If you’re anything like me, you always make too many mashed potatoes. Always. Most often, they end up just hanging out in the fridge until they grow fuzz and turn colors, and then they meet the garbage disposal. Not this time. I’m afraid I don’t have a real recipe, just […]
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Back To Basics: A Perfect Bowl of Oatmeal
This last week I heard some of the most wonderful words from my son… “Mommy, could you make some oatmeal for breakfast today? With red raisins?” Be still my heart. Was he actually asking for something extremely nutritious for him- and something that I absolutely love? I love a good […]
Easy, Delicious Beans
Last week at the library I picked up a copy of Rick Bayless’s cookbooks, Mexico, One Plate At A Time. I just adore Rick Bayless- his recipes, while they may seem long and daunting sometimes, are worth every second of effort. The great thing about his recipes is that after […]
Company Worthy Bars With Little Effort
The other day I spent some time visiting some of the blogs in my sidebar. I don’t do that near often enough, and I had some spare time, so I puttered about checking out how some of my favorite bloggers are doing. When I saw this great big photo of […]
Very Tasty Coffee Cake
I should preface this by saying that I am not normally a coffee cake type of person. I’ve really just never been a big fun- unless they are loaded with things like a fruity-jammy filling and plenty of frosting. So what drew me to try this recipe- well, I honestly […]
Old Favorites Week
This week I was really stumped when it came to a menu plan. I had no clue what I was in the mood for or felt like making. Fortunately for me, Andy is around this week, so I handed him some paper and told him to write some things down […]
Wickedly Easy Breadsticks
I need to stop making addictive baked goods. Much like those pancakes I’ve been swooning over- these breadsticks did the exact same thing to me. I had to keep going back into the kitchen for “just one more” because they really weren’t that good- were they? This recipe came about […]
Pancake Tuesday
It’s Pancake Day! I wasn’t sure if I was going to have something to post about this morning, but then I saw those words- Pancake Day and I just knew I would have to pop on here for just a second to tell you that if you haven’t tried my […]
Uh, It’s Still Split Pea Soup
One of the soups that I generally avoid like the plague is split pea soup. I’ve never liked it- not the texture, and not the flavor. Yet every once in a while, I think I need to try again, and every single time I am reminded that I just don’t […]
You Can Thank Me Later
Yesterday’s soup came about simply because of the random supply of ingredients I had in the fridge. Well, it wasn’t exactly random, but I found myself with an ample supply of vegetables and leftover beef that would have been ideal in a stir fry. Only, I really wasn’t in the […]
Delicious From Dorie
I always forget how much I enjoy making cake from scratch until I make cake from scratch. We were having a birthday in the family, and I was in charge of making a cake. The request had been for marble- so I hunted and flipped through cookbooks looking for […]
On The Table In Ten Minutes
I knew this recipe was going to be quick to make, but really didn’t realize just how quick it was going to be. The other day I pulled down my copy of A Year In A Vegetarian Kitchen, thinking that it had been a while since Jack Bishop made a […]