Dinner Sisters

Food videos are having a moment. If your social media feed looks anything like ours, you’ve see your share of cooking videos. We tooled around a bit and found three recipes that are worth watching and cooking. From a celebration feast like Pig in a Pumpkin, to weeknight dinner with Pad See Ew, or a brunch with Sheet Pan Shakshuka Toast, we were excited to share these recipes with you.

Thanksgiving just might be our favorite holiday. All you have to do is eat! Or cook...and in that case we have some ideas for you and your family. If you’re cooking for a smaller bunch, need a new dessert that’s a little out of the box, or want a new way to do cranberry sauce, keep reading. Happy Thanksgiving!

Sheet pan meals are super popular lately and for good reason. Everything’s piled on a half sheet pan, blasted at high heat, and nothing to do but stir it every once and awhile. Absolutely golden situation for a weeknight meal. We went looking for sheet pan meals that deliver on convenience without sacrificing flavor. We found both in an autumnal vegetable and sausage bake, golden brown gnocchi, and crispy chickpeas and meatballs.  

Tofu is an amazingly versatile and economical ingredient. However, unless one has the luck to grow up in a household cuisine that uses it (hello, Mapo Tofu, Moosewood Cookbook, or Soon Du Bu Jigae!), good recipes may be elusive. Hopefully we’ve found a few new methods -like a gingery soup or crunchy, tangy salad- that will add to your repertoire

Sometimes all you need is a warm bowl of soup. Or maybe you’re looking for a light but filling dinner salad.  The Chicken and Corn Chowder was creamy tasting without weighing us down, which was a welcome change from other cream soups. We can’t lie, the Pressure Cooker Pho was a project. But the taste! Totally worth it. Our salad course was a seasonal mix of maple roasted carrots, dried cranberries and chevre, tossed with arugula and crunchy almonds.

Honey Sriracha Chicken Thighs, Mustard Roasted Fish, and Tonkatsu or Chicken Katsu Sometimes you just want an idea for what to do with that pack of chicken thighs in the freezer. Or a technique that you know will have everyone eating dinner. We’ve got solutions to both of those problems with recipes like Honey Sriracha Chicken Thighs, Mustard Roasted Fish, and Tonkatsu.  Start one of these recipes, pull out the steam in a bag veggies, and you’re on your way to dinner.

Family meals are something we all share, and we embrace that feeling in our cookbook review of Kachka by Bonnie Frumkin Morales. The Dinner Sisters and our reviewer-friend Tara loved every recipe we made from this book. Our families loved it, too! Practically speaking, the directions were clear, warm and easy to follow. We recommend this book to any cook with just a little sense of adventure, someone excited to travel into Ms. Morales’ world of schi (soups), borsch, and zakuski (little dishes).

Thirty episodes! More than half a year at this podcast and we’re ready for a party. Our dinner party this time is a pork tenderloin roasted with potatoes, onions, and apples with a unctuous dried plum sauce from Garlic and Zest. One of our favorite blogs, Cookie and Kate, has a recipe for a punchy carrot salad that contrast well with the pork. We wrap up the meal with one of our favorites, Marcella Hazan, and her Semifreddo di Cioccolata.

The Dinner Sisters are doing dinner you can hold in your hand, but isn’t quite a sandwich. Think a salmon taco, beef kofta with tzatziki sauce, or restaurant style lettuce wraps made right at home. We think you’ll love a more casual option to put a little fun in dinner time.

The Dinner Sisters are holding on to summer as long as possible with a couple new grilling recipes and a summery tomato tart. The secret? These are all just as deliciously made in your oven or with less than ideal tomatoes. Eek out that last bit of sunshine -inside or out- with these recipes.

This week’s recipes were Ginger Scallion Chicken, One-pot Creamy Cajun Chicken and Rice and Crockpot Stuffed Bell Peppers with Chicken, Quinoa and Black Beans.

If you’re thinking of grilling out this Labor Day weekend, we have a couple recipes that just might be the perfect thing. We’ve featured both recipes before and thought they were good enough to bring back around. . Each recipe was packed with flavor and would be a delicious addition to your long weekend. 

Maybe it’s the end of summer, maybe it’s the start of school, but the Dinner Sisters still don’t feel like starting up the oven just yet. Plus the sweet corn is still so good and there’s still enough light to eat outside at the end of the day. Blend together some Green Pea Hummus, cook some Orecchiette with Corn, Greens, and Ricotta or make a Vietnamese Shrimp Bowl with us and keep summer’s good times going.

Summer is still in full swing for the Dinner Sisters and we’re taking full advantage of all the delicious recipes to celebrate the season. We have two types of burgers: chicken jalapeno and black bean, and a fresh zucchini salad. All three recipes will help you celebrate summer the best way we know how- through mouth-watering food!

Episode 23: Summer Fun - Steak with Hawaiian Rice, Chicken Breast with barley-corn salad and Cold sesame noodles