For this Chicken Mushroom Lasagna, I’m using morel mushrooms. Pickers forage for morels in the spring, where they flourish in areas where there was a forest fire the previous summer. The little honeycombed fungi are highly prized by chefs and very expensive. Using Dried Mushrooms Because they aren’t in season, hard to find, and expensive, I’mRead more
The real Chicken Parmesan (Parmigiana) is an amazingly delicious dish that requires us to first bread, and then brown the chicken before transferring to a baking dish to bake in a lovely tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese. I love the real thing. If an Italian chef would come to my house and make it once a week IRead more
Salmon Pasta with Spinach is a go to weeknight meal at our house. Weeknight dinners often leave me uninspired. Sometimes I do a weekly meal plan when I do my grocery shopping, which helps a lot. But them, sometimes I just… don’t. Sometimes I don’t feel like thinking about the week ahead when it’s theRead more
Parsley Pesto is a little different. Pesto is usually made with basil and pine nuts, but you can also make it with other herbs or nuts. I made this one with parsley and walnuts, two ingredients that are plentiful here. I have lots of parsley in my garden. In fact, it’s kind of out of control. If IRead more
This recipe is a meat lasagna, just like the one that most of us all grew up on. It’s incredibly delicious. I made my first ever lasagna with meat sauce from scratch when I was 18. I used the recipe from the Joy of Cooking, and I followed it to the letter. And, It turned outRead more