For the first time, I made pasta e fagioli. I used a recipe from a little cooking booklet my mom gave me. I followed it almost to the letter, except I added bay leaves, crushed red pepper & (once I realized I added too much of the last) frozen corn. (Something I discovered from following Thai cuisine: sweet balances heat ( Read more... )

It's late; I should certainly be in bed. But I made a dish for the first time this evening & thought I'd make mark of the situation.

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I'd been in the mood for a Philly cheese steak sub. But I didn't have the right kind of bread ( Read more... )

I'd started marinating a porterhouse steak yesterday, separated (New York Strip Steak on one divide of the bone, tenderloin filet on the other), but the household decided to go for ground beef burritos with fixings ( Read more... )

I came across this recipe about a week ago & finally prepared it last night. It was pretty good, though I think 1/2 cup Gruyere would be better (to balance the brininess of the olives).

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Well, it's the season of pasta primavera. Also, I discovered some whole-wheat rotini at a reasonable price. So I decided to give this dish another whirl ( Read more... )

Today, for the second week in a row, I attended the local farmers' market. (Our farmers' market runs year-round, which is boggling, to be honest. I had no idea.) Last week, they really had no true produce, offering seedlings of produce instead. This week was a bit different ( Read more... )

I made my own hummus today!

I used the immersion blender netmouse & flinx gave me for Christmas. I'd bought tahini months ago but just got around to actually tackling the task.

The result isn't too bad--a bit thick & bordering on bland. I used a recipe for "Simple Hummus"; perhaps it was too simple. I ended up increasing the lemon juice (not fresh) for ( Read more... )

I went back to the gardening store & picked up two more seedlings, basil & chives. I was very pleased to see the latter, as I love the flavor of chives/green onions ( Read more... )

Today I went to the gardening store to purchase planters of fresh herbs. They were having a "buy one, get next 1/2 off" sale, so I picked up eight small flowerpots filled with cilantro, mint, oregano, sage, thyme, flat-leaf parsley, curly parsley & rosemary ( Read more... )