Slow Roasted Garlic & Lemon Chicken
This is Nigella Lawson’s garlic lemon chicken. It’s one of my go-to recipes. It is so easy and delicious, filling the house with garlic-y, lemony aromas. The only thing missing is the sex appeal. I wasn't wearing a silk robe while I cooked it!
PS - you can also buy already cut up chicken.
By - Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 2 hrs 30 mins
- Yields: 8 - 10 Servings
Fruit Galette
This Fruit Galette has very few ingredients, and is quick and easy to make. A Galette is a term used in French cuisine to designate various types of flat round or freeform rustic tarts with hand-folded edges. I love them because they don't have to be perfect and with few ingredients.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 35 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Grilled London Broil
Grilling season is upon us. Actually in Los Angeles, it's always grilling season! I eat the end bits, because I like it on the medium well side.
- Prep: 4 hrs
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Beef & Vegetable Pot Pie
This pot pie is from Cooking Light magazine and is low in fat and calories. It's easy and relatively fast to make, which makes it a perfect weeknight meal.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 30 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Chicken Smothered in Gravy
Why is there something so appealing about the word Smothered in the title of a recipe? In this recipe, I used chicken parts, ie - breasts, legs, etc. I think the next time I make this, after sautéing the chicken, I will put it all in a crockpot.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 40 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Curried Lentils With Sweet Potatoes, Mushrooms & Kale
I was watching some program on the Food Network Channel, it may have been Diners, Drive-ins & Dives. They were at a restaurant called Tin Shed in Portland Oregon. This was the most popular dish on the menu. I quickly wrote down the ingredients and method and ran to the store. It was so good, I will make this again and again. I bought pre-cooked lentils (at Trader Joe's) a jar of curry sauce and even frozen jasmine rice. It was easy and fast. You could take it to another level and put a piece of salmon on top.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower
Cauliflower features prominently on my blog. I looked through my archives and realized I have a thing for cauliflower! I especially like roasting vegetables, probably due to the fact that I grew up in the midwest in the '60s when all vegetables were boiled to a flavorless mush.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 40 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Grapefruit and Avocado Salad
My friend, Mary Ann, had a really elegant dinner party. She served this absolutely delicious and simple salad. She used Girard's Lite Champagne dressing, but if you can find it, I have included another dressing recipe below.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Yields: 8 Servings
BLT Salad
With the plethora of tomatoes from the garden, I have been making BLT salads for dinner. I make a dressing out of mayo and lemon juice, croutons, iceberg lettuce, bacon, tomatoes and you’ve got a great summer salad. Sometimes I put in an avocado, which makes it a BALT salad.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 10 mins
- Yields: 4 - 6 Servings
Chickpea, Red Pepper, & Spinach Salad with Harissa
This is a wonderful Moroccan salad with a great depth of flavor. Harissa is what my husband calls the ketchup of north Africa. Harissa is a Tunisian hot chili pepper paste made with roasted red peppers, serrano peppers and other hot chili peppers and spices and herbs such as garlic paste, coriander seed, or caraway as well as some vegetable or olive oil for preservation. It is also popular in Moroccan cuisine.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 35 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
