Welcome. Food & wine | Tips and recipes for making brown bag lunches more appealing. Sure, packing your own lunch for work every day can save money. But what about your sense of adventure? When you bring a lunch from home instead of venturing to the cafeteria or the nearby sandwich shop, it's up to you to keep it interesting. The pay-off can be big, both in savings and flavor, especially if you plan ahead and incorporate leftovers from dinner. Freeze leftover soup or stew on the weekend for lunch during the week, suggested Autumn Faughn, marketing and community relations specialist for Whole Foods Market in Milwaukee. "Many recipes for soups and stews taste even better the second day, after their flavors have had time to mingle," Faughn added. As the weather warms up, think chilled soups.
For now, Faughn suggested an Ethiopian Chickpea Stew paired with a green salad or some naan bread for a well-rounded lunch that's as interesting as it is colorful. You can double your favorite stew or casserole and freeze single servings. Rotisserie chickens are a quick meal solution. 1. River Cottage Community Recipes. River Cottage Veg recipes. Hotmail - justine_walker1987 - Windows Live. Punchfork | The best new recipes from top food sites. Facebook. Mustard & rosemary pork chops recipe. Lamb & apricot stew recipe. Broccoli &Bow Ties. This recipe is a great kid-friendly, weeknight standby. It's so easy to adapt however you wish.
You can add a different veggie, some chicken, or shrimp. Just adjust the sauce as needed & make a bit more if you add a lot.It can also be made ahead of time & reheated in the microwave. Begin by grating the zest of one lemon. Then, mince {or grate} 2 cloves of garlic. Set the aside for now. Toast a 1/4 cup of pignoli nuts in a dry skillet over medium heat, for 4-5 minutes, or until browned. Set aside. Wash & trim 2 heads of broccoli into bite sized florets. Remove from the pot with a slotted spoon & bring the water back up to a boil. While the pasta is cooking, heat 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil & 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter in a skillet. Along with 1 tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice. Drain the pasta & add it to the broccoli. Serve warm.Adapted from Barefoot ContessaServes 6-8 Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil & cook the broccoli for 3 minutes. Seared Chicken Breast with Lemon Herb Pan Sauce:
Sounds fancy huh? It’s not. I mean it tastes super duper extra fancy… but it’s so not fancy and hard to make. Got me? Great. This is a rustic one pan meal… which means that after you cut, chop and measure you cook the whole thing in one pan… and I like that in a recipe. I like it a lot. Now I’m not promising there to be little dishes to wash… only the whole cooking-in-one-pan thing. I highly recommend using fresh herbs in this dish. I swear every time that I go to buy flat leaf parsley… they only have this stuff… the curly kind. Chop, mince or bludgeon the heck out of it… like so. Measure out a 1/3 cup of minced parsley and set aside. Grab some fresh thyme. STORY: Once, a long, loooong time ago, I put some not so fresh thyme into some soup. So since that horrible soup tasting experience, my husband has sworn up and down that he hates, and I mean HATES thyme… until I made this dish.
Once the herbs are chopped toss those into a medium bowl. Toss together and set aside. Enjoy! Yield: 4 servings. Gourmet gifts - BBC Good Food. 6 DIY Spice Combinations to Give Home Cooking a Facelift (Recipes Included)... - StumbleUpon. Seasaltwithfood.