A creamy polenta recipe with melty goat cheese and sweet and savory roasted vegetables. Make this for a comforting winter meal. If you've had cheesy polenta before, you know how good this is. I'll bet you want to dive into the bowl right now! If you've never made polenta at home, you'll ...
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Asparagus Puff Pastry with Cracked Pepper Cottage Cheese
You'll love this quick asparagus puff pastry appetizer or side dish. With a creamy cracked pepper and cottage cheese filling, pickled red onions and olives, it's delicious. I love that I can make a flaky puff pastry tart in minutes, using store-bought dough. Then fill it with creamy cottage ...
Roast Parsnips With Sage Butter
Roast Parsnips with Sage Butter are a sophisticated, warm side dish that will diversify your meal. The recipe is easy to make, flavorful and comforting. Roast Parsnips with Sage Butter bring a rich flavor to your table, while requiring minimal work to prepare. They serve as the perfect ...
Ravioli Bake with Fresh Tomatoes and Spinach
Ravioli Bake with Fresh Tomatoes and Spinach - a one dish meal packed with greens, cheese, pasta and flavorful tomatoes. An easy weeknight dinner everyone will love. • • • Baked pastas are one of my favorite, crowd-pleasing, go-to dinners. I can use homemade or jarred sauces, add veggies or not, and ...
Mini Tomato Tart Recipe With Puff Pastry
This easy, Mini Tomato Tart recipe brings out the flavor of fresh tomatoes by roasting them on top of puff pastry with Gruyere cheese. Two-bite snacks perfect to go alongside salad, soup, or serve on a party table. • • • I love roasted tomatoes, even better than fresh! I love the intense flavor that ...
Grilled Zucchini Baba Ganoush
The smokey, grilled zucchini flavor comes through in this variation on a classic baba ganoush recipe. Great for a party dip or weekday lunch. • • • I love my friends in the magazine world. I shared this recipe on my Instagram and wanted to share it with you here. It's straight from Every Day with ...
Easy To Make Cherry Tomato Risotto
Cherry Tomato Risotto is an extra creamy rice dish loaded with fresh tomatoes. An ideal weeknight dinner. • • • My Italian inspired cherry tomato risotto is the perfect dinner for using up your bumper crop of little tomatoes. Don't have a garden? Well it's a fast and easy meal to make on a weeknight ...
Italian Tomato and Eggplant Skillet Pasta
Italian Tomato and Eggplant Skillet Pasta packs in fresh tomatoes, eggplant and even green beans to make a veggie-packed dinner. Fresh tomatoes, eggplant and even green beans make this veggie-packed pasta delicious, in under an hour I might add. I blended half of the vegetables to make a quick ...
Easy Caprese Focaccia
Summer is the perfect time to make Easy Caprese Focaccia. Tomatoes are abundant and delicious this time of year, so eat your heart out! • • • Fresh mozzarella, juicy, tangy tomatoes and fresh basil are the things summer dreams are made of. This simple take on caprese salad is perfect as a summer ...
The Best Chili Toppers | Tara Teaspoon
The best chili toppers make each bite of tomatoey goodness even better. You can make your own gourmet toppings for a chili party your crowd will never forget. • • • Start with the chili, top with amazing, flavorful things, and dig in! Everyone can make the meal their own by mixing different toppings ...
Shredded Brussels Sprouts With Orange And Almonds
Shredded Brussels sprouts with orange and almonds comes together in under 15 minutes. It's a flavor-packed side dish that works for a holiday meal or weeknight dinner. • • • I love cooking seasonally. Using fruits and veggies that are grown nearby, in that season. Brussels sprouts are one of those ...
The Real Deal Creamy Hummus • Tara Teaspoon
A secret ingredient let's you make the real deal hummus from dried or canned chickpeas. You'll never go back to store-bought, I promise! • • • I'm not kidding, this hummus changes lives. I have converted numerous people to the stuff, and they've sworn off store-bought hummus for good! The best news: ...
Shortcut Potato Herb Flatbread
Shortcut Potato Herb Flatbread is my take on a tasty NYC bakery classic. Mine is easy, delicious and great as a finger food, or a crispy bite with some homemade soup. Years ago I was introduced to potato pizza here in NYC. I was no stranger to potatoes and bread. I used to (I mean I still do if ...
Mozzarella Sticks Turkey Snack Hack
This mozzarella sticks turkey snack hack has all the kids gobbling up tasty veggies and cheese. A cute way to celebrate the season! • • • Turkey time for all! I love a fun way to eat afternoon snacks and this one is all about the holiday. Kids will love to see this as their after school snack or ...
Baked Sweet Potato Cubes With Cinnamon Meringue
Baked sweet potato cubes with cinnamon meringue is my decadent improvement on a Thanksgiving classic side dish. I replaced the typical marshmallow topping with a fluffy, smooth, spiced meringue. Side dishes at Thanksgiving are the best! As a kid I would meticulously spoon gravy into the crafted ...
Roasted Vegetable Trio With Orange-Thyme Dressing + Food Styling Tip
Roasted Vegetable Trio with Orange-Thyme Dressing is a classy, delicious side dish for any holiday meal. As far as vegetables go, I think my favorite way to eat them is roasted. Name a veggie...it's probably delicious roasted! And this roasted vegetable side dish is divinely gorgeous for a ...
Roasted Broccoli Melt
Roasted Broccoli Melt is a totally stuffed, incredibly delicious, favorite hot sandwich for dinner. All I can say is YUM! A veggie sandwich? You question it, then you taste it, and your mind is blown. This roasted broccoli and cheese stuffed sammy makes dinner dreams come true. It's truly ...
Herbed Vegetable Pasta with Artichokes
Herbed vegetable pasta with artichokes is bursting with fresh veggies and zesty herbs. It's a go-to dinner for Meatless Mondays, or What-To-Eat Wednesdays! • • • My spring pasta dinner is as easy as boiling some water, adding veggies, a quick vinaigrette and poof. Olives, fresh tomatoes and red ...
Veggie Spring Rolls
Veggie Spring Rolls get dipped in sweet and sour mint sauce for a perfect combo. Beautiful green vegetables never tasted so good as when nestled in lovely translucent spring roll wrappers! I like salad, I just don't eat a lot of salad. I know it's healthy, but I'd rather eat pasta or a burger. What ...
Cheese Lover’s Snacks and Hacks
Cheese! Let's celebrate one of my favorite foods with these cheese lover's snacks and hacks. Nothing says delicious, quite like melted cheese! It's National Cheese Day! There are national days for every kind of food out there right now, but I'd like to think some stand out more than others. This day ...
