Sauteed Broccoli and Tomato With Bacon and Parmesan

By recipesNovember 25, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Sides, Tomatoes

Combine these simple ingredients for an easy, delightful winter meal or side!

Recipe Roundup: Our Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes

By rebeccatalbotNovember 12, 2015November 2, 2017 Featured, Holiday, Main-Dishes, Recipe-Round-Up, Recipes

Earlier this month, Fair Food Philly‘s blog featured a detailed preparation timeline to help hosts spare themselves the last-minute scrambling. In the article, Peggy Paul Casella advised hosts to plan out the menu two to three weeks ahead of time. “Oh sure, two to three weeks ahead of time. No problem,” I thought to myself. Then I…

Cooking a Fresh Turkey

By recipesNovember 7, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Holiday, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Seasonal

Never cooked a fresh turkey before? Never fear! Here’s our advice.

Sausage Lentil Stew

By recipesNovember 1, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Soup

This stew is delicious! It’s smoky, hearty and flavorful and it has just the right amount of heat. Plus, this recipe is packed with plant-based proteins and fresh produce. Try it with smoked sausage from Canter Hill!

Easy Cheesy Vegetable Casserole

By recipesAugust 5, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Summer Produce

The name says it all! For this Easy Cheesy Vegetable Casserole, prep the veggies ahead of time for a quick, pop-in-the-oven dinner.

Pesto Gemelli with Roasted Veggies

By recipesJuly 23, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes

This is SUPER delicious and it’s my new obsession. I make pesto all the time but I traditionally put it on penne or with chicken. Lately I have been trying to incorporate more veggies into dishes that I make and LOVE rather than serving them on the side. This was an absolute slam dunk. -Ashley…

Peach Flatbread Pizza with Prosciutto, Mascarpone and Thyme

By rebeccatalbotJuly 16, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Peaches, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce

Some things make going to the gym totally worth it. This peach flatbread pizza is one of them. Last night, I returned to Women’s Workout World after a long hiatus. It was high time to return because over the course of summer vacation, I’d gotten into the habit of eating homemade ice cream and crepes…

Thai Stir Fried Veggies

By recipesMay 28, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes

Everyone makes stir fried veggies of some kind and sprinkles on some soy sauce. Here is a Thai version. The key to success here, as in any stir-frying, is to cook one serving at a time. Too much food in the wok slows cooking time and defeats the purpose of the high heat of the wok….

Rutabaga Carrot Ginger Soup

By SusanEdelmanFebruary 25, 2015April 21, 2023 Farm-to-Table, Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Seasonal, Soup

The rutabaga is new to me. It’s one of those vegetables I walk on past when I’m shopping at the market. Maybe it’s the funny looks. Maybe it’s the silly name. I don’t know. The closest I ever came is turnips, the rutabaga’s smaller, more attractive relative. My grandmother served mashed turnips as a holiday…

Gratin Dauphinois (Scalloped Potatoes) for Comfort in Winter

By rachelvanduzerJanuary 1, 2015April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Root Vegetables

In winter, there is something so comforting about, well, comfort foods. Last week, my husband was getting over a cold. Coincidentally I had just found the first cheddar cheese here in France, so I decided to make some good old fashioned mac and cheese like my grandma used to make. I served it…

Repurposing Thanksgiving Leftovers and Searching for the Perfect Fresh Cut Christmas Tree

By rachelvanduzerNovember 25, 2014April 21, 2023 Apples, Featured, Holiday, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Sandwiches

Every Black Friday, my husband’s family had the tradition of going Christmas tree shopping. We’d wake up at a reasonable hour (reasonable, that is, for Black Friday), mosey over to the Christmas tree farm together and each pick out that perfect tree for our family’s Christmas décor. Then afterward, we’d enjoy a delicious lunch of…

Pumpkin Sweet Potato Tacos

By rebeccatalbotOctober 30, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Leafy Greens, Main-Dishes, Pumpkin, Recipes

