Entrees
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Best Vibrant and Tasty Tacos
During my childhood, my mother often prepared these buffet-style tacos. They feature a delightful blend of flavors and a unique sauce. These tacos consist of corn tortillas cooked at home, ground beef, lettuce, tomato, red onion, shredded cheese, and tomato sauce. They are easy to make, and you probably have all the ingredients in your fridge. Indulge in this taco dish – not only is it simple, but it’s also a healthy, low-calorie option.
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Gilly’s Best Authentic Linguini With Clams | Linguini Alle Vongole
My friend Mili and I love to make Linguini Alle Vongole when we get together at her house in California. We have been perfecting the recipe for many years. The pancetta adds a smokey flavor. The first recorded recipe of a pasta alle vongole dates back to 1839. It originated in Naples and has remained very popular throughout the surrounding Campania region in addition to Rome. Delicious served with an arugula and parmesan salad and garlic…
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Easy and Amazing Creamy Tuscan Salmon Pasta
Easy Creamy Tuscan Salmon: Prepared with fresh pan-seared salmon in a Tuscan cream sauce made with butter, cherry or sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, pepper flakes, thyme, oregano, basil, a splash of white wine to deglaze, half and half, freshly grated parmesan, salt, and pepper. Believe it or not, this recipe takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish!
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Coq Au Vin, Tender and Savory Chicken With Wine
Coq au vin is a classic French stew. The chicken is braised slowly in red wine with a bit of brandy to create a tender and savory sauce with bacon, pearl onions, thyme, and mushrooms. Delicious served with garlic mashed potatoes or noodles, garnish with fresh parsley. My mother used to cook this recipe on special occasions, and it was a favorite of mine. Legend has it that coq au vin dates back to Julius Caesar’s…
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Amazing Linguine With Shrimp Scampi
Keep in mind that half a dish’s ability to WOW is about the quality of your ingredients. To that end, I suggest you always use the highest quality, freshest, and most organic ingredients you can find.For this recipe, I use all fresh vegetables, double zero Italian pasta (no preservatives or sugar – just wheat and water), and fresh shrimp. Whole Foods has all these things – including the pasta and a choice of fresh shrimp.The organic…
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Make the Perfect Filet Mignon
Cover the steak with fresh cracked pepper, sauté in garlic butter and fresh rosemary – pan-sear to medium-rare and finished in the oven. Purchase the highest quality grass-fed beef you can find or afford.
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Easy, Delicious Tagliatelle With Zucchini
Tagliatelle Alle Zucchine. This versatile Tuscan dish is wonderfully satisfying and easy to create. Other vegetables, such as summer squash, broccoli florets, artichoke hearts, or eggplant, can be added or substituted.
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Gilly’s Beautiful Bodacious Bolognese Sauce
As with many of my recipes, I start by reading classic recipes and the recipes of my favorite chefs. I am often fascinated with a dish’s history – how and why it came to be. Then I built my recipe, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the flavors I coaxed out with this one. It is closer to the classic Italian recipes, and I did not add water or stock because why dilute these rich…
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Simple & Spectacular Spaghetti All’aglio E Olio
One of my favorite books is The Best Advice I Ever Got by Katie Couric. A chapter I especially love is one written by the famous chef Mario Batali. He describes this beautiful and straightforward pasta recipe and its relationship to life. Pasta, olive oil, garlic, red pepper, and fresh parsley; I have interpreted his comments to create my own recipe here. Please enjoy! Excerpt From: Katie Couric’s Book, The Best Advice I Ever Got. Mario Batali, Celebrity Chef…
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Best Easy Marinaded Chicken Breasts Camping-Style
This recipe makes super juicy, flavorful chicken breasts. I like to make the marinade the night before a camping trip. The chicken can marinate for hours or a couple of days. I also enjoy foil-wrapped corn on the cob and a little red potato salad (recipes on this website). The potato salad will last up to five days if kept cold in Tupperware.
