Posts Tagged ‘chicken’

From the hills of Hollywood (think Nicole Richie and Ms. GOOP herself) to the stone-cold streets of New York City, this recipe is making the celebrity rounds. But it wasn’t until my stylish sister alerted me to it did I decide to put my spin on it and give it a go. I’ve tweaked the [...]

Let’s face it, 2009 melted into 2010 and skinny jeans aren’t going anywhere. So what better way to sizzle (re: fit) into the new year than with an arsenal of healthy recipes that are loaded with tempting tastes and guilt-free flavor.
Check the list below for some of my most popular healthy recipes then slip into [...]

Welcome to the 100th post on Just a Taste! It’s been nine months since I launched the site, and what began as a way to record my family’s century-old recipes has turned into an undying passion for the creativity involved in making, photographing and describing food. To me, there is no simpler pleasure.
So here’s to [...]

From recessionary-themed dinner parties to “recessipes,” we’re all feeling the crunch. And I’m not talking about the sound of my hand diving into a bag of potato chips. Tough economic times means even tighter budgets, and I’ve found that shopping what’s in season is the number one way to cut costs. In addition to being [...]

I haven’t always had an adventurous palette, and I actually spent many of my childhood years poking the crab meat out of sushi rolls and dining on plain white rice any time my parents took (and by took, I mean dragged) me to dinner at their favorite Indian restaurant. But the more I was exposed [...]

I met Ina Garten of Barefoot Contessa during her cookbook signing in Manhattan a few weeks ago. As a star on the Food Network, Ina is just as friendly and inviting in person as she appears on her show. She has always been one of my culinary idols because of her casual style of cooking [...]

I’m gearing up for the start of my second semester of grad school, and with the pressures of the first draft of my master’s project due in less than a week I’ve resorted to one pot cooking for the night. A simple fried rice dinner is my go-to on days when I’m left feeling drained [...]

I’m finding less and less time to cook as the pressures of grad school build up, so this quick and easy fajitas dish has become one of my staple mid-week meals. You can do a majority of the prep work the night before, just make sure to store the marinated chicken and the pre-sliced peppers [...]