I like to call it ‘Pasta Bake’ – aka using up leftovers

I decided to make a Pasta Bake.  That’s what *I* call Leftover Casserole.  You take all the odds and ends in the fridge, mix them together with half a dozen eggs, top with cheese and bake away. In today’s Pasta … Continue reading →

How do I deal with a Hurricane? I cook.

Yup. I have to be away from C and the babies in order to work these few days.  This *SUCKS*. How am I dealing with the I’m-away-from-my-family feeling especially during a HURRICANE?? I’m cooking. C is holding down the fort with … Continue reading →

Bean and Cheese Quesadillas for Lunchtime Joy

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 →

Nothing is quite as good as Homemade Bread

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 →

Smoked Gouda Lasagna with Eggplants and Zucchini

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 →

Green Beans can substitute for Lentils, right?

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 →

*sigh* I tried to make Pad Thai.

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 →

Awesome Sandwich. AWESOME.

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 →

Tonight: Glazed Meatloaf and Accordion Potatoes with Chives and Sage Butter; Last Night: Using the Garlic Confit

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 →