Chili is one of those magic foods that gets better the day after you cook it – which is why it was such a surprise that this super easy same day chili was super tasty. We had some people over for the football game last Sunday afternoon and I picked up the ingredients the very…
I think every person on the internet these days is telling us their resolutions…. and also that they don’t believe in resolutions. For the record, I don’t believe in resolutions either. They feel like things we want to do but never get around to – or they are incredibly prescriptive and set you up to…
Ah yes. Another year, another Christmas card. I struggled with this initially. 2018 was a very different year. Yes, every year is different but when I look back on it… nearly every picture in my phone was of house construction. It was almost as though I didn’t go outside at all – unless it was…
I took a health survey earlier this week that strongly recommended I eat more vegetables. I failed at that for several days until today. A trip to Trader Joes for some cauliflower and a nice new recipe that I found on the internet. I used to get a lot of my inspiration from Food52 but…
I wrote this post originally back in November… but it was stuck in my drafts for quite some time… and now it’s out of my drafts… and that’s a better place for it. Today we said a final farewell to my old faithful Jeep Wrangler. This car has been the only car that I’ve ever…
I treasure a nice, flavorful soup. In 2019, my goal is to make some soups that don’t include tomatoes – it feels like I’m always pulling out two cans of diced tomatoes. That being said, there is something irresistible about a good, flavor filled tomato soup. And that is this one. I found the recipe…
A couple days ago I made a list of all the leftover ingredients in my fridge and tried to figure out a way to use them – or just not waste them entirely. The list included: Christmas ham, sour cream, and radishes. Radishes are admittedly an odd one. I barely like them so this might…
When I first moved into my new house, I brought with me 11 cans of diced tomatoes. It was nuts. Thanks to my recent run of soups and stews and chilis, I have many fewer cans in my inventory. In the near future I might have to add “diced tomatoes” back to my shopping list…
This post is heavily delayed but I wanted to write it none the less. I think this past summer’s tomato varieties were the best yet. I almost wouldn’t change anything except for the fact that I like trying new varieties too much. I got too busy last year and never wrote a 2017 recap, but…
I have watched a whole lot of “Great British Baking Show” this year… and one thing that seems pervasive on that show is people screwing up a rolled dough. In their defense, it is usually a sponge cake and that seems hard. But, I absolutely had flashbacks to the show when I was making these…
