New year, same love of quick, easy, healthyish, yet decadent-seeming dinners. If, like me, you’ve resolved to spend more time in the kitchen in 2019, I can’t think of a better way to kick off the new year than with steak… and wine, naturally. Detox, shmetox. Rosemary and Balsamic Marinated Flank Steak is the perfect…
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Easy Asian Chicken Salad
Don’t let the admittedly basic name of this Easy Asian Chicken Salad fool you – easy doesn’t mean boring. Here, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And you probably already have those parts in your fridge. I make this salad weekly for two reasons: It tastes surprisingly sophisticated and exciting, given…
Chile Lime Spice Rubbed Steak with Corn Salsa
As the rest of the US is gearing up for fall, it’s finally turning into summer in San Francisco. I’m excited for a quick break from our usual fog and wind, and an opportunity to use up my summer recipes on days when it actually feels… summery. If, like me, you’re coming into a short,…
Harissa Maple Grilled Salmon
Grilled salmon is my go-to. As in, I make it once per week and rarely stray from my tried and true teriyaki chili salmon. Despite my constant search for new dinner options, I am a creature of habit when it comes to my weekly salmon. So this week I did something a little crazy. I…
Balsamic Brown Sugar Chicken
While I’m certainly a cookbook hoarder, some of my most tried and true recipes come straight from my mom. She’s the queen of simple, achievable, yet creative meals, and I’ve absolutely modeled my cooking approach in her image. Take her balsamic brown sugar chicken. The marinade has only 3 pantry ingredients, all of equal measurements….
Sambal Chicken Thighs
There’s nothing that quite captures my cooking approach (minimum input with maximum output) like a quick and dirty marinade. There’s zero chance I’m thinking about marinating tomorrow’s chicken today, so I need something flavorful enough to get the job done quickly. And by quickly, I mean an hour or less.
Smoked Paprika and Lemon Roasted Chicken with Potatoes and Onions
This smoked paprika and lemon roasted chicken may have been my best chicken ever, and I’ve cooked a lot of chicken. The spice rub was flavorful without being too spicy, and the slow and low cooking method resulted in tender, juicy chicken and sticky skin – similar to a rotisserie chicken.
Grilled pizza: the secret to the best homemade pizza
On Sunday night I learned how to cook pizza on the grill, and I feel like I need to tell everyone that grilled pizza is the best pizza. I’m still obsessing over the charred, smokey crust and perfectly paired, gourmet toppings. I now have a standing Sunday grilled pizza date, because an outdoor pizza party…
Grilled Shrimp with Citrus Chili Vinaigrette
We got a glimpse of summer last weekend in San Francisco, so I capitalized by cooking up my favorite BBQ treat: grilled shrimp. Topped with a light, bright citrus chili vinaigrette, this dinner felt like summer on a plate.
Crispy Skin Salmon
Fish is a hard sell for many newish home cooks – it seems scary and smelly. But I’m here to share a recent and life changing discovery: restaurant-style salmon with that coveted crispy skin can be mastered by anyone for an easy and impressive dinner in under 10 minutes. I’ll preface this by saying that…