Recipes for the week
Recipes for the week
Plus a few reader favorites 🌞
Happy Sunday. It’s been over a month since my last newsletter; I know that is a long hiatus, but I took a little time off because my day job got busy (rude!). February is one of my least inspired months of the year, so I also blame my time away partly on the wintertime blues.
I have a few new recipes for you and a few reader favorites from the past month. But first, do you want to know what I am making tonight? Meatballs! Specifically, Sicilian-style meatballs with dry currants and pine nuts. I’ve been on a currant craze; I really enjoy eating them sprinkled on sunflower butter with apple slices. In meatballs, though, they are even better.
Sicilian-Style Meatballs
These meatballs remind me a bit of the meatballs I used to get at Frankie’s Spuntino when I lived in Brooklyn. They used raisins, so if you can’t find currants, feel free to make that swap instead.
New Recipes
Honey-Dijon Chicken with Dill
Who doesn’t love a midweek one-pot wonder? This little number uses economical chicken drumsticks and just a few other ingredients for a simple, satisfying dinner that everyone will love.
Spicy Crab Pasta
If you don’t want to splurge on crab, fear not. The anchovy-tomato sauce is simply divine on its own, so feel free to skip the crab or swap with shrimp instead.
Tahini-Miso Mushroom Ramen
This recipe comes to you from
! If you’re looking for a simple vegan ramen for Meatless Monday, put this one on the list!Reader Favorites
You truly don’t know how much the positive feedback means to me! Thank you for commenting on my recipes! I mean, case in point:
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Pork Chops with Mushroom-Scallion Risotto
Thank you so much, Christopher! I’m so happy you enjoyed this as much as I did!
Cabbage Ramen with Pork
Savory broth, sweet and spicy pork, and bouncy ramen…yup…that sounds like a perfect weeknight to me! Thank you so much for your comment!
Okay, I think that’s all for today. I have so many new recipes to finish developing…here’s a little sneak peek at what I’ve been cooking up.
The first image is an absolutely amazing rabbit ragù I made inspired by a dish I had at Rivertown Lodge in Hudson. I really wish I’d written down my recipe as I made it, but I didn’t. It’s somewhere up in the old noggin, so I’ll be making it again (and again) soon to perfect my recipe.
Next is a mustardy kale salad with golden raisins and chickpeas. The recipe is coming soon, I promise!
Finally, I made manchego risotto stuffed mushrooms from a big pot of manchego risotto that I made. It was loaded with sun-dried tomatoes, a few anchovies, and lots of manchego cheese. I finished it with a scallion-pine nut breadcrumb topping. It was bananas, and I cannot wait to do another round or three of recipe development on these two dishes!
Thank you for reading, and I hope you have a wonderful week filled with lots of tasty food! If you make one of my recipes, please drop me a note to let me know how it turned out! Ok, that’s all…byeeeeeee 💖
-kylie