by Don Collins | Mar 12, 2026 | beans/lentils, Featured Vegetable Meals, Fish/Seafood, Polenta Dishes, Recipes
Cod with Hoisin Sauce, Black Bean Polenta and Arugula Salad West Coast diners can start with a piece of baked cod tonight. (If you live in the Eastern US, try haddock, pollock or hake.) You may also need to buy frozen fish, but frozen seafood cooks beautifully once...
by Don Collins | Mar 11, 2026 | egg dishes, Mediterranean, Recipes, Soups
Avgolemono Avgolemono (Egg/lemon soup) is a simple and delicious Greek soup and it’s on the menu tonight. I’m surprised this dish hasn’t caught on in a big way across America. Just a few ingredients and it’s easy to prepare. This robust soup is old-world...
by Don Collins | Mar 10, 2026 | Chicken, Dinner Salads, Featured Vegetable Meals, Recipes
Hot Chicken Salad Warm, freshly prepared Chik’n slices (or optional chicken) adorn a multi-textured dinner salad of lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, dried tart cherries, tart apple and steamed broccoli. The salad is sprinkled with quinoa to up the nutritional ante, and...
by Don Collins | Mar 9, 2026 | beans/lentils, Greens Recipes, Mexican/Latin, Recipes
Southwest Chard with Corn Salsa Roasted corn salsa adds a Southwestern flair to your greens tonight. Chard is the greens of choice and it’s cooked with sweet peppers and a touch of chili and cumin. You’ll serve it over nutritious quinoa along with homemade roasted...
by Don Collins | Mar 8, 2026 | Italian, Pasta, Recipes
Pasta Carbonara Tonights pasta is an Americanized variation of carbonara pasta. This version uses a marinara sauce base and has neither egg nor prosciutto. “Bestemmia!” (Blasphemy!) might be the cry from Carbonara purists.
I actually prefer this alternate way of...
