Main Meals

Veal & Peppers

Veal & Peppers

This is a simple meal and easy to prepare. One pan (plus the rice cooker) and you are ready to serve in under 30 minutes. 1 pound cubed veal 3 red bell peppers 3 long Italian frying peppers 1 medium...

Turkey Tortilla Casserole

Turkey Tortilla Casserole

This is a great way to use up leftover turkey. I”ve lightened the original recipe up, by replacing the can of condensed milk with a cup of non-fat sour cream. 3 cups, leftover cooked turkey, or cooked chicken breasts 1...

Hearty Vegetable Soup

Hearty Vegetable Soup

This recipe was gathered from a dear friend and first appeared at our dinner table as a Thanksgiving soup in the mid ’80s. It was a huge success and one of the best tasting, light vegetable soups I’ve ever tasted....

Cioppino

Christmas Eve tradition – Cioppino, the most efficient way to cover the Feast of the Seven Fishes in an Italian-American-Californian home. I inherited the Christmas Eve family dinner a few years back to offload the full annual holiday meals burden...

Chili

Chili

A winter staple in our house. I use substitute ground turkey for the beef and it’s perfect. One pot makes a good weeknight dinner and some hearty weekend lunches. Ingredients: 1 large yellow or white onion 5 cloves garlic, minced...