Guacamole can top a burger, taco or fajita, be a hearty side to an egg or chicken dish or, the best way to eat it is with some chips as an appetizer. The main factor when making guacamole is to be sure you select good avocados. Pick up an avocado and give it a squeeze….
Adult Grilled Cheese
They call it grilled cheese for a reason…. It should be made on a grill. My sister came over to eat dinner with us on a beautiful Friday night and we decided to grill on the back deck. After debating several options we thought it would be fun to make adult versions of the childhood…
Summer Cocktails!
As the hot summer months get closer, we all start to dream up delicious refreshing cocktails (I’m not alone on this, right?). And who doesn’t love an ice-cold vodka lemonade, frozen margarita or spiked iced coffee? During the summer, my family loves to concoct new drinks using fresh fruits in a blender or new liquors…
Baked Potato with a Twist
Sometimes a plain old baked potato is good, but that’s what it is, plain and old… I was inspired by a photo on pinterest to put a fun twist on the classic side dish. Easy, inexpensive and satisfying! INGREDIENTS: Potato 2 garlic cloves, sliced thin 1 tbsp butter, melted Drizzle of olive oil 3 tbsp…
Cinco de Mayo
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Carolina Style Pulled Pork in the Crock Pot
I am not from the south, I don’t have a smoker on the back deck of my 3rd story condo, and I can’t say I’ve ever bought a pork butt before. So, I’m not going to try to pretend like this is the best pulled pork anyone from the south (or New England for that…
Pasta with Broccoli
Easy. Low cost. Delicious (IF you love broccoli). Pasta with broccoli has a long history with our family. Growing up, my mom made it often as a side to a meat focused dinner. We typically use the farfalle or “bowtie” pasta as we called it as kids. This meal can be made so many different…
Asian Chicken Lettuce Cups
Chicken lettuce wraps exploded as a popular appetizer/entree mostly because of P.F. Changs. They are delicious and healthy, or at least you would think. Check out the nutritional facts on PF’s version and you’ll be shocked at the sodium content. I made these a few years ago for my cousin’s wedding shower and recreated them…
Challah Baked French Toast
Exploring options on what to make for Easter brunch was a lot of fun but I was trying to find some things that would be good for a large group of people. Baked french toast sounded like a perfect idea and after googling for a few days I decided to go with one of my…
Eggs in a Basket
How perfect and balanced is this recipe? You get your potato, eggs, meat and cheese all in one nicely packed basket. All the flavors work so well together and they are pretty easy to make! I concocted these baskets for Easter brunch (yes the Jewtalian hosted a brunch on Easter) so I wasn’t as on…
Tri Colore Matzo Balls
A staple dish for Jews round the world is matzo ball soup. When I was in Venice I managed to find a Jewish quarter with a little deli that made some of the best matzo ball soup I’ve ever had! It’s comforting and oddly delicious. My family makes it every year for different holidays but…
Braised Chicken and Potatoes
Sometimes the best meals aren’t planned. On Sunday I usually plan our dinner ahead of time because it’s really the one day each week when I can make a meal that takes more than an hour to prep and cook. After a long rainy Sunday of being out and about we stopped at the grocery…
Scarola e Fagioli
One of my favorite Italian sides is escarole and beans! It’s healthy, delicious and easy to make in just minutes! It can be used as a side or a main dish since it provides protein and nutrients from the vegetable. Add some chicken broth and top with parmesan cheese and you have yourself a hearty…
Lasagna Soup
If you love lasagna, then you will love this recipe. My friend at work, Marie, showed me a new recipe from Bobby Deen (Paula Deen’s son who is trying to put a healthier twist on Paula’s meals). “Lasagna soup” sounds very strange and I was really hesitant at first. But this lightened up lasagna really…
Baked Halibut with Roasted Garlic Brown Rice
Another dish my mom often made us growing up was baked halibut topped with Italian-seasoned bread crumbs. It was one of the only ways I would eat fish growing up. I still love it today! Halibut is a bit pricey so if you are watching your spending, any other white fish will do for this…
Open Faced Egg Sandwich
In my family we will pretty much put a fried egg over any left overs the next morning. Leftover steak and onions? Put an egg on it. Leftover sausage and onion pizza? Heat it up in a frying pan and put an egg on it. You get the idea. This open-faced sandwich is a…
Veal Milanese Topped with Tomato and Arugula Salad
I admit, this isn’t the healthiest dinner you could make but it could be worse. Once in a while you need to splurge because it’s well, delicious. My mom made this recipe for us growing up and I always loved it, so I thought I would make it this week. We’ve been eating healthy every…
Grilled Steak and Zucchini Salad
Tonight, I threw together a quick, easy and healthy meal in between work and a meeting. Its feeling like summer outside so what better night to fire up the grill? When you grill you keep the calories down but you don’t sacrifice on flavor. It’s a nice night to grill outside and as bathing suit…
Healthified Chicken Enchiladas
My father is on a new diet so last night’s dinner was all about taking a dish I love (see recipe here: chicken enchiladas verde) and making it calorie friendly. My brother also happened to be home and he is on the opposite end of the diet spectrum. With this dinner we managed to make everyone…
Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage
A classic recipe and one of my absolute favorites. I order this at Strada 18 in Norwalk almost every time we go and I finish the entire ginormous bowl. It does cost $18 however so this Saturday night I thought we could save some money and still enjoy a delicious meal at home. I was…
Balsamic Chicken with Tomato and Spinach Penne
Sometimes I get home late, am very tired and have little in my fridge. On my drive home last night I thought about what was in the fridge knowing the pickings were scarce. I got to scheming and had a plan. I called Kyle to put a pot of water on the stove and after…
Chicken Piccata or Chicken Francese?
Did I make chicken piccata or chicken francese? Or neither? After looking at Giada’s piccata and Tyler Florence’s francese I’m pretty sure I made a combination of the two. I can tell you the outcome was a delicious blend of flavors and it’s a nice change from the every day grilled chicken. This dish is…
What to do with that leftover meatloaf?
Since I made my Monday meatloaf on Sunday night, on Monday I had to figure out what to do with this: (leftover meatloaf, bleh!) So I made it into this: Pasta with Meat Sauce! (yum!) Chop up the meatloaf with a wooden spoon in a pan on the stove, add some left over tomato sauce,…
“Mom!”s Monday Meatloaf
In our house, at a time when we were all grown up but still living with my parents, Monday Meatloaf became somewhat of a tradition. If you’ve seen the movie Wedding Crashers then I’m sure you remember the scene when Owen Wilson visits Will Ferrell and they are talking in his mother’s living room. You…
Aunt Bonnie’s Espresso Chocolate Pudding Shots
Aunt Bonnie rarely comes to a party with out her cooler or tray of Jell-O shots. They are such a fun and delicious treat to bring to a party! In preparation of making these I went to the grocery store, liquor store and the party store (it was closed) looking for the plastic shot glasses that come…
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