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Brie, Bacon and Spaghetti Frittata
Makes 6 servings Hands-on time: 10 minutes Total preparation time: 25 minutes Here’s how to turn your leftover pasta into a new meal in the form of an Italian omelet. You can bulk it up with just about anything kicking around in the fridge—including leftover vegetables, meat, and poultry. If…
Charred Tomato, Chicken and Tortilla Soup
Serves 4 Ingredients 12 plum tomatoes (about 2 1/2 pounds) 2 ears corn, husks removed 2 small unpeeled onions, halved 6 garlic cloves, unpeeled 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 teaspoon chili powder Kosher salt 4 (6-inch) corn tortillas 2 cups shredded cooked chicken (from rotisserie chicken or two 6-ounce packages…
Sautéed Beer Batter Shrimp with Asian Dipping Sauce
Makes 4 to 6 Servings Hands-On Time: 25 Minutes Total Preparation Time: 25 Minutes Ingredients One 12 ounce bottle beer 1 c plus 1/3 c Wondra or unbleached all-purpose flour 1 t Dijon Mustard Kosher Salt Asian Dipping Sauce (see recipe below), Homemade Tartar Sauce (see Cook’s Notes) or soy…
Peanut Sesame Sauce
Make this sauce to use as a vegetable dipper tonight and as an ingredient for tomorrow’s dinner. Hands-on time: 10 minutes Total preparation time: 10 minutes Makes about 1 3/4 cups Ingredients: 3 medium scallions 3/4 cup smooth unsalted peanut butter 1/2 cup hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice…
Healthy Car Snacks
Back Seat Car Tips for the Long Ride 1.In order to get the kids to eat healthy snacks on the road, give them a tackle box and let them fill it up with snacks that you provide, such as raisins, pretzels, crackers, cereal, and trail mix. Have them write their…
Pasta Pizza
For each 10-inch pizza: Kosher salt to taste 1/6 pound capellini 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 small green bell pepper, sliced into thin rings 1/2 cup Quick Tomato Sauce, recipe follows, or your favorite store-bought tomato sauce 2 ounces thinly sliced provolone 2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, ripped into pieces…
Spaghetti In Parchment with Clams and Scallions
Note from Marc: The pasta in this dish cooks twice, so be sure to undercook it when you first boil it. Then when it bakes in the parchment, it will absorb all the briny, garlicky, wine-soaked, chile-flecked juices from the seafood. That’s how you create flavor! It also helps to…
Salmon Baked in a Bag with Citrus, Olives and Chiles
Servings: 4 Start to finish: 35 minutes (25 active) Ingredients 1 small orange 1 lemon Four skinless 4 to 5-ounce center cut salmon fillet pieces 1/4 cup fresh rosemary, chopped Kosher salt 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup olives, preferably oil cured, chopped 1 small serrano chile, sliced thin,…
Roast Chicken Stuffed with Zucchini and Cheese
Makes 4 Servings Hands-On Time: 40 Minutes Total Preparation Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes Ingredients 1 medium zucchini (about 1/2 pound) Kosher salt 1/2 medium onion 2 T extra virgin olive oil 1 garlic clove 1 t fresh thyme 1 1/2 oz Parmigiano-Reggiano 2 slices firm white bread 1/4 c…
Red Wine Braised Beef Brisket with Flying Disks
My husband Bill has been telling me about his aunt Rifka and her asbestos hands for as long as we’ve known each other. He claims there was no pot so hot she couldn’t pick it up barehanded. (This amazing ability seems just slightly less amazing to me since I went…