Green Eggs and No Ham
Tim and I are having a lazy morning in our apartment, catching up on email and doing a little work. We didn’t want to go out for breakfast or brunch so I had to make do with whatever was in our fridge. We had half …
Month: March 2009
La Dolce Pasta
Taste: **** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick On Sunday I was organizing some recipes I had cut out of magazines and came across this pasta dish. I was particularly excited because I had exactly a 1/2 pound of hot Italian sausage in the freezer, 1 box …
Chickpea & Sausage Stew
Taste: *** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick I made this very easy stew recipe tonight. Other than the sausage required for the recipe, you likely have all the ingredients in your cabinet and freezer — an excellent quality in a weeknight recipe. The recipe is a …
Goat Cheese & Roasted Corn Quesadillas
Taste: **** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Quick Tim and I had a super tasty and incredibly easy dinner last night. I had flagged this goat cheese quesadilla recipe in the most recent Cooking Light and decided that after a long Monday this was the perfect recipe …
Tim's Birthday Cake: Devil Dog Cake with Marshmallow Frosting
Taste: **** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Moderate Tim’s birthday is on Tuesday but we had an early celebration with his parents tonight. After a delicious dinner at Jarnac — our favorite French bistro that happens to have half-off wine on Sundays — we came back to …
Baked Orecchiette with Pork Sugo
Taste: **** Difficulty: Moderate Cleanup: Messy On Thursday, I received an email from Food & Wine with some good “make ahead” meals. I had actually made one of the recipes highlighted this fall and thought it was delish. This baked pasta dish is not as …
Baked Eggs with Spinach & Tomato
It’s very hard to find a baked egg dish that isn’t filled with cream and cheese so this recipe from Real Simple caught my eye. I made this recipe on Sunday and everyone enjoyed it. I skipped the cream cheese suggested in the recipe and …
My fave: bucatini all’amatriciana
Since Tim and I are in Las Vegas for the LeadsCon trade show (working the tradeshow floor has become a new skill since starting AdBuyer.com), there won’t be much cooking this week. But don’t fret…I will eat well. Las Vegas has so many amazing restaurants. …
Pasta with Roasted Broccoli & Walnuts
Taste: *** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Fast I made this quick & easy but super flavorful pasta dish on Sunday night. I bought a bag of broccoli florets which saved me from chopping. I also used farfalle because that’s what I had on hand. The only …
For Chocolate Lovers Only: Brownie Pudding
Taste: **** Difficulty: Easy Cleanup: Moderate As I mentioned in my other posts this weekend, my in-laws were visiting. Peter has a serious sweet tooth so I always like to make him special desserts. I wanted to make a super flavorful but easy dessert since …