Rudy’s curated recipe collection and kitchen notes: weeknight pastas, things from the grill and the occasional birthday dinner, written to be cooked from.https://recipes.rudyr.com/en-ushttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/mexican-style-shredded-chuck-beef/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/mexican-style-shredded-chuck-beef/Tender, flavorful chuck steak that works for tacos, quesadillas, burrito bowls, nachos, or rice bowls.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:37:04 GMTBeefhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/italian-style-braised-beef-and-pasta/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/italian-style-braised-beef-and-pasta/A rich, cozy pasta made with boneless chuck steak simmered until tender, then shredded into a garlicky tomato sauce.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:36:52 GMTBeefPastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/grilled-chicken-with-rustic-tomato-pasta-and-garlic-green-beans/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/grilled-chicken-with-rustic-tomato-pasta-and-garlic-green-beans/A simple Italian-style dinner with juicy grilled chicken, pasta tossed in a rich rustic tomato-basil sauce, and garlicky green beans on the side.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:36:44 GMTChickenPastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/garlic-parmesan-steak-pasta/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/garlic-parmesan-steak-pasta/A creamy garlic-Parmesan pasta with tender slices of boneless chuck steak and optional spinach.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:36:33 GMTSteakPastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-rosa-beef-pasta-bake/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-rosa-beef-pasta-bake/A rich, tomato-cream pasta bake with ground beef, sautéed onion, tomatoes, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Serve with Parmesan green beans.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:36:24 GMTBeefPastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-pesto-grilled-chicken-and-sausage-pasta/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-pesto-grilled-chicken-and-sausage-pasta/A creamy pesto pasta with grilled chicken, chicken-apple sausage, zucchini, and fresh tomatoes.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:36:11 GMTChickenSausagePastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/chicken-sausage-zucchini-and-spinach-pasta/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/chicken-sausage-zucchini-and-spinach-pasta/A hearty tomato-based pasta with chicken, sausage, zucchini, spinach, mozzarella, and Parmesan.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:36:00 GMTChickenSausagePastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/cheesy-beef-and-green-bean-pasta-casserole/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/cheesy-beef-and-green-bean-pasta-casserole/A creamy, cheesy ground-beef casserole with pasta, green beans, onion, tomatoes, cheddar, mozzarella, and Parmesan.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:35:51 GMTBeefPastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/teriyaki-chicken-plate/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/teriyaki-chicken-plate/A weeknight grilled dinner that Rudy made successfully: grilled teriyaki chicken breast, grilled vegetables, and jasmine rice.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:48:26 GMTChickenhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/salsa-verde-new-york-strip-steak-dinner/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/salsa-verde-new-york-strip-steak-dinner/A complete grilled dinner featuring New York strip steaks topped with salsa verde, cilantro-lime rice, and grilled zucchini and yellow squash.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:48:14 GMTSteakhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/keto-style-cornbread/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/keto-style-cornbread/A low-carb cornbread-style side that works especially well with smoked pork ribs. This version skips traditional cornmeal to keep the carbs as low as possible, while using almond flour, butter, and optional corn flavoring to mimic classic cornbread.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:47:52 GMThttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/grilled-chicken-with-roasted-summer-vegetables-and-herb-rice/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/grilled-chicken-with-roasted-summer-vegetables-and-herb-rice/A balanced dinner featuring seasoned grilled chicken, roasted zucchini, yellow squash, green beans, and fluffy rice.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:47:23 GMTChickenhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-rosa-grilled-chicken-pasta/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-rosa-grilled-chicken-pasta/A creamy, restaurant-style pasta made with grilled chicken, sautéed bell peppers, burst cherry tomatoes, and warm rosa sauce.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:46:57 GMTChickenPastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/cast-iron-salmon-and-new-york-strip-birthday-dinner/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/cast-iron-salmon-and-new-york-strip-birthday-dinner/A special-occasion dinner featuring two cast-iron protein options, one shared lemon-garlic herb butter, and a bright orange, fennel, and arugula salad. This compound butter works with both the salmon and the steak. The citrus and crisp fennel balance the richness of the salmon, steak, compound butter, and Parmesan potatoes.