We all have those certain meals that become weekly dinner staples. They’re usually meals that are either easy to make, part of your healthy eating plan or cook up well in bulk, so you can make it once and then have it for a few days (giving you a break from cooking).
The three meals that have become staples in our house lately are: (more…)
I recently made the flatbread pizza recipe pictured above for my Parade Magazine food blog, and I wanted to share it with you on Kitchenability as well. It’s a Pear and Goat Cheese Flatbread Pizza (click for recipe), topped with fresh arugula and prosciutto. So. Good.
I love Pizza Night (or, Flatbread Pizza Night) because it’s fun to invent all sorts of new toppings combinations. Some of the other successful pizza recipes I’ve concocted recently are: (more…)
Meatloaf is a true American classic! And, everyone seems to have their own fixings when it comes to creating their own version of it, so I thought I would take a stab at concocting my own meatloaf recipe.
This is very different from what I usually post. It’s a little more “down home”-style, but trust me this is easy to make and delicious!
A lot of people use ketchup on their meatloaf, but I decided to use Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce instead. And, I paired it with mashed potatoes and (more…)
For this Baked Herb Lemon Chicken recipe, you can either buy a whole chicken and whack it in half, or buy two chicken halves.
It’s a really easy and healthy baked chicken recipe that pairs well with tons of sides. I opted to pair mine with homemade mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus and sautéed mushrooms and onions.
It’s a simple and healthy weeknight meal. And, it’ll make your house smell amazing as the chicken is roasting in the oven. (more…)
I had a fillet of salmon and wanted to try something different from my usual lemon-and-dill recipe.
I was talking to Karen, my manger at TASTE Unlimited, about some possibilities and she gave me this wonderful recipe. She’s a great cook herself and used to own a delicious restaurant for many years called Beckett’s Cafe, which I used to frequent. She loves chatting about food and cooking, like me, so she was the perfect person to go to. And, this recipe she gave me is (more…)
Summer is the perfect time for pesto.
And, making pesto is simple: just add fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, a hard Italian cheese of your choice and pine nuts into a food processor and you’re all set! (You can even watch me make my recipe for Easy Basil Pesto on YouTube.)
Whether you have a garden or not, fresh basil is abundant right now. But, the one ingredient that prevents me from making tons and tons of pesto is (more…)
I decided to participate in the Meatless Monday movement this week.
If you can believe it, I’m a culinary school grad, yet I’d never made Eggplant Parmesan before. There’s a first time for everything and this awesome dish became my first “Meatless Monday” meal.
Before I started cooking, I asked around a bit, questioning a few people I knew who had made it before. And, everyone’s method was a bit different — some baked, some fried, you name it!
I decided to keep things simple. I coated the sliced eggplant in bread crumbs and (more…)
I filmed another segment for The Hampton Roads Show this week. And as you can see in the photo above, I had a lot of fun serving my hummus to the show’s co-host Chris Reckling. Ha!
This time on the show, I made my Banana Cinnamon Waffles from Kitchenability 101, my Mediterranean Pasta (which can be made in a rice cooker!) and my Easy Hummus recipe. (more…)
Try this grilled chicken recipe at your next BBQ.
The sweetness of the pineapple blends nicely with the spice of the jalapenos, making this a seriously magical chicken marinade.
The recipe below makes enough for four chicken breasts, but it’s easy enough to adjust it to fit the size of your cookout. (more…)
We all have those days when we stare into our fridge asking, “What do I want to eat?” “What do I make for dinner?” And we just stand there and stare and stare and wonder and stare.
That happened to me the other night, and it compelled me to take the photo above. (more…)
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