Bean and Legume
Curry Spiced Turkey Meatballs over Lemon Rice
This one is for Howard Stern. Howard loves the ground turkey. Here ya go, baby!
Black Cherry–Black Pepper Lamb Chops with Sweet Pea Risotto
This is a great date meal for your Lamb Chop, Sweet Pea, or Honey Pie. No need to worry about dessert—you’re it!
Steak Niçoise
Hey, why should tuna have all the fun? Try this even-heartier rendition.
Spanish Pork Chops with Linguica Corn Stuffing and Cherry–Red Wine Gravy
Confession: I have never been to Spain. This is actually my version of a fantabulous meal I enjoyed at a late-night hot spot in Vancouver, north of the border. It’s good because you get salty, sweet, and savory in each and every bite. Note to self: gotta go to Spain. I serve these with green beans.
Spicy Black Bean Soup with Limed-Up Shrimp
Rich, but not heavy, this dish is delish.
Chicken with Roasted Red Pepper, Chorizo, and Sweet Pea Sauce over Rice
This is my chicken and rice recipe number 14,654. But, this one is as colorful as it is flavorful!
Bacon-Wrapped Halibut with Seared Cherry Tomato Sauce and Smashed Peas
Fancy? Yup! Got people you need to impress? Invite them over . . . you’ll get the raise. Then you won’t be so tired.
Dinner, Wrapped Up (Black Bean, Chicken, and Chorizo Burritos)
This one reminds me of the California surfer scene. It’s a way-cool mega-rito, dude!
Teriyaki Chicken with Warm Ginger-Carrot Slaw
This dinner is full of antioxidants, low in fat, high in fiber, and huge on flavor. Can you get anything better for you than that? Plus, you won’t find this one on any take-out menu.
Tuscan Calzones with “The Works”
Get in “The Zone.” These calzones are meat-free, super hearty, and super healthy. Eat up, chow down, and enjoy.
Balsamic Chicken with White Beans and Wilted Spinach
Another easy chicken dinner: good for you, a good go-to, and good to go!
Smoky Black Bean and Rice Stoup
This is a chop, drop, and open recipe. Place your cutting board next to the stove, heat up the pots, chop everything on the board, drop it into the pan, then open up your cans. As soon as the stoup bubbles, dinner is done.
Seared Tuna Steaks on White Beans with Grape Tomatoes and Garlic Chips
Meaty, easy, and Mediterranean-style, this recipe will make any list of favorites.
Toasted Garlic and Sweet Pea Pasta
Nutty toasted garlic and sweet peas? Oh, my! I could eat the whole potful myself, then drift off into sweet dreams!
Three-Vegetable Penne with Tarragon-Basil Pesto
With veggies and pasta in one dish, there’s no need to make any sides—plus, you only have to wash one pot!
Cacio e Pepe (Cheese and Pepper Pasta) and Spinach with White Beans
This Roman dish is as old as the city’s seven hills. It doesn’t get any easier, really. As a side, I fry up some garlic in oil and toss it with chopped defrosted spinach and some rinsed canned white beans.
Spaghetti Alla Ceci
Ceci are chickpeas. This is a classic, simple Italian dinner. Thousands of tired Romans will be eating it tonight; how about we join them? Greens dressed with vinegar and oil would make a good side dish.