Cooking Method: Sautéing

Chicken with Saffron and Rice

This recipe is from Williams-Sonoma. It’s a traditional Spanish dish of chicken and rice that is seasoned with saffron. The saffron makes this dish. Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the Crocus. It’s one of the world’s most expensive spices by weight.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 20 mins
  • Cook: 1 hr 20 mins
  • Yields: 6 - 8 Servings

Cashew Chicken in a Slow Cooker

This Cashew Chicken in a Slow Cooker can't get any easier. It only takes 10 minutes to prepare for the crockpot. It's great for a busy weeknight meal.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 4 hrs
  • Yields: 4 - 6 Servings

“16 Bean” Pasta e Fagioli

This “16 Bean” Pasta e Fagioli is from Ina Garten’s new cookbook, Cooking for Jeffery. Pasta e fagioli, meaning "pasta and beans", is a traditional Italian dish. Pastafazoola, a 1927 novelty song by Van and Schenck, capitalizes on the Neapolitan pronunciation in the rhyme, "Don't be a fool, eat pasta fazool", and the Dean Martin song "That's Amore" includes the rhyme "When the stars make you drool, just like pasta fazool, that's amore".

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 20 mins
  • Cook: 1 hr 50 mins
  • Yields: 6 Servings

Chicken Noodle Soup

I have made chicken noodle soup for many sick clients over the years. There is something so cathartic about making soup.It's easy on the stomach and it is just what your body needs. Grandmother’s chicken soup was and is the ultimate cure for colds and new medical research says that chicken soup really does work just like Grandma always said it did.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 2 hrs
  • Cook: 20 mins
  • Yields: Makes 2 quarts

Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash, Shallots & Sage

My husband made me this Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash, Shallots & Sage for Sunday lunch last week. It has all my favorite quintessential autumnal ingredients.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 45 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Green Chile Frito Pie

Frito pie is traditionally chili meat, cheese poured into a snack-sized sack of Frito chips cut open sideways. This recipe is more of a bowl. I had it at the Plaza Café in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was probably one of the best things I eaten in a long time. I have always been a fan of green Hatch chilies. This Green Chili Frito Pie was so good and VERY spicy, just they way I like it!

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 1 hr 15 mins
  • Yields: 6 - 8 Servings

Chicken Gismonda

Chicken Gismonda is a recipe from the Rangoon Racquet Club in Beverly Hills, which opened in 1975 and closed in the early 1990's. It is chicken that is smothered in mushrooms and served on cooked spinach and covered with melted mozzarella cheese.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 35 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Caramelized Onion Cranberry Compote Cream Cheese Crackers

Hosting a party is stressful, whether it's a small get-together or a holiday fête for a crowd. The key is making as much food ahead of time as possible, so all you have to do day-of is reheat and do a little last-minute prep. These Caramelized Onion Cranberry Compote Cream Cheese Crackers can be made ahead and will be a crowd pleaser.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 25 mins
  • Yields: Makes 1 cup

Butternut Squash & Bacon Mac n’ Cheese

This Butternut Squash & Bacon Mac n’ Cheese is perfect for a fall meal. It's super cheesy and delicious. Serve it will a mixed green salad and crusty bread.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 15 mins
  • Cook: 45 mins
  • Yields: 6 servings

Lemony Chicken & Rice Soup

The fresh lemon juice adds a nice citrus note to this Lemony Chicken & Rice Soup. It goes really well with dark rye bread and butter. Also, this soup freezes well.

By Leslie Blythe

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 25 mins
  • Yields: 6 Servings