Autumn ushers in a time to indulge in pumpkin desserts, pumpkin lattes, pumpkin ale and all things pumpkin. I’m already craving the pumpkin chocolate chip cookies a friend is making for a party this evening. But even as I feast upon pumpkin everything, I want to make sure I’m still: a) making healthy choices, and…

Pumpkin Pasta with Sausage and Sage

By rebeccatalbotOctober 16, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Pumpkin, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter Squash

Autumn collects synonyms. It’s already the only season with two interchangeable names, and from there, its monikers multiply. It’s also known as pumpkin season, apple season, cider season and more. But how long has autumn been known as the season for all kinds of pumpkin-spiced food and beverages, from pumpkin lattes to pumpkin ravioli to…

Amazing Empanadas with Local Onions and Peppers

By rebeccatalbotAugust 14, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Locally Grown, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Root Vegetables

I might as well mark my calendar. Every three to six months, the urge to make empanadas hits me. Usually some excuse or inspiration materializes: a friend is visiting from out of town, we’re about to watch a Spanish film or I’ve just been to Zumba and I’m still feeling the Latin rhythms. Once the…

Chicken Cacciatore: The “Hunter’s Meal”

By rebeccatalbotAugust 6, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Locally Grown, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Summer Produce bell peppers, bruschetta, free-range chicken

When my sister mentioned earlier this week that chicken cacciatore means “The Hunter’s Meal,” I knew I had to try making it again. I’d first tried my hand at it when I was 22, a grad student freshly uprooted from family, cooking my way through the one cookbook I trusted. Sometimes good things in life…

Dessert for Dinner: Brie Quesadillas with Peach Compote and Basil

By rebeccatalbotJuly 23, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Peaches, Recipes brie, compote, quesadillas

In elementary school, I had a friend whose mom would make waffles for lunch. Ricotta-cheese-stuffed waffles, topped with strawberries and maple syrup. I loved going to this friend’s house. It was a magical world. Outside, in the corner of their yard, you ducked under some wild rosebushes to reach a trail that led over a…

Set the Table for Spring with Cucumber Dill Salad & Black Bean Wraps

By rebeccatalbotMay 15, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Seasonal cucumbers, dill, herbs, tomatoes, vegetarian

Whenever I have a chance to teach English courses, I like to talk about cliches. “What are some of your favorite cliches?” I ask. “Or some of the most bewildering?” We write them down. “Now, how can we freshen them up? Make them more unexpected?” Cliches got their start because someone came up with a…

Frittata Time

By rebeccatalbotMay 1, 2014April 21, 2023 Featured, Locally Grown, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Seasonal bell pepper, eggs, paleo, vegetarian, vidalia onion, zucchini

I first discovered frittatas a few years ago when I needed to use up some fresh sage. Sage, with its leaves like Lamb’s-Ear, seemed fancy enough for Martha Stewart, so I turned to Martha Stewart’s Healthy Quick Cook, a treasure my aunt had given me for Christmas years earlier, and discovered a lovely sage-mushroom frittata. …

Sweet Potato Quesadillas

By rebeccatalbotFebruary 27, 2014April 21, 2023 Farm-to-Table, Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes, Root Vegetables

What is it that makes comfort food so comforting? Is it indulging in food that tastes so good it must be bad for you? Is it the warmth of the food itself? (Clearly not, or a bowl of fudge brownie ice cream would not be quite so comforting!) Is it the memories associated with the…

Thai Pizza with Sweet Chili Sauce: A New Twist on a Pizza Tradition

By rebeccatalbotMarch 16, 2012April 21, 2023 Featured, Main-Dishes, Recipes pizza dough, recipes, red bell peppers

I was probably about six the first time I can remember my mom baking her own pizza dough. After that, it became a family tradition: Friday nights were pizza nights, and her homemade dough, stretched to the corners of a cookie sheet, formed the basis of creations the family sometimes helped to make. This week,…