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:46:02 GMTSteakSalmonhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/spinach-meatballs-with-pasta/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/spinach-meatballs-with-pasta/Adding frozen, chopped spinach to your meatballs to “stretch” the meat further isn’t just kind to your pocket book — it also makes for a better meatball. The spinach brings moisture to the mix of beef and pork, which leads to a more tender and juicy meatball. (You can also exclusively use pork or beef if you prefer.) The spinach also accentuates the minerality of the iron-rich ground beef, adding savoriness without heaviness. This recipe has you brown the meatballs in a pot so that you can build the sauce with the flavorful drippings. If you’d prefer to cook the meatballs in the oven, roast them on the upper rack at 425 degrees until no longer pink, 11 to 14 minutes, then broil until golden-brown on top, 2 to 4 minutes before adding to the sauce. Be sure to scrape any drippings from the sheet pan into the sauce as well.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:45:46 GMTBeefPastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/sheet-pan-sausages-and-brussels-sprouts-with-honey-mustard/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/sheet-pan-sausages-and-brussels-sprouts-with-honey-mustard/This hearty pan of sticky, honey mustard-glazed sausages, brussels sprouts and potatoes only adds to the argument that sheet-pan dinners make the best weeknight meals. As the sausages roast, they yield a delicious fat that coats and seasons the caramelized vegetables. Use any fresh sausage you like, as long as it pairs well with the honey mustard. Feel free to substitute or add other vegetables like squash, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, carrots or cabbage. The mustard seeds and nuts provide texture and crunch, but leave them out if you prefer.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:45:39 GMTSausagehttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-tuscan-chicken/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/creamy-tuscan-chicken/Despite its name, Tuscan chicken is not a traditional Italian recipe, but a dish of Italian-American origin, with its roots perhaps most frequently linked to Olive Garden. While it bears similarities to Chicken Florentine, with its creamy spinach sauce, as well as Marry Me Chicken, with its creamy tomato sauce, it is best described as a combination of the two. In this recipe, a bit of cream cheese is melted into its sauce to ensure that it is extra thick and creamy. Fresh cherry tomatoes are cooked until they burst, adding a hit of acidity to the sauce that drapes over the perfectly browned chicken breasts and wilted spinach. It’s no secret that this recipe should be served over pasta or with crusty bread to sop up the sauce. For those looking for variation, sundried tomatoes can be used instead of, or alongside, the fresh tomatoes, and kale can be used instead of spinach.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:45:34 GMTChickenhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/chopped-cheese/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/chopped-cheese/Crispy bits of ground beef mixed with charred onion and melty American cheese, served on toasted hero or bolillo rolls with ketchup, mayonnaise, shredded iceberg lettuce, tomato, and optional hot sauce. Basically a skillet-made bodega chopped cheese: smash-burger energy, sandwich delivery system.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:45:26 GMTBeefNYT cookingSandwichWeeknightGround beefhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/cheesy-baked-pasta-with-sausage-and-ricotta/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/cheesy-baked-pasta-with-sausage-and-ricotta/Like a cross between baked ziti and sausage lasagna, this mozzarella-topped pasta is rich with ricotta and crushed tomatoes — and cooks entirely in one pan, including the pasta. The Italian sausage adds meaty depth to the sauce, but vegetarians can leave it out or use their favorite plant-based sausage instead.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:45:18 GMTSausagePastahttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/beef-stroganoff/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/beef-stroganoff/Beef Stroganoff, in its simplest form, is simply tender beef with a mushroom and sour cream sauce served over rice or noodles. Although several magazines and cookbooks claim this dish has been served for centuries in Russia, the current accepted history of this dish dates back to the 1890's when a chef working for Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov (the famous Russian general) invented the recipe for a cooking competition in St. Petersburg. After the fall of Imperial Russia, the recipe was popularly served in the hotels and restaurants of China before the start of the Second World War. Russian and Chinese immigrants, as well as U.S. servicemen stationed in pre-communist China, brought several variants of the dish to the United States, which may account for its popularity during the 1950's. I like to prepare beef stroganoff with Dijon mustard, cognac, and dill weed to add some extra depth to this flavorful dish.Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:54:23 GMTBeefhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/penne-alla-vodka/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/penne-alla-vodka/Penne Alla Vodka from Barefoot Contessa.Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:50:27 GMTPastaLunchDinnerhttps://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/chicken-shawarma-middle-eastern/https://recipes.rudyr.com/recipes/chicken-shawarma-middle-eastern/Recipe video above. The smell when this is cooking is outrageous! The marinade is very quick to prepare and the chicken can be frozen in the marinade, then defrosted prior to cooking. Best cooked on the outdoor grill / BBQ, but I usually make it on the stove. Serve with Yogurt Sauce or the Tahini sauce in this recipe. Add a simple salad and flatbread laid out on a large platter, then let everyone make their own wraps!Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:50:09 GMTChickenArabicMiddle EasternMoroccanChicken ShawarmaShawarma