Reckless Tarragon

A blog for food lovers

Tuscan Chicken, Zucchini and White Bean Ragout

Beans, Chicken, Dinner, Easy, Fast, Low-fat, Lunch, Poultry, Stew, Vegetables

    So you want something warm, easy and healthy for dinner that doesn’t take too long? This is a quick and savory dish from the cookbook The Dinner Doctor by Anne Byrn, who brought us the popular Cake Doctor cookbooks. Although she calls this a ragout, I prefer it with a little broth. The recipe is meant … View Post

Bobby J’s Tomato, Spinach and Blue Cheese Soup

Appetizer, Dairy, Easy, Fast, Lunch, Soup, Vegetables

      This soup was amazing on a recent rainy winter day. I find this flavor combination heavenly, but you can replace some of the blue cheese with goat cheese or cream cheese if blue is too strong for you. Brandy adds richness and depth of flavor. The original recipe is from the defunct Bobby J’s in Louisville, … View Post

Orange Roll Baked Oatmeal

Baked goods, Breakfast, Brunch, Cereal, Easy, Kid-friendly, nuts, Recipes, Vegetarian

    My husband eats a banana and cereal with blueberries almost every morning. I need more variety. When I wrote this, it was Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. Even I can’t do that, as much as I love ice cream. But because I love breakfast foods (and him), I do like to shake it … View Post

Bacon, Apple and Cheese Dinner Pies

Breakfast, Brunch, Dairy, Dinner, Easy, Flexible, Fruit, Lunch, Pie, Pork

  I had a stack of recipes copied from library cookbooks or gleaned from other sources that I needed to file. As I sorted them, this one stuck out as one I needed to try soon. It’s hard to resist something called a dinner pie (OK, any kind of pie). We enjoyed these, and they were a … View Post