Recipes

This classic Croque Monsieur recipe is surprisingly easy to make. With Gruyère cheese, smoked ham, and a homemade bèchamel sauce, this

When do you crave comfort foods? I can’t stop thinking about them on days like today—as the snow falls down, blanketing my gray backyard in fresh, sparkly white. For me, comfort food means anything that keeps me warm and sane through a bone-chilling Midwest winter. One of those foods, without a doubt, is beef bourguignon.

This soup always warms my belly on a cold winter day—and just plain makes me feel good. It takes the chill off, and brings back all those chicken soup memories from my past. I hope this Chicken Soup recipe will be your new best friend on a cold day, too. It’s like a big hug! That’s what comfort food is really all about.

I love making soup in my Instant Pot. No need for hours of simmering. The beauty of the Instant Pot is the ability to dump in all of your ingredients, set the pressure, and forget it.

On Thanksgiving, a perfectly prepared moist turkey is a make-or-break indicator of a successful meal. This herb-roasted turkey recipe is so moist, even the pickiest eaters will enjoy it.

There’s no better way to enjoy a crisp autumn day than with a delicious bowl of perfectly prepared autumn squash soup.

Jump to Recipe Yield: Makes 8 servings Author: Mary DiSomma Print With ImageWithout Image Eggplant Parmigiana This delicious Italian classic features eggplant rounds prebaked and laid on a bed of...

This amazing take on the classic Italian-American sandwich includes two of my favorite cheeses—mozzarella and provolone—along with four Italian meats: mortadella, soppressata, Genoa salami, and capocollo.

This savory Italian pie is a signature dish in our house at Easter time, but it’s too good not to serve it year round; I always have a few unbaked ones in the freezer ready to go. It’s a great dish to have on hand at short notice (I take it out of the freezer the night before I plan to bake it). In fact, it’s so popular in my family that I added it to my Christmas Eve menu. Be prepared to wow!

To the uninitiated, artichokes can seem like a complicated, even alien-looking vegetable, but fear not they’re easier to work with than their complex appearance. Though you can find small artichokes at some markets, for this recipe you want to select a nice, plump “globe” artichoke.

This wonderful and filling quiche is an excellent choice for either lunch or dinner. This particular recipe utilizes a homemade French pastry crust called paté brisee; and will make enough for two 9-inch crusts or a single double-crusted pie.