Category Dinner Tonight
Your Fall Cooking Bucket List Has Arrived: 10 Recipes to Warm Your Heart and Soul
Fall is one of my favorite times of year. Here’s to soups and stews and savory, soul-warming food. Jalapeño Cheddar Soup Nothing will warm your heart and soul more than this cheesy, spicy soup. I learned this recipe from a couple of Cordon Bleu trained chefs who owned a French Restaurant up in the Big […]
Hatch Hatch Hooray!
It’s one of my favorite times of year! Hatch Chile season is upon us and that means its time to celebrate one of the most wonderful peppers in existence – the New Mexico Hatch Chile. It’s a short season August and September only, so take advantage while you can! Hatch chiles hail from the small […]
Green Chile Bacon Cheeseburgers
To my great happiness, it is once again Hatch Chile Season! The Hatch Chile hails from the small town of Hatch, NM – arguably the pepper capital of North America. Hatch Chiles are exactly the same pepper as the well-known Anaheim Pepper, but because they are grown in the rocky soil of arid Southern New […]
Frenched Rack of Lamb
This method will rival the best French Restaurants, yet is simple and easy enough for any home cook. The hardest part is finding a Frenched rack of lamb. Ask your butcher to do it for you, or keep in mind that lamb chops and lamb loin chops, or even a boneless leg of lamb will […]
Killer Garlic Bread with Roasted Garlic
This garlic bread is so good that it’s easy to eat it in place of eating dinner by mistake (my wife did this last night). For whatever reason, it is highly addictive. Also, it’s guaranteed to keep the vampires away but won’t leave you feeling like a giant bulb of garlic due to the fact that […]
Grilled Fish Tacos
These Fish Tacos are as simple as they are delicious. The thing that really, really makes them is the toppings – Fresh Homemade Guacamole, Homemade Pico De Gallo, Chipotle Mayo – and Cotija cheese. The perfect treat for a summer evening. Ingredients 2-3 lbs Mahi Mahi (figure 8-12 oz per person) Medium sized corn tortillas […]
Grilled Mahi Mahi with Rice Pilaf and Summer Greens
Other than salmon, Mahi Mahi is my favorite fish to cook with. It is firm, but not too firm, flaky, but not too flaky. Meaty like swordfish but tender like cod. Really, it’s the perfect fish. Perhaps most important, it is currently not over-fished and is therefore a sustainable option. It works well pan fried, […]
Pasta with Shrimp and Lots of Vegetables
This simple pasta dish comes together in less than 30 minutes and is both healthy and delicious. Serve with whatever pasta you like and a nice hunk of garlic bread to mop up the sauce. A word on shrimp: That “fresh” shrimp you see on ice behind the glass case at your grocery store isn’t […]
Antipasto Salad
This salad is a meal in itself. Variety is the key here: Do what you like, but be sure to include lots of different veggies, greens and Italian deli meats. Also, be sure to make the dressing from scratch – the dressing really livens up the salad, and since you’re having salad for dinner, you […]
Tuscan Style Roasted Red-Pepper and Tomato Basil Soup
This recipe is a riff on classic tomato soup, but the addition of fresh basil and roasted red-peppers bring it a superior depth and a fresh, vegetal brightness that truly elevates this dish to the next level. Serve with grilled cheese, in a bread bowl, with a rustic hunk of French bread, with soup crackers […]
