Jennifer Olvera
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe
Bratwurst-stuffed cabbage rolls are bathed in a bacon-and-beer-infused tomato sauce and baked until tender. → Read More
Farro Salad With Blue Cheese, Pine Nuts, and Tomatoes Recipe
Farro is combined with fresh ingredients: juicy tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs. The salad is then flavored with red wine vinaigrette, pine nuts, and crumbled blue cheese. → Read More
Grilled Skirt Steak With Mojo Marinade Recipe
A garlicky, citrusy mojo marinade makes this buttery grilled skirt steak pop. → Read More
Sunday Supper: Scamorza-Loaded Pork Pizzaiola
What's better than pizza? Not much, but pizzaiola, a Neapolitan dish of meat cooked pizza-style, is a strong contender. Often made with steak, this indulgent version features thinly pounded pork-tenderloin medallions tied around a scamorza-cheese filling. The bundles are seared, then simmered in a rich red-wine tomato sauce. A final topping of cheese on each piece of pork and a trip under the… → Read More
Shepherd's Pie Meatloaf With Parmesan Potato Crust and Stilton Sauce
This shepherd's pie-inspired meatloaf is stuffed with a mixture of carrots and peas. Then it's slathered with Parmesan potatoes, dotted with butter and baked in the oven until browned. Meanwhile, a quick Stilton cheese sauce simmers on the stove, waiting to be served alongside. → Read More
Effortless Oven-Baked Espresso, Cocoa, and Chili-Rubbed Baby Back Ribs
Rubbed, steamed in beer, and rubbed again, these burnished baby back ribs are a great indoor option. → Read More
Mexican-Style Gazpacho With Grilled Shrimp
This refreshing gazpacho gets a Mexican-inspired twist from tomatillos and smoky, grill-singed vegetables (including a jalapeño!). Garnished with grilled shrimp, traditional bell pepper, and onion, it makes a light but filling summertime main. → Read More
Fruity Black Rice Salad With Cilantro, Avocado, and Pepitas in Chili-Orange Vinaigrette Recipe
This black rice salad is full of color: avocado and cilantro for a shock of green, mangoes, and oranges for some stark contrast, followed by a sprinkle of red onion and a shower of earthy, crunchy pepitas, all tied together with chili and cumin-spiked orange vinaigrette. → Read More
Spicy Cuban Shrimp Soup With Noodles Recipe
This Cuban shrimp soup is ramped up with citrusy, mojo-inspired flavors. A base of sautéed onion, bell pepper, jalapeño, and ample garlic gives way to an oregano- and cumin-spiked broth. Then, thin angel-hair noodles cook right in the broth, as do shell-on shrimp, which are peeled after they're poached, allowing the shells to add extra flavor in the process. → Read More
Jamaican Chicken Curry Recipe
Spicy Jamaican chicken curry offers an island escape, sans flight. → Read More
Barbecue-Rubbed Pork Shoulder With Stovetop Rhubarb Ketchup Recipe
Pork shoulder is beloved for good reason: it's cheap, forgiving, and it can feed an army. Those reasons alone make it a winner of a cut in my book. It's also barbecue spice-ready, too, as you'll see here. And when that version is paired with a homemade, garden-fresh condiment, it comes mighty close to being my personal version of heaven on earth. → Read More
Quinoa Salad With Dried Tart Cherries, Mint, and Feta in Lemon-Sumac Vinaigrette Recipe
This quinoa salad takes Middle Eastern flavors and ties them together with sumac-laced lemon vinaigrette. Fortunately, the mix of tart, dried cherries, mint, parsley, salty feta and pomegranate seeds is enough to make you forget you're eating healthy. → Read More
Double-Fried Chicken With Lemons and Jalapenos Recipe
The key to perfectly crisp fried chicken is to treat it like a French fry: double fry it. Crisp, double-fried, buttermilk-marinated chicken flavored with Old Bay and spices teams with fried lemon wheels and jalapenos. → Read More
Slow-Cooked Korean Short Ribs With Green Onion and Pear Recipe
Braised short ribs are one of the most comforting of comfort foods, but they're not exactly summer fare. By borrowing some tricks from Korean cooking—such as flavoring them with a kalbi-style sauce and topping them with refreshing green onion and pear—this version transforms them into a warm-weather-friendly main course. → Read More
Farro Salad With Blue Cheese, Pine Nuts, and Tomatoes Recipe
In this simple recipe, farro is simmered with onion, garlic and carrot to impart flavor. Then, it's combined with a host of fresh ingredients: juicy tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs, all of which are tied together with red wine vinaigrette, pine nuts and crumbled blue cheese. → Read More
Whole Wheat Spaghetti Salad With Grilled Zucchini, Kalamata Olives, and Feta Recipe
Sure, whole-wheat pasta is healthy. It's also tasty, offering a bit more "chew" than the refined-starch variety. That extra texture is a plus in this chilled salad, which mixes grilled zucchini, briny Kalamata olives, tomatoes, salty feta, and basil, all of the ingredients dressed in a simple vinaigrette. → Read More
Cider-Braised Country-Style Pork Ribs With Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Containing a mix of light and dark meat, country-style pork ribs braise well, yielding tender meat that both flavors and absorbs the liquid they cook in. With that in mind, I built mine from rustically cut nubs of carrot, celery, onion and garlic, plus burnished tomato paste -- prepped in the same Dutch oven that's used to brown the pork. Then, the pan is deglazed with white wine, cider vinegar,… → Read More
Jamaican Beef Stew With Rice Recipe
Spicy-sweet jerk beef stew offers a taste of the Caribbean. → Read More
Tomato-Burrata Salad With Olives, Lemon Zest, and Basil Recipe
A dynamite duo of ripe, juicy tomatoes and creamy burrata cheese joins briny kalamata olives, aromatic lemon zest, and ribbons of fresh basil, all garnished with quality olive oil, a splash of red wine vinegar, and a finishing sprinkle of fresh-cracked pepper and flaky sea salt. → Read More
Black Bean Salad With Corn, Cilantro, and Chili-Lime Vinaigrette Recipe
Black beans are pitch-perfect in this Southwestern-style bean salad, which is finished with sweet nubs of corn, cilantro, jalapeño, and a crumble of corn chips. → Read More