Modern Comfort Food
Butter Pecan Sticky Buns with Bread Machine Dough are filled with cinnamon and butter and are topped with a sweet pecan glaze. Two things are unique about these buns. First of all, the dough is made in the bread machine. And, secondly, these sticky buns …
Chicken Schnitzel and Tomato Salad is a big main course salad full of fried chicken schnitzel, tomatoes, cucumbers, red pepper, red onion, feta cheese, and a lemon vinaigrette. Everyone loves this salad because it is so full of crispy chicken, crunchy vegetables, and a bright …
Baked Chocolate Doughnuts Glazed with Chocolate are cakey chocolate doughnuts that are baked in the oven and then topped with a thick chocolate glaze and colored sprinkles. I decorated these for a back to school celebration, but I like to customize the decorations for different …
Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls and Noodles is a hearty bowl of chicken stock, noodles, chicken, and carrots and celery. Once you’ve made this soup base, you can keep it in the freezer and use it for all recipes that call for chicken stock. After …
Honey Almond Skillet Cake with Bourbon is a quick and easy dessert that can be made in less than one hour. I like to serve it with ice cream, because I think cake is always better with ice cream. Tonight we had the cake with …
Baked Phyllo Spring Rolls with Pork and Vegetable Filling are filled with carrots, cabbage, onions, garlic, ginger, ground pork, and oyster sauce. Since they’re baked and not fried, they’re not greasy like traditional spring rolls. Therefore, they can easily be reheated by baking them at …
Black Bean and Corn Chili with Fresh Tomatoes is a meatless chili filled with fresh corn and tomatoes, and chipotle peppers. And, it’s topped with fresh cilantro and avocado, red onion, and sour cream. It contains no meat, but I do use chicken stock. That …
Three Cheese Classic Beef Lasagna is filled with tender noodles, rich beefy tomato sauce, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese. It is one of my family’s favorite dinners, and a meal I really enjoy cooking. There’s just something about building all the layers, that …
Hudson Valley Pear Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing is full of Bartlett pears, dried cherries, spring greens, gorgonzola cheese, red onion, bacon, and honey mustard dressing. It’s the perfect fall salad, because it uses the pears that are so delicious this time of year. The …
Melon, Prosciutto, and Mozzarella Salad is a quick and easy summer side dish that will go great with all your Italian dinners. It only takes ten minutes to put together and it’s full of cantaloupe, prosciutto, mozzarella balls, and spring greens all tossed together with …
