At my local Whole Foods Market, I found a medley of wild-caught seafood and came across this idea to make this colorful Easy Sheet Pan Seafood Medley, Vegetables, and Rice. It is an easy and complete dish in which seafood, vegetables, and rice are all cooked together on a single baking sheet. I added a few more shrimps because we…
Pasta and Rice
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…
Creamy Orzo Pasta with Salmon, Zucchinis, and Leek
Creamy Orzo Pasta with Salmon, Zucchinis, and Leek is a quick recipe that I can prepare during a busy week and it is always a hit at home. It is a convenient dish that I like to save for my two teenage boys’ lunch boxes, so they can have a delicious meal for school! Shredded…
Ragu Bolognese
Ragu Bolognese is a popular, slow-cooked, meat-based sauce in Italian cooking which originates from the region Bologna in north-eastern Italy. In the traditional recipe, Ragu Bolognese is made from a base of onions, celery, and carrots (called soffritto in Italian, mirepoix in French), minced meat, pancetta, tomatoes, red or white wine, and milk or cream. In my Ragu…
Asian Fried Rice
Asian Fried Rice is a convenient and complete dish that I like to make from time to time. It is perfect for using leftover rice. Asian Fried Rice is a versatile dish because you can use any vegetables that you like or have in your fridge such as leeks, carrots, sweet peas, corn, red or…
Orzo Salad with Grilled Vegetables
This colorful Orzo Salad with Grilled Vegetables is perfect when the weather gets hot as a side dish for a barbecue, picnic, party and completely satisfying if served alone. Orzo is a rice-sized pasta. Sometimes in my pasta salad, I like to use orzo instead of regular pasta because I feel the texture of the…