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 ...
Fresh Corn Fritters with Cheddar and Pimentos
If you're looking for an easy Southern-style appetizer, or even just the best summer snack: Fry up these classic crispy corn fritters with some spicy mayo dip. This easy corn fritters recipe has vegetables, cheese, spices, and a cornmeal dough base. This post may include affiliate links. ...
Grilled Chicken Lettuce Wraps with Creamy Fruit Dressing
Make an easy chicken lettuce wrap that will change your meal routine to awesome. I add chicken and a creamy fruit dressing to make this recipe outstanding. Lettuce wraps are a great way to mix up your salad routine (no forks needed!). This post may include affiliate links. For more ...
Artichokes Recipe With Lemon Mayo – Instant Pot Variation
This artichokes recipe with lemon mayo is a fresh variation on a classic side. The simplicity of the artichokes mixed with the zesty dip make a fun dish for spring. Love artichokes? So do I. Love adding extra flavor to simple recipes? Me too. Artichokes with Lemon Mayo lets lemon and zesty mustard ...
Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots for Spring
Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots are a quick and colorful side dish for your spring dinner. Brown sugar glazed carrots are one of my favorite spring side dishes. They take less than 30 minutes to make and they are always a crowd pleaser. This post may include affiliate links. For more information please ...
Golden Potato and Carrot Gratin
Golden Potato and Carrot Gratin is a warm, cheesy dish, spiced with thyme and nutmeg. The rich flavors of the vegetables and spices mixed with the gooey cheese will draw you back for seconds, and most likely thirds. This post may include affiliate links. For more information please see my ...
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 ...
Butternut Squash Soup with Easy Flavor Variations
This versatile Butternut Squash Soup is delicious on its own, but can be made with many flavor variations. Make it vegan, stir in coconut milk, try it with apples or curry, the options are almost endless! I love simple, seasonal butternut squash soup. Its velvety texture and sweet and savory flavor ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pistachio Pesto Pasta
Pistachio Pesto Pasta with shredded zucchini makes a great dinner, to-go picnic staple or the perfect packed lunch. Take it from me, adding pistachios to a pesto sauce rocks an everyday pasta dish like no other ingredient. With some fresh zucchini and bright pop of lemon and arugula you'll want to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Spring Dinner Recipes for Weeknights
My collection of spring dinner recipes make delicious use of the season's gorgeous foods and makes your weeknight meals a little more exciting! • • • Bookmark this page and make these your new go-to meals! My simple spring dinner recipes are easy to make, and the entire family will love them. ...
Easy Mozzarella and Eggplant Panini | Tara Teaspoon
An easy mozzarella and eggplant panini gets it's extra delicious flavor from smokey cheese and sun-dried tomato spread. What a great way to eat vegetarian for dinner! • • • Some Italian flare for a weeknight dinner is always good. I'm preparing for the Winter Games by celebrating delicious ...
5-Ingredient Easy Pea Soup • Tara Teaspoon
A hint of lemon adds freshness to this easy, 5-ingredient pea soup. A summer dinner made in minutes, that the whole family loves, before racing to the soccer game. You're not dreaming! Growing up, pea soup usually meant a ham hock, simmered for hours with split peas and some herbs. It was delicious! ...
Fresh Green Pesto Pasta with Lemon Ricotta Cream
Fresh Green Pesto Pasta With Lemon Ricotta Cream makes me swoon. It's is the perfect way to get a fresh taste of summer using winter ingredients during chilly months. We are right smack in the middle of that time when baby greens, herbs and veggies have started emerging from the earth; but the days ...
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 ...