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All kinds of recipes, all with a creative twist.

THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS

  • Light green bowl with strawberry and goat cheese salad and a dark wooden twisted-handled serving spoon.
    Strawberry Goat Cheese Salad
  • Top view of white asparagus spears on a rectangular place with fresh dill and lemon slices.
    White Asparagus with Lemon and Dill
  • Top view of Spring Lamb Stew with Green Garlic in a cream-colored bowl
    Spring Lamb Stew with Green Garlic
  • Gluten-Free Almond Butter Bread Recipe
    Almond Butter Bread (Gluten-Free)

FRESH FROM THE KITCHEN

  • Stack of 4 Salted Dulce de Leche Coconut Macaroons, witht he bottoms covered in chocolate.
    Dulce De Leche Coconut Macaroons
  • Small stack of almond flour cocoa cookies with melting chocolate chips.
    Almond Flour Cocoa Cookies
  • Chicken sandwich cut in half on wrinkled parchment paper.
    Grilled Chicken Sandwich from Greg's Grill
  • Chocolate Chipotle Colorado Style Chili in a ceramic golden bowl with cheese and cilantro on top.
    Mexican Chocolate Chili and Casa Mia Restaurant
  • Creamy Avocado Butter in a red and white striped bowl.
    Avocado Butter Recipe
  • Stack of chocolate chip cookies with pink (ruby) chocolate chips, with the top cookie broken in half, surrounded by more chips.
    Ruby Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Hi, I'm Valentina, certified chef, owner, recipe developer and photographer at Cooking on the Weekends. I'm also a mom of two boys and a Los Angeleno. I use seasonal whole foods to make all kinds of recipes, all with a creative twist.

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THE BIGGEST HITS

  • Three baked Rockfish Fillets on white platter with fresh thyme and lemon slices.
    Rockfish Recipe (Baked with Lemon)
  • Very big stuffed artichoke that's golden on top, on a black background.
    Ultimate Stuffed Artichoke Recipe
  • Pile of Spicy Roasted Daikon French Fries on a wrinkled piece of parchment paper, with title at the top.
    Spicy Roasted Daikon Radish French Fries
  • large copper pot and ladle with ginger lemongrass soup
    Ginger Lemongrass Soup with Coconut Milk
  • Close up of Braised Brisket stew in a giant bowl mug with bread on the edge.
    Braised Brisket Stew
  • Stack of 5 cinnamon raisin cookies with cinnamon sticks around them.
    The Best Cinnamon Raisin Cookie

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AMAZING APPETIZERS & HORS D'OEUVRES

  • 4 Cucumber Canapes lined up vertically on white narrow plate with fresh dill poking up from each one.
    Cucumber Dill Canapé Recipe
  • Rosemary Turkey Meatballs with Honey on a narrow white plate with toothpicks
    Rosemary Turkey Meatballs with Honey
  • Small bright orange bowl holding French fries.
    Idaho Potato Recipes
  • Macadamia nut hummus in a green-handles bowl surrounded by sliced tomatoes and carrots.
    Roasted Macadamia Nut Hummus
  • White narrow dish filled with grilled green olives with olive tree leaves next to it, on dark wood background.
    Grilled Olives (Easy Appetizer)
  • Rectangular white plate with several ahi tuna bites with fresh chives and toothpicks in each one.
    Ahi Tuna Appetizer with Wasabi Glaze

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SCRUMPTIOUS SALADS

  • Apple cranberry salad in a pretty brown ceramic bowl.
    Apple Cranberry Salad with Chicken
  • Cream-colored ceramic bowl filled to the top with Peach Caprese Salad with drops of balsamic glaze and fresh sun flowers behind it.
    Peach Caprese Salad
  • Blue-rimmed plate with asparagus salad and pickled red onions
    Parmesan Asparagus Salad
  • Light green bowl filled with a bright-colored goat cheese salad with blood oranges, on dark wood background.
    Pistachio Goat Cheese Salad with Blood Orange
  • Albacore Nicoise Salad Cups with Honey-Lemon Dressing
    Nicoise Salad Cups with Lemon Dressing
  • Chicken Cobb Salad in and orange bowl.
    Shredded Chicken Cobb Salad

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MUST-TRY SIDES

  • Sautéed bok choy with bits of crispy garlic on a long and narrow white platter.
    Baby Bok Choy with Crispy Garlic
  • A few Pommes Anna on a white plate with fresh thyme
    Pommes Anna Recipe
  • Blue and white rectangle-shaped plate with miso eggplant and a few fresh mint leaves, on a red silk cloth with chopsticks.
    Miso Glazed Eggplant
  • Close up of Coconut Cilantro Rice in a dark brown ceramic bowl with two more beneath it.
    Coconut Cilantro Rice
  • Glass bowl on black background, filled with pickled broccoil
    Spicy Quick Pickled Broccoli
  • Roasted cubes of parsnips in a black bowl with a few sprigs of fresh thyme.
    Roasted Parsnips

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THE MAIN EVENT

  • Close up of Braised Brisket stew in a giant bowl mug with bread on the edge.
    Braised Brisket Stew
  • Open-salmon burger with slices of avocado tomato, red onion, dill and lemons on white plate.
    Salmon Burgers (Made with Fresh Salmon)
  • Close up of a bowl of crustless chicken pot pie (filling) over rice, with sage leaves surrounding them.
    Crustless Chicken Pot Pie with Buttermilk
  • Ceramic bowl filled with slow cooked red cabbage stew with fresh thyme sprig and carrot slices.
    Slow Cooked Red Cabbage Stew
  • Chicken pieces on the bone baked in mango coconut sauce in a baking dish with fresh cilantro.
    Baked Coconut Mango Chicken
  • Black ceramic bowl filled with curry udon and fresh cilantro sprigs.
    Curry Udon with Sweet Potato

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DECADENT DESSERTS

  • Tall stack of After Eight Brownies with a piece of parchment paper between each one.
    After Eight Brownies (with Gluten-Free Option)
  • Close up of the edge of No-Bake Espresso Cheesecake with Ganache on white plate.
    Espresso Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache
  • Cream-colored plate on top of a blue-rimmed plate with layered lemon blueberry cookies.
    Lemon Blueberry Cookies
  • One slice of meyer lemon flan on a white plate with a twisted lemon slice.
    Meyer Lemon Flan Recipe
  • Scoop of beautiful cinnamon ice cream with cinnamon sprinkled on top and with a cinnamon stick in the bowl.
    Cinnamon Ice Cream
  • Large slice of chocolate zucchini bundt cake on a golden-colored, ceramic plate.
    Gluten-Free Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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