic & Garlic Oil
Some things in life are as easy as they look, and this roasted garlic is one of those things. I know, I know: youve learned hoe to make it the other (harder) way, roasting it whole in its papery skin,...
View ArticleCrab & Avocado Rolls
I know most people just loooove lobster, but I prefer crab – maybe it’s all the Thai chili crabs I grew up eating (and still do, like once a week, when Pepper Thai can’t live another day without the...
View ArticleCranberry Relish
This isn’t like the jellied cranberry sauces you know – or even cooked ones. It’s fast, tart, and fresh – something different! If you like, add a little more sugar to taste.
View ArticleBrussels with Bacon, Garlic and Maple Syrup
In the annual up-your-brussels game, this is a contender. Frying the sprouts in the rendered bacon fat? Check. Maple syrup? Double check. This one’s for you, Johnny.
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