Modern Comfort Food
Pumpkin Pie with Cream Cheese Crust is a pumpkin pie with a dough that is really easy to roll out. A lot of pie doughs are too moist or too crumbly, but this cream cheese dough has a really great texture. It never rips or …
Apple Pie Dutch Baby is a baked pancake topped with an apple compote, a cinnamon pecan streusel, and a caramel sauce. I serve it for breakfast, but you could top it with ice cream or whipped cream and serve it as a dessert. If you’re …
Chicken Parmesan with Creamy Polenta is classic Italian-American comfort food. This is a dish that is on frequent rotation at our house, although the chicken sometimes ends up in a sandwich or in a calzone. I feel that my recipe is a bit unique in …
Kale, Manchego, and Chorizo Lasagna is filled with layers of tomato sauce, ricotta cheese, Spanish chorizo, Manchego cheese, kale, and Bechamel sauce. It’s a nice change from traditional meat and cheese lasagna. You’ll notice that this lasagna doesn’t contain any mozzarella cheese, so it’s a …
Truffle Ravioli with Mushrooms and Sage is a delicious meatless meal of homemade ravioli dough filled with ricotta cheese and Black Truffle Pecorino cheese. The ravioli are topped with a buttery mushroom and sage sauce. The whole dish is sprinkled with more of the delicious …
Chocolate Lovers’ Pumpkin Tiramisu is a delicious layered dessert. The base of the tiramisu is a chocolate pumpkin spice cake that’s brushed with an espresso pumpkin spice syrup. That’s topped with a pumpkin mascarpone cream, whipped cream, and chocolate shavings. If you love chocolate, this …
Baked Boursin Macaroni and Cheese is a hearty meatless main dish filled with macaroni, a Boursin cheese sauce, and buttery breadcrumbs. It’s a quick dinner that can be prepared in under an hour. And, for thirty minutes of that hour, the Mac and Cheese is …
Pumpkin Cream Filled Cannoli Dipped in Chocolate consist of homemade cannoli shells that are dipped in chocolate and filled with pumpkin cream. The cannoli shells are crunchy and crispy, and the cream filling is smooth and silky and has a light pumpkin flavor. They are …
Sesame Steaks with Asian Pear Salad is a meal elegant enough to serve for a special occasion but easy enough to make on a week night. The whole meal can be made in about a half hour and it’s absolutely delicious. The steak is marinated …
Lasagna Tricolore with Three Cheeses is a baked lasagna that has all the colors of the Italian flag. The green of the flag is represented by pesto sauce, the white of the flag is shown in the Parmesan cheese, and the red comes from the …
