Back To Basics: Meatballs
Well, my original intention had been to try and do a Back To Basics post about once a week, but this just seemed like to good of an opportunity to pass up....
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Erika
Adaptability Is Key
When you’re pinching pennies and trying to ‘make do’ with what you have on hand, it’s really integral to get a feel for substituting when cooking. There have been plenty of times...
Back To Basics: The Micro-plane
Sometimes when I blog, write a recipe, or even talk about food, it doesn’t occur to me that someone may not know what I am talking about. When I did a cooking...
Encouragement To Plant
I don’t really have a recipe to share today, we had a bit of an easy weekend in the kitchen, nothing super exciting really. I did do a bit of seed starting...
BBQ Chicken Pizza
In my continuing quest to use all leftovers, yesterday I found myself stumped by some leftover BBQ chicken. Tuesday night while we were at dance class, Andy made some BBQ chicken on...
Confessions: I Do Make Mistakes
I don’t have a new recipe today, but I thought everyone would get a kick out of seeing that I do make radical errors in the kitchen from time to time. Last...
Old Fashioned Comfort Food
Yesterday, while cleaning up the kitchen, I remembered that I had a loaf of Challah sitting around that was almost a week old. It needed to be used or tossed, and I...
The Last of the Chard
One of the many things I learned about Swiss Chard last year is that it is very garden hearty, and also a biennial. That means that when I plant seeds in April,...
After Years of Bread Baking…
I have finally found the PERFECT sandwich bread. I have had a sandwich bread that I make, and it’s good, it’s tasty, especially fresh out of the oven, but I always thought...
Dreaming Of Spring!
It’s soooo springlike outside today, and I am just dying for the snow to all be gone. It may take a few days, but with geese flying north, and a robin sighting...
Spaghetti And Meatball Soup
I’ve hesitated about sharing this one, because I feel like I was doing a little…channeling of Aunt Sandy (if you know what I mean). When I came up with the idea, it...
Leftover Pork, Part 3
Over the last few years, during Andy’s lay-off time, I have not posted a lot of the dinners and such that we eat around here. Quite honestly, much of it I wouldn’t...