Super Simple Dill Salmon

Super Simple Dill Salmon

Do you need a super simple recipe for salmon? Does Dill Salmon sound good! Last week I saw someone comment that she rarely cooked salmon, because it was so complicated. And I realized that I had never written about cooking it, precisely because it is 

Irish American Corned Beef and Cabbage

Irish American Corned Beef and Cabbage

Irish American Corned Beef and Cabbage – a classically American dish, made by immigrants combining familiar technique with available food! Great American cooking has two major influences, which sometimes intersect. The first, of course, is the bounty of the land itself – miles and miles 

Tamari Mushroom Pork Chops

Tamari Mushroom Pork Chops

Tired of plain, sometimes tough, grilled pork chops?   All right, I’ll admit it  – once in a while, if I’m in a tearing hurry, I’ll just grill a pork chop. But I vastly prefer to brown and braise. Tender meat infused with flavor from 

Vaguely Southwestern Skillet – Quick Dinner

Vaguely Southwestern Skillet – Quick Dinner

This quick and easy one pot skillet dinner has changed since my mother made something similar, and is now gluten free, but just as easy and tasty! When I was a child, one of my family’s favorite weeknight meals was something we called Melange, or 

One Pot Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

One Pot Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

Make this fast one pot meal of chicken, sweet potatoes and vegetables! A delicious easy dinner! Even food bloggers sometimes walk into the kitchen, glance at the clock – and realize we don’t have enough time to cook the meal we had planned. Or at