Creamy Polenta

Slice any tomatoes and onions you’d like to roast and preheat your oven to 320. Lay in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Spray or drizzle olive oil over the top of your veggies and add a sprinkle of salt. You’ll roast these about 45 minutes. I’ll admit to you all that I don’t…

Chicken Enchiladas

Bring 2 quarts of water with three chicken bullion cubes dissolved into it to a boil. When at a rolling boil, add three chicken breasts and cover with a tightly fitting lid and leave to boil for 20 minutes. While the chicken is cooking, slice two yellow onions and toss with two tablespoons of extra…

Pot Roast

I love how this pot roast turns out. I do not love scrubbing the dutch oven after, though, so this is a special treat in our house. Lightly flour the sides of a pot roast. I like to get one that’s 3-4 lbs. because it fits well in my dutch oven. Choose a cut that…

Gooey Greens and Two Kinds of Cheese

Very lightly butter or brush olive oil on two slices of sourdough. I used seeded sourdough, but this tastes great on plain sourdough, too. This will be the outside of your sandwich. If you use butter, you should try lightly dusting finely grated parmesan on the butter. Spread a thin layer of basil pesto on…

Savory or Sweet Ricotta Pizza

Pizza dough: Combine 3 3/4 cup bread flour (you can use all-purpose if you don’t keep bread flour on hand), 1 teaspoon honey, 1 packet instant dry yeast, and 2 teaspoons kosher salt in bowl of a stand mixer. With mixer going, stream in 1 1/2 cups warm but not steaming water and 2 tablespoons…

Easy Chicken

After cleaning a whole chicken, thoroughly dry with paper towels. Inside and out. I know, it’s icky. You can do it. On occasion, you’ll find a bit of a quill left in the skin. It’s easiest to grasp them using a paper towel so you have enough traction to pull it out. A lot of…

Creamy Chicken, Gnocchi and Spinach Soup

Joe, you finally get a copy. Earlier that it comes in the mail, too! You won’t see it until October, but I’ve done what I could. Brown 1 pound Italian sausage in a Dutch oven, do not drain. If you are skipping the sausage, instead drizzle two glugs of your favorite olive oil in the…