Shrimp cooked in Parchment

Quick and easy recipe for perfectly cooked shrimp in parchment paper. Assemble ahead of time and just pop in the over at dinner time.

Salmon Roasted in Butter and Herbs

What is  more delicious than ANYTHING cooked in butter? Nothing.  Here is the perfect weeknight recipe for salmon (or any fish!) cooked in gorgeous butter and fresh herbs.  This recipe is adapted from my new favorite site, The New York Times by the great Mark Bittman https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5703-salmon-roasted-in-butter. Ingredients 4 tablespoons of grass-fed butter (or any butter,…

Crispy Spiralized Sweet Potatoes

I have spent approximately ten years trying to make CRISPY sweet potato oven-fries to with no avail. Well those days are over thanks to the handy Spiralizer that everyone should have in their life. This is my trusty method , you can use one sweet potato or twelve; just adjust the amount of olive oil and…

Oven-Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts roasted in bacon fat; A match made in culinary heaven. The nuttiness of the roasted sprouts paired with the salty smokiness of the silky bacon fat- there is no pre-nup being signed in this holy matrimony; I can assure you at least this much.

CHICKEN, SAUSAGE, APPLE AND SWEET POTATO HASH

  Serves four Adapted from The Whole30: The 30-Day guide to total health and food freedom, Melissa’s chicken hash 2 table of cooking fat (I use bacon fat) 2 pounds of boneless, skinless skinless chicken thighs, cut into a 1-inch dice 1/2 pound of smoked kielbasa sausage, diced (optional, but why wouldn’t you add this?)…

Bubble and Squeak

I was a huge fan of this dish when I was living in England and love doing my own take on it whenever I have the opportunity….The lesson here is left-overs do not have to be boring. I find that if reconstituted right they are often better than the original dish.