There is a saying in the Eastern Arab world, “A hungry man would be willing to sell his soul for a dish of mujadara. This recipe is inspired by a beautiful, yet humble, Middle Eastern dish combining rice, lentils, and deeply caramelized and crispy onions. Like many cultural dishes, you…
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6 No-Recipe Recipes
During this time of quarantine, in the height of a global pandemic, we can make good meals with what we have on hand: canned tuna, pasta, chicken, potatoes, butter, jarred olives, spices. As a food blogger and a cookbook author, my job is recipes. I spend a good number of…
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Pasta e Ceci
Pasta e ceci, which literally means pasta and chickpeas, is an essential one-pot Roman recipe, a cousin of pasta e fagioli, brimming with juicy tomatoes, tender chickpeas, hearty greens and pasta. Everything comes together in a simmering broth in just under an hour.
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Slow Cooker Pantry Chicken Chili
It’s that time of the year when long-simmered soups, stews and chilies are my go-to recipes. My braising pots are on full rotation, as is my slow cooker. In keeping with the recipes of this blustery season, I’m sharing my Slow Cooker Pantry Chicken Chili recipe. This slow cooker recipe…
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Low Country Boil (with Bonus Recipe)
This part of New Jersey is home to one of the best fishmongers in the state. I’m thinking local blue claw crabs, snapper fish, clams and mussels. Seeing as though we have access to quality farm markets and butchers, I’m also thinking sweet corn, potatoes and sausage. To complete this…