Chunky Pea and Lentil Soup with Prosciutto and Ham (and potato, and carrots, and all kinds of good stuff). It’s the cure for pea-soup haters.
Dinner
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Beef and Onions Braised in Beer
Beef and Onions Braised in Beer is deliciously a meaty stew. I experimented with Julia Child’s recipe.
Roasted Veal with Blueberry Sauce:
Dinner for Four
Roasted Veal with Blueberry Sauce, with garlic mashed potatoes, honey-glazed carrots, and honeydew melon: a very special meal for four
Leftover Thanksgiving Chickeny Turkey Soup with Buttermilk Dumplings
This recipe for Leftover Thanksgiving Chickeny Turkey Soup with Buttermilk Dumplings produces a comfort food that can stand up to the dreariest, early-winter chill.
Rosemary Chicken and Chèvre Stuffed Portabellas
Rosemary Chicken and Chèvre Stuffed Portabellas: pick up a rotisserie chicken on the way home from work, and these large, meaty, cranberry-studded mushroom caps will come together quickly and easily.
Braised Green Beans with Tomato and Fennel
Braised Green Beans with Tomato and Fennel (and, of course, bacon) is soul food / Southern / Italian / comfort food. You might be surprised at the kind of flavor you can get from such a simple and easy recipe.
A Ship-Load of Mid-Century Navy Food
I found a ship-load of all-American, mid-century Navy Food just a short drive away, and now I’m bringing it to sweet home, Chicago.
Make-Ahead Mushroom Gravy
Want to make gravy in advance, so it’s ready to grace your sizzling meat as soon as it comes off the grill? This mushroom gravy is it. After dinner, stir the pan juices into the leftover gravy and you have ammo for another meal later in the week.
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Thighs Stuffed with Portobellos, Rosemary, Pistachio, and Goat Cheese
(Bacon Wrapped) Chicken Thighs Stuffed with Portobellos, Rosemary, Pistachio, and Goat Cheese. Need I say more? Whether or not I need to, I will: elevated, sophisticated, almost too good to be home cooking.