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Mediterranean Grilled Chicken with a Bandol Rosé #winePW

August 12, 2017 By Cooking Chat 17 Comments

Mediterranean Grilled Chicken recipe

An easy and tasty Mediterranean Grilled Chicken recipe is even better when paired with a Bandol rosé wine! This Mediterranean Grilled Chicken recipe definitely started with the wine. I sampled a bit of the current vintage of the Domaine Suffrene Bandol Rosé and it seemed to me the perfect expression of a good rosé. Ripe melon…

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Filed Under: healthy cooking, quick/easy, summer recipes, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #winePW, chicken, grilling, Provence, rosé

June Wine Values: 5 Picks To Get Ready for Summer

June 6, 2017 By Cooking Chat Leave a Comment

Arca Nova Vinho Verde is a Cooking Chat June Wine Value pick

The calendar has turned to June and tells us summer will begin soon. The weather in New England has us skeptical that summer will ever arrive, as we have been mired in a cool, rainy weather pattern. But every now and then the sun peeks out and gives us a sense summer might really come….

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Filed Under: wine Tagged With: Merlot, Pinot Grigio, Portuguese wine, rosé, summer wine, wine picks, wine values

Fresh Tomato Salsa Pasta with an Italian Rosato

August 6, 2016 By Cooking Chat 8 Comments

Fresh Tomato Salsa Pasta recipe

Tomatoes, basil and garlic quickly come together to top this Fresh Tomato Salsa Pasta dish. We paired it with an Italian Rosato from the Piedmont region of Italy, as part of the Italian Food, Wine and Travel focus on rosé wine from Italy. Summer time, and the cooking is supposed to be easy, right? Well,…

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Filed Under: entrees, quick/easy, summer recipes, vegetarian, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #ItalianFWT, Barbera, pasta, rosato, rosé, tomatoes

Grilled Arctic Char with Pineapple Salsa #winePW

June 11, 2016 By Cooking Chat 18 Comments

Grilled Arctic Char with Pineapple Salsa

Grilled Arctic Char with Pineapple Salsa recipe, served with a rosé wine from Southwestern France as part of a Wine Pairing Weekend exploration of rosé pairings.  Today the Wine Pairing Weekend group, hosted by Nancy at Pull That Cork, is sharing pairings for rosé wine. Certainly a great topic as we get ready for summer! Rosé wine…

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Filed Under: healthy cooking, summer recipes, wine pairing Tagged With: #winePW, arctic char, grilling, pineapple, rosé, salsa, seafood

Grilled Halibut with Parsley Pesto and a Rosato Wine

May 7, 2016 By Cooking Chat 6 Comments

grilled halibut with parsley pesto

Grilled Halibut with Parsley Pesto is a simple and healthy meal to make on the grill. We paired it with a rosato (rosé) wine as part of the Italian Food, Wine and Travel group virtual visit to Lombardia. A tasty food and wine pairing for grilling season! This first time I grilled halibut, and served…

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Filed Under: entrees, healthy cooking, summer recipes, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #ItalianFWT, grilling, halibut, parsley, pesto, rosé

Easy Baked Tandoori Chicken

March 8, 2016 By Cooking Chat 24 Comments

Easy Baked Tandoori Chicken recipe

This Easy Baked Tandoori Chicken is so moist and flavorful, and a breeze to make for a tasty weeknight supper! Click here to jump down to the recipe or read on for more details, including the wine pairings we tried and a recipe variation with chicken thighs. Originally posted on 2/2/2015, updated with wine pairings and…

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Filed Under: entrees, healthy cooking, quick/easy, wine pairing Tagged With: chicken, chicken thighs, Indian, kidfriendly, Pinot Noir, rosé

Lightened Creamy Penne with Broccoli

August 19, 2015 By Cooking Chat 4 Comments

Lightened Creamy Penne with Broccoli

Do you like a creamy pasta sauce? If you’d like a healthier option than traditional alfredo sauce, you’ve got to try this Lightened Creamy Penne with Broccoli! When experimenting with recipes for my Collards & Kale Cookbook, I came up with a creamy pasta sauce that uses silken tofu for its consistency. Pureeing silken tofu with…

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Filed Under: entrees, healthy cooking, quick/easy, vegan, vegetarian, wine pairing Tagged With: broccoli, healthy, pasta, penne, rosé, tofu, vegan, vegetarian

Provence Rosé for Veggie Orzo with Bacon and Pineapple

July 18, 2015 By Cooking Chat 14 Comments

Veggie Orzo with Pineapple and Bacon

Round Two of the French Winophiles, started by Christy at Confessions of a Culinary Diva, takes us to Provence. This is a region of France I’ve got to get to one of these days–lavender fields, proximity to the Mediterranean, and of course, great food and wine. For now I’ll have to settle with the food and…

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Filed Under: budget cooking, entrees, summer recipes, wine, wine pairing Tagged With: #winophiles, bacon, French wine, orzo, pasta, pineapple, Provence, rosé

Grilled Halibut with Mango Salsa

May 26, 2015 By Cooking Chat 5 Comments

Grilled Halibut with Mango Salsa

Last night was my first time grilling halibut, and I’ll definitely be doing it again! The fish came out moist and tender, while still having plenty of substance. I topped the grilled halibut with mango salsa, and that was definitely a winning combination! The texture of the mangoes went very nicely with the halibut, making…

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Filed Under: healthy cooking, quick/easy, spring recipes, summer recipes Tagged With: grilling, halibut, mangoes, rosé, salsa, seafood

Grilled Swordfish with Pineapple Salsa #SundaySupper

April 26, 2015 By Cooking Chat 47 Comments

Grilled Swordfish with Pineapple Salsa, for Labor Day Grilling Roundup. | cookingchat.com

Maybe cooking up a meal from the tropics will make it start feeling warmer here in New England. I sure hope so. Last weekend I finally uncovered the grill, but I needed to layer up to be out tending to the meal. OK, the snow has melted, so I can’t complain too much. Tropical food…

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Filed Under: healthy cooking, spring recipes, summer recipes Tagged With: #SundaySupper, grilling, pineapple, rosé, salsa, seafood, swordfish

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