Entrees

This dish is easy to make, healthy and delicious. The taste will transport you to the Greek Islands.

Springtime is fiddlehead season.

This authentic tapas dish is easy to make and the marinade of olive oil, lemon juice, thyme, paprika, and oregano makes it uniquely flavorful.

This is the easiest, quickest, and one of the most delicious eggplant recipes I know.

These tasty Italian flatbreads will wow your guests.

Pesto is pretty easy to make, especially if you have a food processor.

This recipe will change your mind about beets.

This braciole is easier to make and tastes even better than the more traditional braciole that is cooked in an oven.

Frittatas can be made with almost anything but there are a couple of ingredients that take them to another level.

This is an easy recipe that doesn’t take much more work than grilling a few hamburgers, and is probably less expensive.

To make the perfect and best hamburger, keep it simple. And don’t buy those pre-made patties (yech!)

This is a hearty stew that tastes a little sweet and a little sour. And it takes only about 45 minutes to make.

You can easily make this with leftover steak or even a supermarket rotisserie chicken. Perfect for a quick weeknight meal.

The important thing is that you make a delicious sauce and that it complements the dish you are making.

Chicken Parmigiana is good as an entree or as a sandwich made with two slices of garlic toast.

This is a french recipe for adult macaroni and cheese (but the kids will love it too).

Sometimes you need a recipe like this to remind you how easy perfection can be.

These authentic Italian meatballs are so tasty and juicy, they’re an act of love.

You won’t miss the calories in this healthy dish made with an authentic Italian carrot sauce.

Here’s the secret to creating latkes that are crispy.

This Turkish dish is similar to eggplant parmesan but without the cheese and without as much work.

Here’s a simple and delicious way to cook shrimp, perfect for a quick weeknight supper but also impressive for a special occassion.

This simple recipe has always produced a moist, flavorful bird.

This slow-cooker recipe is good for a weeknight meal or for a crowd to watch the big game.

This is one of my favorite recipes from the weekly Dorm Room Chef series I produced for the Boston Globe.

This is quick and easy to make: perfect for a weeknight.

A classic dish for winter or fall.

This is an easy recipe and the kids like them too. Don’t forget the ketchup!

This is how you make Taiwanese street food.

You make this from scratch but it’s quick and easy.

It’s like a giant, luxurious, but surprisingly light, arancini.

This is eggplant, chicken, and zucchini layered with cheese, like a lasagna.

This combination of roast chicken, potatoes, shrimp and salad was impulsive and glorious.

This is winter comfort food at its finest.

This is delicious by itself as a side dish or when mixed with pasta.

This will warm up even the coldest person on a winter’s night.

This is savory and sweet: perfect as a meal or as a dessert.

This is pseudo-Mexican comfort food. And so easy to make.

This is easy to make but takes more than a couple of hours.

This is a sweet, savory, gooey piece of heaven.

You can make this dish as fast as it takes you to boil a pot of water.

Bacon, eggs and cheese. This is Italian comfort food at its most rustic.

This is an untraditional recipe of a traditional Greek dish. It takes about 3 hours to make but it’s worth the effort.

Chef Todd English makes a good lasagna. I still remember one I had at his Olive’s Restaurant in Boston that was made with veal. He has a knack for taking an old standard and then being innovative, without being preposterous, paying more attention to the […]

This could be an appetizer for many or a meal for six, served with a salad.

There are many variations on this Spanish dish, including one with chicken and another with seafood.

The time and effort is worth it to make the best roast beef for sandwiches you ever had.

This recipe creates a vegetable lasagna like no other: a rich spinach mixture, covered with velvety noodles, and topped with a light tomato sauce and cheese.

Eat this flavorful and healthy dish and lose weight.

Fat Tuesday is also called “Pancake Day” in the United Kingdom and Ireland where many feast on fatty foods the day before Lent begins.

When I was a boy, this was my favorite dish to eat at my grandmother’s house.

There’s a thousand flavors in this summertime dish.

This vegetarian dish will please even the most ardent meat lover.