This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RealFlavorRealFast #CollectiveBias Keep your summer festivities easy and delicious with Smithfield Roasted Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper Fresh Pork Tenderloin served alongside an elegant, refreshing Fennel & Arugula Salad! “It’s fun to have fun but…you need time to…
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Summer Eggplant Salad
Dress up your outdoor tablescape this season with this layered Summer Eggplant Salad! One of the best pieces of advice I ever received regarding putting together a meal or entertaining in general, was that it’s like “Piecing together a puzzle,” and that “Each piece, taken individually, need not be hard.” I wrote recently about how…
Perfect Picnic Coleslaw
This dressed up Coleslaw is a nod to the classic cabbage salad we grew up loving and perfect for all those warm weather cookouts and picnics. It’s easy to prepare and perfect to make ahead! Yet, as in most things, life provides us with equalizers. Even in the hands of cooking royalty knives become dirty,…
Mediterranean Cauliflower Rice
After a long, brutal winter it’s time to give our recipes a refresh. This Mediterranean Cauliflower Rice is bursting with flavor and bright citrus- a perfect welcome to spring! Today’s star ingredient reminds me of a set of lyrics from a singer my son spent his youth on, “We are drained of our colors, We…
Chicken with Fresh Basil and Tomato
This post has been sponsored by Lamole di Lamole. All opinions expressed are my own. Please enjoy responsibly. We are sharing a hearty winter meal today featuring Chicken with Fresh Basil and Tomato served over pasta and simple Lettuce Quarters served alongside Lamole di Lamole Chianti Classico! Last month I wrote about some of the…
Ancient Grains Three Bean Salad with Grilled Chicken
Thank you Village Harvest for sponsoring this post. Every day Village Harvest is planting seeds of change and growing possibilities, one bag of goodness at a time. -Packed with protein, fiber, and nutrients, this Ancient Grains Three Bean Salad is served with Grilled Chicken for a hearty, healthy summer meal. “We’ve no choice but believe…
Summer Shrimp Salad
This Summer Shrimp Salad is a cool recipe for those hot summer nights that call for something refreshing! Bear with me for a moment as I set this up. I’ve spoken of ‘perfection’ here a couple of times, but the most apt definition, I’ve learned through experience, is that “Perfection is what we make it,”…
Mediterranean Lentil Salad
This post is written in partnership with Reese Specialty Foods. All opinions expressed are mine. Indulge on hot summer nights in this cool and easy Artichoke and Lentil Salad featuring Reese Hearts of Palm. Confucius advised that “Wherever you go, you ought go there with all your heart.” To that point, there is an all-encompassing…
Roasted Buckwheat Salad & Giveaway
Roasted Buckwheat groats are tossed together with chickpeas, jalapenos and a zesty lemon dressing for a light and refreshing feel-good meal. I spoke recently about my attempts at healthier snacking, and my struggle to stay fit despite my sedentary attachment to my desk and the decadent-yet-unavoidable temptations my test kitchen. Though in the words of…
Panko Crusted Fish with Ginger Rice Salad
Ginger Rice Salad is served alongside Panko crusted flounder for an easy, warm meal perfect for keeping the winter blues at bay. Thanks to Success® Rice for sponsoring this post and helping me make memorable meals for my family always. “The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful,” the lyrics run. Indeed,…
Fresh Garden Salad and Salmon with Garden Pesto
Bumble Bee SuperFresh® Salmon with Garden Pesto is perfect when paired alongside a fresh garden salad and sweet potato wedges. It’s a light, satisfying meal perfect for any occasion. Throughout the human existence, and across all cultures, food has been means of celebration, and often times the amount of food was directly proportionally to the…
Arugula Salad and Kicked Up Corn Muffins
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #20MinutesToTasty #CollectiveBias This fresh Arugula Salad is served with Italian Style meatballs and warm kicked-up corn muffins for a light, delicious meal ready in 20 minutes! I wrote recently about my ‘classicalist’ tendencies, and how I view simplicity…
Summer Fruit Salad with Jimmy Dean Breakfasts
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Tyson Foods, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #JDgreatdays http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV Simplicity, according to Plato, is its own virtue. In his own example, Plato demonstrated through Socrates that lessons are best conveyed in as few words as possible,…
Sweet Summer Succotash
This summer succotash is bursting with the season’s freshest ingredients from sweet corn to ripe grape tomatoes that are tossed with buttery Cannellini beans. It is a refreshing dish perfect alongside any dish! Russel Baker remarked that “Summer has the power to make us suffer and like it.” Her in July-stricken New York, I have…
Kale Salad with Strawberry Vinaigrette featuring Freschetta Pizza
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RealTasteForRealLife #CollectiveBias A fresh salad with a zesty strawberry vinaigrette is completed with the delicious flavors of Freschetta Pizza at home! Whether because of our collective cultural conscience, the memories engrained in us by passed generations, or the…
Asian Style Sliced Steak with Fresh Bell Pepper Salsa
Bursting with fresh flavors and spice, kick up your summer menu with Asian-style sliced steak served over a warm homemade flat bread, arugula salad, and fresh bell pepper salsa! Some years ago I read a novel in which the protagonist happened to be colorblind. The character’s colorblindness was of little consequence to the larger plot…
Fresh Salad Greens with Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SavvySnacking #CollectiveBias Bring out the flavors in your salad with this creamy Asian-infused Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette inspired by the delicious new line of Lorissa’s Kitchen premium protein snacks! Tolerate my stream of consciousness for a moment. Have you…
Grilled Shrimp Kabobs with Fresh Tzatziki Sauce
A delicious Spring meal is brought together beautifully with sweet and savory notes from honeydew melon wrapped in ham to zesty grilled shrimp kabobs that perfectly mirror the delicate essence of Voveti Prosecco. “Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine so that I may wet my mind and say something clever,” as Aristophanes remarked. While…
Beef Hash and Eggs Wrap
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HowDoYouHash #CollectiveBias Don’t skip out on breakfast – try this deliciously easy Beef Hash and Eggs Wrap ready in 20 minutes or less! “I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try,…
A Village Harvest Winter Feast featuring Sage and Rosemary Cornish Hens & Arborio Rice Pudding
Before we continue, I feel the need to give a bit of context. Living on coastal Long Island, no matter how connected to “The City” one feels, the “Coast,” not unlike the River Gods of Homer’s epics, always finds a way to remind us of who is truly in charge. It’s a unique and at…
Chicken Pot Pie and Honey Mustard Spinach Salad
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BlakeAllNatural #CollectiveBias Fresh Spinach tossed with walnuts, diced veggies and a sweet honey mustard dressing perfectly compliment Blake’s All Natural Pot Pies, comforting individual dinners. I had a couple of friends over for dinner a week or so…
Lasagna & Arugula Citrus Salad
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #StouffersHoliday #CollectiveBias Make weeknight dinner simple this holiday season with STOUFFER’S® Family Size Entreés Lasagna with Meat Sauce and a light, refreshing Arugula Citrus Salad. A wise man once observed, “How did it get so late so soon?…
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Today we are sharing three delicious recipes featuring Boar’s Head SmokeMaster™ Black Forest Ham to conclude your menu for the fall holidays. One of the best parts of anything highly anticipated in our lives, whether it’s planning for a special event such as a vacation, or looking forward to the latest movie from a favorite…
Sweet Kale Salad and Grilled Lemon Chicken
As the 19th century essayist Walter Bagehot was fond of saying, “There is no greater pleasure in life than doing what people say you cannot do.” While Mr. Bagehot may have originally been referring to the price of silver and the Lending Dictum, this line also undoubtedly holds a certain degree of truth in the…
