I’m sure you’ve all been there, so follow along with me…. You plan a crock pot meal because you know you’ll be having a busy day, and it’s so easy just to pop dinner into the slow cooker in the morning, right? So you find a recipe that looks good, get the ingredients ready for […]
It was my father’s birthday this weekend, and as part of the celebration I was enlisted to make a cake. I had been wanting to try my hand at homemade buttercream for quite a while and thought this was the perfect opportunity. I had always been intimidated by buttercream, as most recipes I’ve found looked […]
Alternate title: What herb not to combine with fennel…. We cooked up our classic recipe for chicken marsala Friday night (gotta love that red plaid cookbook), but I wanted to do some different side dishes to change things up a bit. You know, since I’m off carbs for a week and all, I decided to […]
Despite having studied abroad in Ireland for a semester in college, I have some sort of mental block when it comes to Irish food: I utterly lack the ability to think beyond corned beef and cabbage. Even if I were, I’m not creative enough to think of interesting ways to prepare the dish (which, to […]
When was the last time you were attacked by the chocolate monster? I was sabotaged just last night. There I was, lounging on my couch and vegging out to old episodes of Mythbusters (of all things!) on NetFlix when the craving struck. I wanted chocolate. In a very extreme way. This was a craving that […]
Tonight I was desperate — desperate I tell you! — for something different to do with my chicken thighs. I’ll be the first to admit that I get into recipe ruts, and if I had to cook — or serve — a chicken stir fry again, I think I would have screamed. So instead of […]
Now, don’t get me wrong, kiddos… I love chocolate as much as the next person. But doesn’t it feel a little done for St. Valentine’s Day? Expected? Predictable? Are you looking for less typical sweet to serve your sweet this year? But what about a spicy rice pudding that tastes of roses? Now that’s exotic. […]
