This 40-minute recipe blends crisp romaine, a savory Caesar-inspired dressing, and golden-crusted salmon for a perfect weeknight meal If you’re looking for a flavorful weeknight dinner, this Parmesan-Crusted Salmon Caesar Salad hits all the right notes. Andrew adored this dish and, in a very rare…

Hearty Italian Lamb Ragu with Strozzapreti: A Recipe for Rich, Earthy Flavors This hearty ground lamb ragu from Chef Michael Mina is the perfect pairing for Strozzapreti pasta, offering rich, deep, and earthy aromas that make it a must-try for lovers of bold flavors. While…

THIS DUTCH BABY MAKES A PERFECT MEATLESS MEAL. To open the oven door and discover the very simple batter I’d put into a cast iron skillet 20 minutes before had emerged as this beautiful pastry ‘shell’ was a moment of both pride and awe.  Previous…

HERE’S A ONE-POT PASTA DISH THAT TAKES ALL OF 25 MINUTES FROM START TO FINISH. This quick dinner dish stars store-bought cheese tortellini in a lemony cream sauce. For a punch of smoky flavor, we added crumbled thick-cut bacon. To top it all off, sweet…

 Celebrate Marcella Hazan’s 100th Birthday with a Treasury of her recipes and tips. April 15th would have been Marchella Hazan’s 100th Birthday. And what a celebration that would have been on Chewing The Fat!  I was traveling and missed toasting Marcella Hazan, a woman who…

COSTCO’S CRISPY, CRUNCHY BUTTERFLIED SHRIMP ARE PANKO-CRUSTED AND READY IN MINUTES.. Fresh from the air fryer*, this meal comes together in no time.  We served these beloved Costco Shrimp with Spaghetti in a lemony-garlicky and just slightly spicy sauce. We topped that off with fresh-from-the-air…

This Mushroom Stroganoff is as meaty and rich as the original. There’s probably no easier way to go meatless than to cook mushrooms in place of meat.  In today’s Mushroom Stroganoff,  they take center stage replacing beef.  As they cook, they create a deep rich…

 Gyoza, Asian Dumplings, Greens, and Chile Butter make for an easy and intriguing one-skillet dinner. Garlicky Greek yogurt is topped with Trader Joe’s* Gyoza, a handful of spinach, toasted pine nuts, and finally, a chile-spiced drizzle of butter seasoned with mild chile pepper, smoked paprika,…

“Sometimes you want chicken to taste like chicken” and One Skillet Chicken does just that. So wrote J.T. of Madison Wisconsin of this wonderful recipe when it appeared in Bon Appetit. Here all you do is salt and pepper bone-in skin on, chicken thighs and…

James Beard’s Roast Beef Hash is the most viewed recipe on Chewing The Fat. You have just landed on the most popular post on Chewing the Fat. James Beard’s Roast Beef Hash recipe is so popular in our house, that when I cooked another version,…

A Q&A with Monte Mathews, the man behind Saveur’s perennially popular, five-ingredient, “cheap ham” recipe called “Monte’s Ham” Connie McCabe for Saveur Magazine In the 1990s, when I was a senior associate editor at Saveur, the magazine published recipes for Filet de Boeuf Grille avec…

With a little planning, we can make all 5 of our best Thanksgiving recipes ever! I can’t think of a year when we don’t look forward to Thanksgiving. It’s just a week away from the big day but menu planning now makes life a lot…

EVERYONE’S FAVORITE, SWORDFISH, STARS IN TWO DISHES… SEASONED AND BLACKENED AT DINNER…THEN A SALAD ON DAY 2. If you’ve never eaten Blackened Swordfish, you’re in for a treat.  In this case, two treats.  First luscious Blackened Swordfish. And then in a Swordfish Salad, that’s as…

DAY ONE: PORK LOIN WITH FIGS. DAY TWO: PULLED PORK QUESADILLAS. BOTH FROM A SINGLE $6.00 PORK LOIN For Pork Loin Two Ways, we start with a boneless pork loin roast. This cut stands out as one of my top favorites to cook. This cut,…