This easy, classic Tuna Noodle Salad is perfect for an iconic, late-summer picnic. It’s honest, good-hearted, everyday comfort food.
Dinner
The category “dinner” will retrieve main courses and sides. If you’re looking only for main courses, or only for sides, choose those categories instead.
Beans and Franks in a Slow Cooker
This is James Beard’s Beans and Franks recipe, modified for a slow cooker. Delicious freshly made, reheats well, freezes well. Easy, everyday cooking.
French Picnic Tart with Potatoes, Red Peppers, Sage, and Gruyère
This French picnic tart with potatoes, red peppers, sage, and Gruyère cheese has a fabulous filling and a wonderful pie crust. And of course, bacon.
Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs
Honey Garlic Chicken in a Slow Cooker: a simple, you-won’t-believe-how-easy recipe that is delicious fresh, but also reheats beautifully.
Cashew Curry
I made this Cashew Curry with Garam Masala, chiles, cilantro, and coconut milk. Thank you, Deborah Madison, for the inspiration.
Sautéed Chicken with Moroccan Hot-and-Sweet Tomato Sauce
Sautéed Chicken with Moroccan Hot-and-Sweet Tomato Sauce: chicken breasts in a luxurious tomato sauce spiced with cinnamon and ginger.
Egg and Mushroom Rolls
Egg and Mushroom Rolls with olives and sun-dried tomatoes: quick, flexible, easy, delicious comfort food wrapped in a tortilla.
Fillets of Beef in Ancho Chile Sauce (Sous Vide)
Fillets of Beef in Ancho Chile Sauce with avocado relish (guacamole) and fresh tomato salsa … wow! It’s an super-upscale re-imagining of a bowl of chili.
Stuffed Chicken Breasts in a Tequila-Lime Sauce, Sous Vide
Stuffed Chicken Breasts in a Tequila-Lime Sauce, Sous Vide … with bacon … of course with bacon. Shouldn’t everything be cheese-sauced and bacon-sprinkled?