Pantry Staples: Chicken with Bean, Tomato, and Kale Ragout

When I go grocery shopping, I try to get items that can make a variety of different dishes. In this recipe, I combined all of my pantry staples to make a quick and easy weeknight meal. I made this recipe up on the fly because I wanted something healthy, yet satisfying for dinner. This dish is heavy on the protein and you also get your veggies seamlessly mixed in.

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Simple Pasta with Meat Sauce

This recipe is my go-to comfort food when I need a filling dinner and a glass of wine to wind down from the day. I have to credit my dad for the bones of this recipe, but I of course have to add a few twists of my own. This dish brings back memories of coming home from cross country practice in high school starving and exhausted, then this dish would help my body and my soul completely recover. I have had an insurmountable love for pasta my entire life and this dish is simple, but it will always be one of my favorites.

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Farmer’s Market Ratatouille

I love this recipe because it is completely customizable to whatever veggies you can find at your local Farmer’s Market or whatever you have leftover in the fridge. This recipe is inspired by Ina Garten’s recipe for ratatouille in her cookbook Cooking for Jeffrey. You will see a lot of recipes inspired by Ina on here because I love her simple approach to food. Whether we want to admit it or not, we all could eat more veggies. This recipe helps accomplish that because you can make it ahead and it is all on one pan, so there’s very little clean up.

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