Turn that plate with polenta around and you’ll find pollo alla cacciatora, or chicken cacciatore. It’s really a simple dish to make. The essential ingredients include carrots, onions, and celery, to make a soffritto; tomatoes, either canned or fresh, and some tomato paste; some wine; some cheese; a few fresh or dried herbs; mushrooms if you [...]

Categories: Lunch, braising, chicken, child friendly, entertaining, entrée, gluten-free, poultry, sauce, supper, technique, vegan, vegetarian
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The challenge: make a BLT from scratch by growing the tomato, growing the lettuce, curing the bacon, baking the bread, and making the mayonnaise. The result: a delicious sandwich that took all summer to make but was worth the wait!

Categories: Lunch, bread, charcuterie, child friendly, condiments
Tagged: bread, charcuterie, child friendly, condiments, Lunch

If you’ve gone to the trouble of making yogurt, you really ought to consider making some granola to go along with it. The hardest part of making granola is deciding what to put into it.

Categories: breakfast, child friendly, dairy-free, gluten-free, mother recipe, vegan, vegetarian
Tagged: breakfast, child friendly, dairy-free, gluten-free, mother recipe, vegan, vegetarian