Tag Archives: Shallots

Filet Wellington

December 17, 2018 · by · in Mains, Uncategorized · 5 Comments

After a relaxing weekend with friends in the Catskills we made a detour on the way home to cut down our Christmas tree!  Wandering the forest, saw in hand, we inspected each tree from top to bottom, eventually selecting our gem. Once home we filled our mugs with warm hot chocolate, turned on holiday tunes, […]

Pesto Poached Cod Over Green Beans and Farro

November 10, 2018 · by · in Mains · 2 Comments

We finally went to see Hamilton and boy was it worth the splurge. While I knew it was going to be fantastic, I was blown away by the depth that the staging and choreography added to each song.   Also, this weekend we are celebrating our 9th Friends Thanksgiving!  After a romp in the snow […]

Israeli Couscous Salad with Cucumber, Spinach, and Parsley

August 3, 2018 · by · in Experiments, Lunchbox, Sides · 4 Comments

My porch planters are flourishing and I’ve been using fresh herbs every night to make dinner as well as some drinks.   We’ve thrown fresh mint into mojitos, rosemary into a gin & tonic, and basil into a blender with ice, raspberry preserves, and vodka – yum! (Can you tell we are in summer mode over […]

Sweet Potato, Spinach, Sausage, and Shallot Egg Muffins

January 1, 2018 · by · in Brunch · 7 Comments

“You don’t need fixing – you are perfect just the way you are!”-  Adriene Mishler January 1st has arrived and I’m ready to close the door on 2017 and enter 2018 with an open mind. This will be my third year kicking off the year with a 30 days of yoga series put out by […]

Cider-Braised Brussels with Bacon

October 31, 2017 · by · in Sides · 9 Comments

Happy Halloween! This recipe comes 100% from Eating Well magazine. I rarely cook and post a recipe without making any changes, but when this issue came in the mail I knew I needed to cook this as-is.  My blog here is my online ‘recipe box’ – my place to store all of the things that […]

Chicken Provencal

November 6, 2016 · by · in Mains · 8 Comments

With both of my parents having birthdays in November, we’ve always enjoyed a ‘joint birthday’ hot pot dinner in the middle of the month.  While I actually don’t remember where this tradition started, it sure has became a marker of the transition from fall to winter. Each year we would laboriously cut pounds of chicken, […]