I finally did pan deglazing right. My pot roast tastes of crispy (not burned) bits from the bottom of the pan.

Quinoa, fresh tomato, cucumber, little green onions and balsalmic vinegarette.

Mmmmmm

1. Picante chicken flavored ramen.
2. Peanut butter as protein added to same.

Farewell, weight loss! We hardly knew ye.

Adding: if that sounds gross, it totally is and should be avoided at all costs by anyone interested in obtaining or maintaining a waistline. If it doesn't, godspeed with your two tablespoons of melty, peanutty goodness.

When I was very small and my original parents were still married, my father looked upon the destruction I had wrought after one afternoon's play and declared, "that child could break a steel ball ( Read more... )

1. If you don't feel like standing up, you're probably in no shape to cook.
2.  The aforementioned "it is possible to overshred chicken."
3. Curried Skim Milk of Mirepoix Soup is in no way an adequate stand in for Curried Cream of Chicken (with Coconut Milk) Soup ( Read more... )

I struggled visibly with conspicuous consumption in the form of a KitchenAid Artisan stand mixer. I did not know at the time that $229 for an Artisan was actually a better deal than I thought because the Artisan is a step up from everyone's fave and well known mixer. I know now because I caved like that pile of damp cardboard that used to inhabit ( Read more... )

I adore mashed potatoes, but there are better nutritional choices to make with those calories unless and until you put greens in them.

It has become clear that either my family has no Irish in it (red hair be damned) or (far more likely) the women stopped cooking somewhere between Ellis Island and Texas, because we can be some seriously lazy ( Read more... )

If you dilute the tomato paste in African Cabbage Stew with beer, it's really Really REALLY good.

Just sayin'. Bet wine would work, too....

While African Cabbage Stew tastes good with Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale in it, it tastes better with cracked red pepper.

The cats are all over me. In the kitchen while it cooked, circling like furry sharks at my feet while I ate it and, 12 hours after brushing my teeth, I'm still getting frisked for random signs of fshi. Rodney remains alert. edited to add: their food bowl was empty. Now it's not and I'm persona non cata ( Read more... )