Veal is tender and delicate meat that we enjoy eating from time to time. One of our favorite dishes with veal is “Blanquette de Veau” ( Creamy French Veal Stew). But, the weather is not cold enough yet to make this famous hearty dish. I wanted something lighter. When I saw the oranges in my…
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Chicken and Black Bean Quesadillas
Chicken and Black Bean Quesadillas are an easy meal to make when you have some leftover chicken on hand. Even though they are not the traditional Mexican quesadillas, these are the ones that my family always wants. In my quesadillas, I use a mix of chicken and black beans. It is a good way to add…
Turkey Marengo Stew
Turkey Marengo stew is a classic French dish usually prepared with veal in a white wine tomato sauce with carrots and mushrooms. It is one of my favorite simmered comfort food and easy to make. For the little story, this recipe was invented by Napoleon’s cook, Dunand. He created this recipe to celebrate one of…
Lamb Tagine in Granite Ware Roaster
While the weather is getting colder, I am back to making one of my favorite comfort foods, tagine, which I made previously here. This time I wanted to make a different recipe, Lamb Tagine in Granite Ware roaster (a great cooking method that I talked in this article), to see the difference. When trying this…
Easy Mexican-Style Pasta Salad with Sausage
It is now officially fall, but summer is still in the air in Atlanta. I made this Easy Mexican-style Pasta Salad with Sausage from scratch with the last few tomatoes and peppers from my garden. This salad is colorful and flavorful with all the roasted vegetables, sausages, and spices in it. The lime-lemon dressing with its juice…
Turkey Osso Buco in Instant Pot
Osso Buco, which means “bone with a hole”, is Italian comfort food. This Milanese dish is made with braised veal shank in a base of carrots, celery, onion, white wine, and tomato sauce. In France, I often used to eat some veal. But these days finding veal in the U.S. seems harder than it should…
Chicken in Vinegar – Pressure Cooker
Chicken in Vinegar cooked with a pressure cooker is a rustic French dish really easy to make and perfect for a dinner during a busy week. The vinegar gives a tangy taste and the cream a nice velvety texture to the sauce which my family enjoys with rice and steamed green beans or peas on the…
Basquaise Chicken – Pressure Cooker
Basquaise Chicken (Poulet Basquaise in French) comes from French Basque country located between France and Spain, on the Atlantic coast. It is crossed by the western Pyrénées chain. Basquaise Chicken uses two main ingredients coming from the French Basque country: Espelette pepper and Bayonne Ham (a cured ham). The chicken is cooked in a sauce called…