Stews are the ultimate one-pot meal. They are hearty, packed with flavor and can serve an army of hungry friends and family. My husband grew sweet potatoes in his garden this summer and he is harvesting them right now (mid-October). This is the perfect recipe to showcase these “freshly pull from the ground” tubers. It…
Category: Poultry
One-Pot Pasta with Turkey Meatballs
If you haven’t already noticed, I love the simple recipes found in Ellie Krieger’s cookbooks. She has found a way to link simple, healthy cooking with ingredients that taste great! Here’s another recipe from her new book, Whole in One, where she focuses on one pot, one skillet and one sheet pan meals for easy…
Nana’s Chicken Pot Pie
If you google chicken pot pie, you’ll get recipes for an actual chicken pie, with a top and bottom crust. But the Pennsylvania Dutch version of chicken pot pie is more of a chicken stew with square pieces of dough added to the broth (a chicken pie in a pot). This recipe is from my…
A Lighter Version of Chicken Masala
I hesitated about adding this recipe to the blog because of the long list of ingredients. However, if you cook frequently, you’re likely to have most of these ingredients in your pantry. The recipe itself is very easy and it’s a much lighter alternative to take-out Indian food. For a vegetarian option, substitute tofu for…
Easy Chicken Shwarma with Creamy Yogurt Sauce
Chicken Shwarma sounds complicated to make but I made this on a weeknight after work. I started at 6 pm and we sat down to eat by 7. The recipe called for 1-3 hours to marinate the chicken but I cut the time down to 30 minutes and it was fine. You can continue to…
Lemony Chicken and Orzo Soup
I’ve been cooking a lot of soups lately. They’re easy, you get several meals from one recipe, and you have only one pot to clean. This soup reminds me of a lemon orzo soup my Greek grandfather used to make many many years ago. Don’t be intimidated by the length of the ingredient list, the…
Soups On!
Check out these hearty and healthy soup recipes on the PA Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics blog. I’m excited to have my Football Tailgate Beef Stew highlighted in the article. You’ll love the other delicious soups like Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup and French Onion and Barley Soup from my fellow dietitians! Note: Featured image is…
A Round-up of My Favorite Warm Winter Soups
As we move into the cold months of January and February, I plan to hibernate with a bowl of my favorite soup. Winter is the perfect time to cook up big batches of nourishing, homemade soup. Soup is so easy to make. You can follow a recipe and make your own broth but for a…
Homemade Chicken Soup (hibernating recipes)
What’s not to love about chicken soup? Homemade chicken soup that is, not out of a can. It’s light, satisfying, heart warming and a remedy for colds and flu. If you’re home over the weekend, think about making homemade soup. It’s so simple. Gather the ingredients for the broth. I used a whole chicken, carrots,…
Thai Turkey Burgers with Cucumber Pepper Relish and Spicy Mayo
If you’re a burger lover, you probably think turkey burgers can’t stand up to the “real” thing but these spicy, juicy, flavor-packed burgers will get your attention. Don’t let the long list of ingredients stop you from making these burgers. It’s really a very simple recipe and you can pull it all together in about 30…
Turkey, Apple Sausage Patties with Fennel and Sage
Are your eggs at breakfast feeling a little lonely? Bacon and sausage are not the healthiest partners for our eggs but I found a delicious way to get sausage back on your plate. These apple turkey sausage patties have that quintessential sausage taste from fresh sage and fennel seeds without the unwanted nitrates, nitrites, extra…
Grilled Chicken Souvlaki with Dates, Onions and Tomatoes
While traveling in Greece a few summers ago, I enjoyed the simple convenience of souvlaki. A Greek version of fast food. Souvlaki is meat or chicken marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and herbs, skewered, grilled and served with pita bread and tzatziki (a yogurt and cucumber sauce). This December Redux Recipe (Recipe Redux is…