Category: From the Kitchen

In the Catbird Seat: Top 10 Best Chicken Thigh Recipes!

In the Catbird Seat: Top 10 Best Chicken Thigh Recipes!

I decided to put together this list of favorite chicken thigh recipes to share with all of the other chicken thigh fans out there. Some of the recipes are mine (and come from this Catbird Life website), but most come from other favorite recipe websites such as New York Times Cooking, and Bon Appetit.

Spaghetti and Meatballs: Even Better Than Grandma’s!

Spaghetti and Meatballs: Even Better Than Grandma’s!

There are few things more comforting than spending a restful Sunday at home with a huge pot of this sauce and meatballs slow simmering away on the stove with its delicious aroma wafting through the entire house.

Tangy Sweet Chili Slaw: Stupendously Simple and Just Four Ingredients

Tangy Sweet Chili Slaw: Stupendously Simple and Just Four Ingredients

With this Tangy Sweet Chili Slaw recipe in your back pocket, you’ll never again feel guilty about settling for a no-side dish dinner! Some nights it’s hard enough to muster the energy to put together a main dish, much less concoct some sort of healthy…

Roasted Chicken & Cauliflower With Herbed Yogurt: A Sheet-Pan Revelation

Roasted Chicken & Cauliflower With Herbed Yogurt: A Sheet-Pan Revelation

The spice mix of ground coriander, cumin, smoked paprika, and red pepper gives the roasted cauliflower and shallots an earthy zing and the herbed yogurt is a perfect creamy-cool, tangy accompaniment. Weeknights were made for sheet-pan dinners. A hot oven + a foil or parchment-lined…

Spicy Beef Udon Noodles: A Deliciously Easy One-Pan Wonder!

Spicy Beef Udon Noodles: A Deliciously Easy One-Pan Wonder!

A satisfyingly saucy and delicious dinner in 20 minutes? Absolutely! This dish has it all. After enjoying a months-long subscription to Blue Apron last year, this recipe emerged as a huge favorite. Aside from its ease of preparation, it’s fantastically flavorful and I find myself…

Taking the Sour out of Sauerkraut: Pork Roast With Apples, Onions & Sauerkraut

Taking the Sour out of Sauerkraut: Pork Roast With Apples, Onions & Sauerkraut

Although I like that sharp bite of unaltered sauerkraut, I would much rather bring more people into the pro-sauerkraut fold. Enter this savior of a recipe! New Year’s food traditions are endlessly fascinating to me. American southerners love digging into a plate of Hoppin’ John…

Christmas Cheer at Catbird Life: The Cranberry Gin & Tonic

Christmas Cheer at Catbird Life: The Cranberry Gin & Tonic

The tart sweetness of the cranberries marries beautifully with the resinous, slightly bitter punch of the gin and tonic Wishing all of our Catbird Life friends out there a Holiday season filled with joy and love! We’ll be celebrating at home with a few cocktails,…

Gochujang: The Gloriously Delicious Ingredient You Might Be Overlooking

Gochujang: The Gloriously Delicious Ingredient You Might Be Overlooking

I’m one of those cautious weirdos who only gradually warms up to new ideas or new ingredients in cooking. I also harbor some luddite tendencies. I didn’t bother getting a smart phone until 2020. I don’t own an InstantPot or an Air Fryer. I don’t…

Spicy Chickpea Stew: Best Meatless Monday Ever

Spicy Chickpea Stew: Best Meatless Monday Ever

Chickpeas are hardly an exciting food ingredient. They’re healthy and protein-packed, but bland and sometimes a tad mealy. But what if that bland, somewhat mealy texture can be transformed into something sublimely creamy-rich and fragrantly spicy delicious? And what if the means to undertake that…

Pasta e Fagioli: no such thing as inauthentic!

Pasta e Fagioli: no such thing as inauthentic!

This may not be authentic Pasta e Fagioli, but it’s still absolutely delicious. That’s the beauty of this recipe. It’s super-adaptable. Make it your own! If you live in a cold-winter climate, you undoubtedly have at least one go-to soup recipe that you can whip…