Quick and delicious weeknight meals
Tim and I are back after a wonderful trip to Grand Cayman. We were sad to come back to the frigid weather but very happy we were able to get away to somewhere tropical before the baby comes. After reuniting with Angus yesterday, we drove …
The founder of Taco Bell, Glen W. Bell, died over the weekend at the age of 86. You can read his obituary in the New York Times. While I have only eaten at Taco Bell once in my life, as an entrepreneur and taco lover, …
We’re still cooking our way through the ground beef from the steer. Here’s a tasty chili recipe that actually doesn’t even call for chili powder! The heat and flavor come from chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and ground cumin. The stewed tomatoes and beer also …
In addition to the Spinach Gratin, we had some sauteed mushrooms. I loosely followed the Barefoot Contessa recipe below. I used a mix of basic white, shitake, and baby portobello mushrooms. It was a delicious accompaniment to our porterhouse steaks! Sauteed Wild Mushrooms Barefoot Contessa …
Tim dug our grill out of the snow yesterday so that he could grill the porterhouse steaks from our half-steer. Tim grilled two porterhouses to perfection! Porterhouses are not for those with a light appetite — they consist of a strip steak + a filet. …
Here is a very tasty way to prepare your basic pork chop! The goat cheese, cream cheese, spinach, and sun-dried tomato filling is super tasty and tangy. The dish looks like it would take a long time to make but comes together quite quickly. A …
In this month’s Real Simple, there was an article on ten ideas for your basic cheese ravioli from the refrigerator section. Many of the ideas looked quite tasty and they all looked like a very easy way to spruce up a basic ingredient. I made …
A couple of friends (thanks Cameron & Suzanne) recommended Fine Cooking Magazine to me, so I bought the most recent issue. I really enjoyed the magazine and think I might have to add to my growing list of cooking magazines! One of the articles I …
I had one last package of short ribs from our half-steer and decided to cook them yesterday in the slow cooker. Tim loved this dish! And, I loved how easy it was to get dinner on the table. I think I prefer the traditional braising …
Here’s a very tasty and easy shrimp dish. The recipe is basically a spicy version of shrimp scampi. It’s very simple and fresh tasting. I didn’t make any changes to the dish other than adding some freshly grated pecorino romano to the panko mixture. Serve …