We had our first snow this past weekend … which pretty much had me craving all things hot with tomatoes and meat. Options lead to meatballs or chili. I had a pretty long day of looking at appliances at multiple appliance stores… so a low impact chili was the winner. In the effort to try…
I think just last week I was commenting on how unenthused I was about quinoa. I probably said the exact same thing the last time I made quinoa cakes. But, as I was wrapping up my weekend I felt the need to treat my body a bit like a temple. I had some leftover butternut…
As previously documented, I was responsible for brining two things to Thanksgiving Dinner. Cranberry Sauce… and Butternut Squash. The cranberry sauce went much better than the squash. The squash was too lumpy and unimpressive. I tried to fix it by adding candied walnuts and that was really just a bandaid for a bad dish. So…
Cranberry sauce is a pretty straight forward dish. It could not be easier to make and customize to your own tastes. You have a better chance of screwing up everything else on your table than the cranberry sauce. About a month ago I went to a cooking demonstration at a local appliance store. The chef…
I’ve been itching to make scones for several weeks now – and today was the day. When I put up my Christmas tree last week, I felt like I had some gingerbread scones on the brain. But with Thanksgiving happening, I pulled a switcheroo and went with some pumpkin. I am not a “pumpkin” person…
I had broccoli cheddar soup the other day for lunch and it was pretty solid – but like grocery store solid, not like “make at home” solid. It reminded me that I had this recipe flagged from last winter but had not gotten around to it. To be clear, this is absolutely not a broccoli…
I really love macaroni and cheese. Like, really love it. It would be hard for me if someone were to tell me that I couldn’t eat Kraft Macaroni & Cheese anymore. I’m a bit of a traditionalist. I don’t believe in white cheddar, I just want normal Kraft. I also don’t put milk in it.…
So, we’ve been planing the menu for this birthday party for like a month, actually probably more. When I first started to think about it, I thought about any dish that would be theoretically easy to prep ahead of time and wouldn’t be bad leftovers. So with the menu set to be hot dogs, mac…
First of all. I recognize that this just looks like a pile of melted cheese. But – it isn’t. It is so much more than that. It is a tomato pie. Tomato Pie has been sitting on my kitchen to-do list for about a month. Pretty much ever since the moment I knew it existed.…
I’m going to admit that I’ve slightly overdone it with the tomatoes, burrata, and pretty much pesto of any form. It is pretty much the only thing that I’ve eaten for several weeks now. The fact that I’ve tired of burrata is terrifying to me. But – this season is fleeting and I’d rather eat…
