Recipes from Chef Nancy Waldeck
Celebrate Sicily Day One: A Week of Armchair Travel with Food and Wine!
https://youtu.be/okVmuShnhb0 Since we can’t go to Sicily this week – I invite you to armchair travel with me through the wonderful food and wine of Italy. Each day I’ll post another recipe that is my interpretation – delicious and a little better for you – of a...
Friday Four – Smoky Black Bean and Vidalia Enchiladas – 032020
For me, comfort food cravings always include enchiladas. These are easy to make and fun to share!
Spicy Tuesday – Happy St Patricks Day! Brussels Sprouts Salad – Parsley
Happy St Patricks Day. You can pass on the cabbage today and enjoy this yummy EASY salad. It doesn’t get more green than this Brussels sprouts salad!
Friday Four – Happy St Pats Beer Braised Chicken – 031320
How are you going to celebrate the green next week? Corned beef and cabbage are great – but so is this yummy beer braised chicken!
Spicy Tuesday – Artichokes, Green Beans and Asparagus with Almonds
YEY for March! The weather is slowly warming, and we can’t wait for the fresh veggies of spring. To get us in the mood, here is a super side we love to prepare. This dish is an awesome way to clean out some of the bits and pieces of herbs that may be lurking in your...
Friday Four 030620: Tamale Pie with Roasted Veggies
Chilly, grey and rainy weather call for comfort food! Tamale Pie is one I grew up with – I reinvented it to be better-for-us. Even Vegan!
Spicy Tuesday – Roasted Radish Toast – Parsley
Shake it up! As winter slowly turns into spring – think about using the veggies rolling into the market!
Friday Four 022820: Slow Cooker Moroccan Style Chicken
Love Moroccan food, but think its too complicated and you have to have a tagine or special equipment? Cook up a delicious Moroccan Chicken Dish right in your SLOW COOKER!
Spicy Tuesday – FIVE Ingredient Tomato Soup – Italian Seasoning
February is the season of soup! We love making it from scratch – especially when its an EASY recipe like this one, full of the richness of tomatoes and peppers. We use Italian Seasoning to add flavor to the soup – a delicious Mediterranean blend of herbs and spices...
Friday Four 022120: French Potato Thyme Tart
A fun, delicious, beautiful, and easy way to celebrate National Potato Month – February!
Happy President’s Day! Celebrate with Potatoes🥔🥔🥔
Not only are we celebrating Presidents Day, we’re celebrating potatoes, too! February is the month for chocolate AND for our favorite spuds. There have been many fans of the potato in the white house, among them, John Adams, Andrew Johnson and Gerald Ford all named...
Spicy Tuesday – Crazy Good Chocolate Chunk Cookies Dip – 021120
Who doesn’t love chocolate chip cookie dough? We know its not good for us, but oh! It does taste good. During this Valentine’s week, it seems many want to shower their valentine with a sweet treat...but let’s do it in a healthier way. Pay special attention to the dark...
Friday Four 021420: Easy Chicken Mole for V Day
Love Mole? Now you can make it at home with this easy-to-make recipe that is easy-to-love TOO!
Friday Four – Chocolate Cake for YOUR Valentine – 020720
This cake is for YOUR valentine – even if that’s YOU! Just a bit better-for-us using beans, honey and deep dark cocoa powder!
Friday Four 013120: Black Bean Chile for the BIG GAME
Whether you’re a Kansas City fan – or rooting for San Francisco, everyone loves Chili for the big game! Whip up this Chili, add a topping bar full of yummy garnishes that everyone loves and you’ll be the MVP!
Spicy Tuesday – Italian Chickpea and Spinach Stew – Rosemary
Its soup time! As we roll into colder weather, soup seems to be the answer to many of our culinary challenges! Everyone loves the warm and tummy-filling feelings that soup gives. Once you share this one - we think that you will be making over and over again. This soup...
Spicy Tuesday – Thai Coconut Shrimp Soup – Cilantro
When you set a big bowl of this warm and steamy soup on the table, you won’t have to ask the family or friends to come. They will be drawn the aroma that wafts out of the kitchen, enticing everyone who walks in the door. The cilantro and green onions that are used to...
Friday Four – Yummy, Easy, Better-for-YOU Oatmeal Crust Pizza -011720
Think you can’t make “restaurant quality” pizza crust at home? You can! And this one is much better for you!
Spicy Tuesday – Creamy Apple and Carrot Soup – Mint
You may be thinking to yourself, apples in soup? We can tell you with authority – they taste great in this savory soup. We love sharing fruits and veggies in different ways, and this recipe is no exception! Creamy with just the tiniest bit of warm spiciness from the...
Spicy Tuesday – Pat’s Quinoa with Roasted Red Peppers and Chickpeas – Cumin
Just about everyone knows about quinoa. But did you know that Quinoa (Keen-wah), revered by the Incas as the “mother grain” it is actually a seed from the Goosefoot plant? It’s been sold in the U.S. only since the mid-eighties, its mild nutty flavor is a great...