Posts Tagged ‘cooking’

Weeknights are all about quick and simple meals in my house. Not only is my time at a premium, but recipes with few, simple ingredients mean I don’t have to make a run to the grocery store.
This recipe from Real Simple magazine fits the bill, and is a bright, colorful dish. I use about 3 [...]

Sunday evening is the time for comfort food - especially during the cold winter. This roast chicken is great for a Sunday supper, or a great comfort food for a weeknight. The garlic gives the chicken great flavor and the lemon is subtle but fresh. Serve with bread or orzo on the side (mix in [...]

I love a good sale, so when the local store had potatoes on sale for a good price, we bought a couple of 10-lb bags, knowing that they’ll most likely keep through the winter months.
What to do with all those spuds? My first order of business was a nice batch of creamy potato soup. It [...]

The other day, I had one of those slap-your-forehead, duh! moments. I was getting ready to decorate some sugar cookies with colored sugar when I realized I didn’t have the color I needed. Halfway out the door to make an emergency grocery store run, it hit me - why not make my own colored sugar?
It [...]

We’re getting closer and closer to U.S. Thanksgiving, and I’m still finessing this year’s menu. New twists on old favorites are always fun for guests and the cook, and side dishes are no exception.
This year’s table will feature Sweet Potato Risotto, a fall twist on a classic, creamy

Soup and bread go together like peas and carrots. No, scratch that - I don’t really care for either peas or carrots. How about, like peanut butter and chocolate. So whenever we have soup, I always try to make sure to have a good bread on the side - whether it’s freshly made baguette or [...]

There is a barbecue place about an hour from our house that we’ll drive to when we get the urge for ribs or pulled pork. It’s takeout-only, so the entire drive home is an exercise in torture as we smell the aromas of all the barbecue saucy goodness coming from the bag in the backseat, [...]

Thanksgiving will be here before you know it … time to get your game plan in order for the big day!
This week I’m thinking about cranberries - those little balls of vitaminy goodness that are only in season from October through December. This year, I decided to try something new; instead of opening a can [...]

Calzones are one of my husband’s favorite Italian specialties; however I’m hardly Italian (although I do make a mean lasagna). But what’s to a calzone? Dough, sauce, cheese and fillings, right? How hard could it be?
I donned my apron and quickly got to work. I used one of my tried-and-true dough recipes (this one from [...]

Who doesn’t love a present? How about a packet waiting for you at your place at the dinner table, just waiting for you to open it up and see what’s inside? That’s the idea behind these salmon packets - they’re like a little gift at dinnertime.
They’re also a snap to make, and the paper holds [...]