One of my friends gave me this recipe a while ago. I was excited about it right away since it involves putting peanut butter in soup. But, it called for a side order of jicama slaw, and I lacked a food processor at the time. Since then, my mother in law got me a food processor, and I love coming up with excuses to feed unsuspecting vegetables to ( Read more... )

Last week, I was super busy and didn't have time to cook very much. I also wanted to try and use some of the stuff that was already in my pantry. I had just cut back my basil plant, so I had a bunch of basil, but not enough to make pesto. So, I found this recipe for Lemon Basil Chicken with Basil Aioli. I was skeptical, since there appeared to ( Read more... )

I'm skipping week 7, as last week was the Week of Busy and I ate out almost every night. Week 8's experiment was a complete success! It was so tasty that it's definitely going to be added to regular rotation. I love enchiladas, they are a fabulous excuse to drown things in sauce and cheese. Usually, I make green enchiladas, with a sauce that ( Read more... )

One of these is super quick, and the other is super quick after it's marinated for a few hours.

The first is Chicken with Tarragon Vinegar Sauce. I served it with some steamed broccoli and corn on the cob, which I wrapped in foil with a little butter and some pepper, and baked in the oven ( Read more... )

A work friend gave me this recipe for murgh makhani aka butter chicken. So far my idea of "making Indian food" consists of opening a jar of Patak's sauce and cooking it with some chicken and dumping it on rice. I *love* murgh makhani and so when I saw the Patak's brand butter chicken sauce, I tried it, and was immediately underwhelmed. So, I ( Read more... )

Even though I love to tackle new recipes, I have lots of simple dishes on regular rotation. One of my favorite books for easy dinners is Martin Yan's Quick & Easy. I've tried a ton of recipes from this book and they're all quick and tasty. One of my favorites is Jade Chicken, partially because it gives me an excuse to fry mint. Normally, I ( Read more... )

tincow's Mom gave us her recipe for tortilla soup a while ago. We love it, and whenever we make it, side dishes usually don't happen because we wolf down way too much soup. The "optional" garnishes are shredded chicken, grated cheddar cheese, and avocado. I was skeptical about tossing some cubed avocado into my soup, but it was quite tasty. The cold ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've posted. Work's been busy and I've been away on weekends. Most of my cooking has been of the "pasta with stuff" variety or things I've already posted before. But, I've got a new one now ( Read more... )

I just got back from an old friend's wedding. It was very nice, and I am so full that I had to unzip the back of my dress in the car on the way home. It just goes to show that I lack willpower in the presence of appetizers. Especially ones that have dipping sauces. I'm so full that I'm going to forgo playing computer games and sleep instead. * ( Read more... )

I'm still loving my Wine Lover Cooks Italian book. Over the weekend, I made chicken thighs stuffed with gremolata, and wrapped in prosciutto. Gremolata is a mixture of lemon zest, parsley, and garlic, normally used in osso buco, but it worked well with the chicken thighs. I laid the chicken thighs out on slices of prosciutto, spread the ( Read more... )