When a single skillet can hold your dinner dreams, you're in luck. When that same skillet can get you a meal that's comforting, hearty, delicious, and inspiring, it goes way beyond luck. That's the stuff of planning ahead!
If your time since the kids have gone back to school feels filled with preparing breakfasts, school snacks, school lunches, after school snacks, and attending every PTO meeting, sports practice, classroom meetups, and more … pause! It's time for sangria popsicles.
If you've avoided venison because it never seems to cook up tender or you are worried about it tasting "gamey", grab your pressure cooker and get ready for a Korean favorite with a healthier twist. The pressure cooker is the perfect tool for tender venison brimming with flavor every time.
As the weather gives an occasional cool day, plan ahead and make your own spiced almonds. Instead of firing up the oven, use your slow cooker to make stirring easy and cleanup a snap. You'll never make them in the oven again!
Sometimes a pasta salad is really what you're looking for when it comes to the perfect side dish. Get one brimming with the flavors of the Mediterranean that plays well with everything from chicken to fish to steak. Summer-fall food can be a stunning treat!
Stuffed vegetables seem like a no brainer when the summer harvest is at its peak. Mix up your offerings a bit with a sweet version of stuffed peppers that has a Hawaiian touch, including baking them on a bed of spiced pineapple!
When it's hot and I don't want to touch the stove, I reach for my canning jars and make marinated chèvre and pickled … well, everything. Add bread from my favorite bakery and a glass of wine and I'm set until the heat breaks.
A meatloaf-like meatball recipe gets a tex-mex twist and taco meatballs are born! Use them in a south-of-the-border pasta dish or as the star of your new favorite, a taco meatball sub sandwich. If you're like me, you'll double or triple the recipe and freeze some for later.
Caprese salads can be a staple at the table during August. Now summer's favorite flavor combination gets dinner on the table in main dish form. Tender chicken and fresh zucchini join the flavors of tomato, basil, and fresh mozzarella to get dinner ready in under an hour.
Fresh baby vegetables roast quickly and become the sweetest side when paired with miso butter and your favorite summer main dishes. It's worth turning on the oven for a little bit for these show-stopping summer veggies.
