This family favorite soup recipe is simple to make, delectable to eat, and so comforting on cold winter days. The parmesan cheese adds a satisfying creaminess to the classic tomato base, while the croutons provide a nice crunch on top.
These hard shell burritos—best enjoyed on a Tuesday—are one of our favorite Mexican dishes. Their small size and limitless variety of fillings make them fun to prepare and eat.
This Mexican tortilla recipe covered in a spicy red sauce will surely add variety to your dinner repertoire. The savory filling is versatile depending on what kind of vegetables, beans, cheeses, and spices you prefer or have readily available. Just don’t forget to fold in the cheese!
If you enjoyed our baked ziti recipe, then you’ll love our lasagna. It incorporates the same simple ingredients to create another nutritious and family-friendly comfort meal. Once again, we substitute ricotta cheese with a creamy white sauce called béchamel.
This plant-based alternative to classic Italian-style meatballs is packed with flavor and nutrition and not too difficult to prepare. We enjoy them served over spaghetti with homemade marinara sauce and garden-fresh basil.
While this Italian rice dish takes time to become creamy and velvety, it’s easy to make and very versatile. Add tofu or shrimp for protein, different vegetables and seasoning for variety, or keep it simple with parmesan cheese like we do. And no, you can’t pull it off in 30 minutes on Chopped!
My kids grew up watching their mothers haul the kitchen scraps to the compost bin in the corner of our yard day in and day out in all types of weather. They had to listen to me talk excitedly each year about the early spring tradition of digging up the cooked compost from “the pit” and moving it to the vegetable garden, followed by moving the uncooked compost from the bin into “the pit” for next spring, and finally cleaning out and repairing the bin to begin anew. The smell, the worms, the browns and greens, all of it they have heard every year for their whole lives.
We tend to save this recipe for the heat of the summer when our garden is bursting with zucchini. Served with a homemade yogurt sauce, these nourishing fritters are a seasonal treat.