For my first meal back on my feet after knee surgery, I wanted something comforting that wouldn’t require a lot of standing on my feet. While Coq au Vin is my usual go-to comfort food, I wanted to try a different spin on it to make it a bit lighter for Springtime. A while back I had made a delicious sheet pain meal of bone-in chicken thighs that had been marinated in a cranberry-orange glaze for 24 hrs and loved the flavors. I mean, cranberry orange is just plain delicious at any time of year 🙂 For this recipe, I…
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Continue ReadingHappy (almost) fall! I cannot wait for colder weather. Colder weather means sweaters, golden leaves, apple-picking, and hearty recipes for peak coziness. As an attempt to marry Summer and Fall together, I wanted a lighter take on Coq au Vin. Rather than the heartiness of a Burgundy-based sauce, I opted for the crispness of dry white wine. The dry white wine called for a lighter vegetable base, and just the tiniest tweak to ingredients of my original Coq au Vin recipe: Parsnips: A root vegetable that is most closely related to carrots, I opted for a combination of the two.…
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Continue ReadingCoq au vin literally translates to “rooster with wine”, and is a traditional rustic French dish that is hearty and delicious. If you want a meal that will surely impress your friends, family, or a first date, this is it!! Sounds difficult right? WRONG. This dish, made even more famous by Julia Child (all hail, Queen J), is so simple. But boy, does it pack one hell of a flavorful punch. Personally, I am a fan of any dish that involves wine so I was very excited to try this for the first time and it did not disappoint! The…