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5 Can’t-Do-Without Resources for Family Dinners

We have dinner together as a family almost every night. It’s one of the best times of the day — as long as I don’t get too frazzled by getting dinner onto the table. It’s important to me to do it reasonably inexpensively and quickly without making a huge number of dishes, and I turn […]

Salmon with Lentils and Mustard Vinaigrette: Another Vote for Great Food Fast

What a beautiful, delicious, and easy meal. Healthy too. Big flakes of broiled salmon atop simmered lentils, all drizzled with mustard vinaigrette. I am not only going to buy the Great Food Fast cookbook, I think I will subscribe to Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food magazine, from which the recipes are drawn.
Salmon with Lentils and Mustard […]

Skillet Chicken with Potatoes: A Family-Friendly Favorite

My people love chicken with pan sauce or pork chops with pan sauce or steak with pan sauce or turkey cutlets with pan sauce. In short: they love pan sauce. But pan sauces have fallen out of favor, apparently too French and too gourmet for everyday cooking. So don’t mention the pan sauce! Just call […]