Cooking Method: Roasting
Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Butternut Squash, Pecans, & Cranberries
Side dishes shine during the holiday season, so don't settle for sub-par accompaniments. These Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Butternut Squash, Pecans, & Cranberries are bright, flavorful and easy to prepare and perfect for holiday entertaining.
By - Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 25 mins
- Yields: 6 - 8 Servings
Italian Roasted Vegetables
Italian Roasted Vegetables are an effortless way to make vegetables. They are easy, healthy and you can use any fresh herbs you have on hand.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 45 mins
- Yields: 6 Servings
Spiced Cherries in Bacon
These sweet, sour, salty and savory Spiced Cherries in Bacon sound completely crazy, but these are good. My sister-in-law, who lives in the UK, told me about these. Apparently, these are a real hit at posh dinner parties around London.
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
Green Beans With Pecans and Dijon Maple Sauce
Green Beans With Pecans and Dijon Maple Sauce will convert any veggie-hater. While pecans and maple sauce sound a little dessert-y, Dijon forms the bridge between sweet and green, forming a perfect side to any meal.
- Prep: 15 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 8 Servings
Quinoa with Roasted Vegetables and Feta
Quinoa with Roasted Vegetables and Feta is an explosion of nutrition and flavor. Quinoa (pronounced 'keen-wah') is a superfood, which is a complete protein. It has the perfect ratio of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats and is one of the best sources of protein you can get from a plant source.
- Prep: 25 mins
- Cook: 35 mins
- Yields: 8 Servings
Brisket with Carrots and Onions
Brisket with Carrots and Onions is the ultimate comfort food and can be made with very little work, requiring only a very large pot with a cover and time. Brisket can be cooked many ways. You can cook it with a rub over smoky charcoal heat, on the grill, in the oven or it also works really well in a slow cooker. The fat on the brisket should not be cut off before cooking. This fat helps to keep the meat from drying out. Typically, you cook the brisket the day before, so that you can cool it and easily remove the fat, as brisket just improves with an overnight rest in the refrigerator.
- Yields: 12 Servings
Balsamic Roast Pork Tenderloin
Here is a super easy weeknight meal idea. Pork Tenderloin is one of the most versatile cuts of meat you can buy. It cooks very fast at a very high heat. I happened to have balsamic glaze, which worked well because it stays on the meat. You can use regular balsamic vinegar.
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Yields: 4 Servings
Balsamic Mushroom Chicken
This Balsamic Mushroom Chicken is not a thing of beauty, but it is so good and can be made ahead.
- Prep: 20 mins
- Cook: 1 hrs 10 mins
- Yields: 8 Servings
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.
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 2 hrs 30 mins
- Yields: 8 - 10 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
