Modern Comfort Food
Red Miso and Ginger Ramen with Pork Belly is a main course soup filled with a red miso chicken broth spiced with ginger. In the red miso broth are ramen noodles, tender pork belly, spinach, and carrots. Then, the whole bowl is sprinkled with scallions, …
Tex-Mex Macaroni and Cheese with Pepper Jack Cheese is a baked macaroni and cheese spiced with chili powder, and filled with colorful peppers and spicy jalapeno-dotted cheese. You can bake it in one large casserole or in individual cocottes, or ramekins. The Equipment You’ll Need …
Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms are cookies made with chocolate peanut butter and topped with a chocolate kiss. They are a beloved cookie at my house, that I’ve made regularly over the years as after school and after dinner treats. The Equipment You’ll Need An Electric …
Plum Tomato and Pesto Pizza with Fresh Mozzarella is a really fresh tasting pizza with homemade dough topped with a fresh tomato Pomodoro sauce, fresh mozzarella, and fresh plum tomatoes. Then, it’s drizzled with homemade pesto sauce. This recipe makes two pizzas, and should feed …
Chicken Caprese with Pasta Pomodoro is an Italian meal of fettuccini tossed with a fresh tomato sauce and topped with fried chicken cutlets, fresh tomato, basil and mozzarella. The Equipment You’ll Need A Dutch oven- You’ll need this to cook your pomodoro sauce. If you …
Short Ribs with Ginger and Shallots and Pickled Squash is an oven braised dish, perfect for the crisp fall weather. It is flavored with white wine, ginger, soy sauce, and mirin. And, it has plenty of onions, shallots, carrots, and garlic. As a contrast to …
Cashew Chicken Stir Fry with Yellow Squash and Snow Peas is filled with tender chicken and crisp vegetables. This whole dish can be prepared in under an hour, and is a great one dish meal. The Equipment You’ll Need A Cast Iron Skillet- I think …
Classic Chicken Pot Pies Baked in Mini Cocottes are one of my family’s very favorite meals. My children, especially, have always enjoyed these individual pies filled with tender chicken, potatoes, peas, and carrots all enveloped in a creamy sauce. I think part of their charm …
Chipotle Black Bean Tostadas with Cabbage Slaw is a meatless meal of crispy corn tortillas topped with melted cheese, black beans, cabbage slaw, and a chipotle mayonnaise. These are so delicious and filling, that I promise, you won’t miss the meat! The Equipment You’ll Need …
Shrimp and Zucchini Flower Tacos are full of grilled shrimp, deep fried battered zucchini flowers, tomato, avocado, and queso fresco. The star of these tacos is definitely the zucchini flowers, but the shrimp complement them very well. Here in New York, we can only have …
