In order to wow some cousins coming over for lunch today, I made homemade pasta. I love making homemade pasta. *Love it!* It’s super easy and impresses the pants off people. I’ve made pasta with fancy machines and with my … Continue reading
Bean and Cheese Quesadllias for Lunch? Easy toddler food? Happy husband food? *Clapping* I start by cutting up a medium sized onion, sautéing it in some olive oil, adding some cumin and oregano (about 1/4 t each), mixing in a … Continue reading
I sincerely doubt there is anything quite as good as Homemade Bread. The smell, the taste, the chew…*sigh* For a wedding gift my sweet Aunt L gave us the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day book. It looks beautiful … Continue reading
Over the weekend Lidia Bastianich was on PBS making an Eggplant and Zucchini lasagna that she fed her mom. I’ve been thinking about that lasagna, like, non-stop since then. Here’s the thing though – C’s been having some heartburn lately, … Continue reading
So last night I decided to make Martha Stewart’s Mustard-Glazed Salmon with Lentils (Everyday Food, Nov. 2012, p.74). Except, I didn’t have canned lentils or grainy mustard. I figured Dijon is a spicy mustard, so I’ll use that. Oh, and … Continue reading
Two days ago I attempted Pad Thai. I overcooked the noodles, used too much sauce and – in an attempt to appease my non-Bok-Choy-loving husband – I roasted the Bok Choy. I roasted it because roasting transforms vegetables from mundane … Continue reading
For lunch today I made/invented a new awesome sandwich. We had some leftover Baguette from the BanhMi sandwiches I made for lunch yesterday. **C picked his pate off his sandwich, piling it on my plate with a yucky look on … Continue reading
LAST NIGHT: I hurt my knee so C took over dinner responsibilities last night. He made a box of rigatoni. While it was cooking he scooped out a few cloves of the sweet garlic from the confit’d jar, and added … Continue reading
I was going to make pasta for dinner tonight. With a parmesan cream sauce. Using some of the garlic confit I made this morning. Then I thought, Um, since I used the recipe for the Confit from Michael Psilakis’ Cookbook , shouldn’t I actually … Continue reading
I needed to make a thank you gift today. I didn’t feel like baking. CHOCOLATE DIPPED MARSHMALLOWS TO THE RESCUE!!! These are super-duper easy and pretty fast, if you use the microwave and have everything already on hand. I grabbed … Continue reading
Ringing The Dinner Bell 