There are days of the week where a home-cooked meal doesn't sound like an option and I consider opening a bagged salad and calling it a night. However, more recently, I have fallen in love with sheet pan meals given how easy they are to make and that I can repurpose the ingredients throughout the [...]
Is anyone else counting down the days until it is officially Fall? Each day, I make a mental note that we are one step closer to one of my favorite seasons (I can never decide if I like Spring or Fall better). I know what you're thinking: this girl likes vegetables WAY too much. And she [...]
Chicken paillard is one of those classic dishes that is elegant - and hard to pronounce - yet is a surprisingly simple dish to make and one of my absolute favorites to order on a menu! Paillard is actually just a French term used to denote a piece of chicken or veal that has been [...]
Hands-down Asian food is one of my favorite cuisines...to eat. When it comes to cooking Asian food, I tend to be fairly tentative. There are so many magical ingredients in the realm of Asian cuisine, but I don't have much experience utilizing many of them.However, I recently purchased the Defined Dish cookbook (which is fabulous!) [...]
So, I finally caved and bought a cast-iron skillet. I had convinced myself that the hard-anodized aluminum grill pan we splurged on two years ago had all the same capabilities and I didn't need to add yet another piece to my ever-growing collection of cooking tools. However, I am quickly learning the wonders of a [...]
