Jenes Rita

Beef Wellington is the dinner that makes everyone at the table feel like they were invited somewhere important. A whole beef tenderloin is seared until mahogany, brushed with Dijon, wrapped in prosciutto and a deeply savory mushroom duxelles, then tucked into golden puff pastry and baked at 425 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. The … Read more

Sheet pan beef fajitas are the loudest, happiest dinner your oven will ever produce. Thin sliced flank steak, three colors of bell pepper, and a whole red onion get tossed in chili powder, cumin, and garlic, then roasted at 425 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until the steak is cooked and the peppers turn … Read more

Turkey meatballs in marinara is the dinner that makes people forget meatballs at a restaurant cost triple. Plump ground turkey meatballs seasoned with garlic, Italian herbs, and Parmesan are browned in olive oil for 8 to 10 minutes, then simmered right in the marinara for 15 minutes until tender, juicy, and coated in sauce that … Read more

Sheet pan pork chops with apples and sweet potatoes is autumn condensed onto one foil lined pan. Bone in chops are seasoned with thyme, seared until golden, then baked at 400 degrees on a bed of cinnamon brown sugar sweet potatoes and caramel edged apples until the pork hits a rosy 145 and the potatoes … Read more

Beef empanadas are the handheld dinner that turns an ordinary evening into a small fiesta. Savory ground beef cooked with onion, garlic, cumin, and chili powder gets folded with briny green olives and chopped hard boiled eggs into crisp golden dough pockets, then baked at 400 degrees until deeply golden, or fried until shatteringly crisp … Read more

Pork tenderloin with apples and cranberries is the dinner that makes an ordinary table feel like a holiday without asking for an extra hour. Two tenderloins are seasoned with rosemary and thyme, seared until golden, then roasted at 375 degrees nestled against caramel apples and jammy dried cranberries, all glazed with a brown sugar Dijon … Read more

Baked pork chops in mushroom cream sauce is the one dinner that quietly proves pork chops can be the best thing on the table. Thick chops are seared until golden, then tucked into a garlicky cream sauce with mushrooms, onion, and Dijon, and finished in a 375 degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes until … Read more

Crockpot country style ribs are the dinner that convinces people you worked all day when you actually worked for about ten minutes. Meaty pork ribs slow cook for 7 to 8 hours in a tangy sweet BBQ sauce with apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, and smoked paprika until they surrender completely and barely hold together … Read more

Beef tips in mushroom gravy is the dinner I make when the day has been long and everybody needs a full restart. Tender seared beef simmers in a deep, silky mushroom gravy with onion, garlic, and Worcestershire until the whole pot smells like Sunday, then it all gets ladled over a pile of mashed potatoes. … Read more

Crockpot pork verde is the dinner that makes your house smell like your favorite taqueria while you do absolutely nothing. A three pound pork shoulder slow cooks for eight hours in green enchilada sauce with onion, garlic, cumin, and oregano until it shreds under a fork, then gets tossed back into that tangy green sauce … Read more