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Simple Foil-Wrapped Fish With Fresh Vegetables Camping-Style
Delicious fresh fish filets wrapped in foil, roasted with fresh-cut vegetables.This Recipe is very healthy and simple to prepare. Foil Roasting is terrific for camping. The tomatoes and olive oil will keep this dish very moist. Wrap it completely in foil and cook on the grill for 30-40 minutes.You can use salmon, halibut, swordfish, and almost any favorite vegetable, like summer squash, mushrooms, or asparagus. See my corn-on-the-cob camping recipe for a terrific side to this…
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Flavorful and Simple Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak With Sautéed Mushrooms
Pan-seared grass-fed ribeye steak with olive oil and butter, finished in the oven, topped with mushrooms sautéed in garlic butter, and garnished with fresh parsley. Great with a baked potato on the side.
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Simple, Really Juicy Baked Garlic Lemon Chicken
This delicious, simple dish will be a favorite of your guests and your family. How can you not love a go-to recipe like this? It is incredibly juicy and flavorful but does not take much brainpower or shopping to prepare. I recommend serving it with rice pilaf or pasta and either a simple arugula salad with shaved parmesan or zucchini sautéed in butter and thyme. Click ‘Read More’ to watch Gilly make the marinade.
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Foil Baked Salmon and Asparagus in a Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
Salmon and asparagus baked together in foil. The sauce has some spice with hot sauce and cilantro (or parsley). This simple and satisfying dish is low-carb, paleo, gluten-free, and keto-friendly. Serve it with rice pilaf, garlic toast, or mashed potatoes. This recipe is also versatile. You can easily swap the fish or vegetables to suit your taste.
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Simple, Wrapped Fish Filets in Wine With Fresh Vegetables
This recipe is very healthy and simple to prepare. It also reheats well if you have leftovers. Foil Roasting is also terrific if you are camping. You can cook this without the wine because the tomatoes and olive oil will keep it very moist – Wrap it completely in foil and cook on the grill for approx. 40 minutes. In the oven, it may take closer to 50 minutes. You can substitute almost any favorite vegetables…
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Easy, Creamy Tuscan Salmon With Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Easy Creamy Tuscan Salmon: Prepared with fresh pan-seared salmon in a Tuscan cream sauce made with butter, cherry or sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, pepper flakes, thyme, oregano, basil, a splash of white wine to deglaze, spinach, half and half, freshly grated parmesan, salt, and pepper. Believe it or not, this recipe takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish! Believe it or not, this recipe takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish!
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Enormous and Epic Gourmet Burger
This recipe makes a burger so incredibly delicious and juicy, the ingredients so healthy and fresh, you might not want to add the sauce at all.
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Easy and Fantastic, Tomato, Basil, Garlic Pomodoro Pasta
This is my go-to favorite pasta dish. I love the way the garlic and basil make my kitchen smell. I often make it with a simple side salad, such as arugula with parmesan and a lemon vinaigrette (my recipe is on this website). A brief history of Pasta al Pomodoro – pasta with tomato sauce – is the most classic of all Italian first courses and is part of the national identity of Italian cuisine. The…
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Easy Filet of Sole Piccata
This fish dish is delicate, light, and melts in your mouth. I suggest serving it with rice pilaf and sauteed zucchini or garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. It calls for a petrale sole, but any flakey white fish can be substituted. Sand dabs, flounder, perch, or rock cod are good choices. I fell in love with this dish at the beautiful Hollywood restaurant Musso & Frank Grill, as their sand dabs recipe – the favorite…
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Irresistible Chicken and Mushroom Alfredo
When I think of comfort food, I think of this dish. It’s creamy and hearty with delicious ingredients. This is a lower-calorie variation of Emeril Lagasse’s Mushroom Orecchiette. He uses cream and no chicken; I’ve made a few other alterations.
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Best Ever Pan Seared Salmon
Simple to cook, done in ten minutes – remembered a lifetime.
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Meal: Ultimate Pan Seared Salmon, Sautéed Spinach, Garlic Toast
I put this meal in the zero-guilt category. Salmon, spinach, and garlic are ‘smart foods’ because they positively affect your overall health and cognitive function. I call it ‘clean” food when I cook dinner like this – simple but delicious. It also is low-calorie, but I am not a calorie counter. I am interested in quality and flavors.
