This was definitely a cooking weekend in my household.  After a disappointing dinner on Friday night at a local restaurant, I decided I had time to cook better than that dinner.   I used the remaining offending pork chop in some scrambled eggs with a bit of cheddar cheese, served on some homemade rolls that I pulled from the freezer and defrosted ( Read more... )

It has been a long time since I have written in my journal.  So long that I don't dare look how long (okay, I will after I finish this post because now I am curious).  I have been doing lots of "Firsts" in my cooking, and I will try to chronicle some of them here.  Some good, some bad.  The funny part to me is that because I usually do pretty well ( Read more... )

So deer parmesan was actually pretty good, except I picked a wrong pasta jarred sauce to use in it.  We ate it most of the week.  I also tried a chocolate cake recipe from the Barefoot Contessa book.  OH YUM!  I wasn't thrilled with the icing, but OH YUM for the cake itself!  I took most of it into work and the doctors office to make sure we didn't ( Read more... )

I have been doing quite a bit of cooking since I last posted.  I made some firsts in the last few months:  risotto, polenta, fudgy cups, curry veggie dip, linguine, lemon bars with raspberry sauce, halibut, snapper, true basmati rice ( Read more... )

Mmm....garlic breath!

After reunion food this weekend, we needed something lighter and ahem, healthier.  I quickly sauteed some of the leftover veggies (that didn't get eaten at reunion...I wonder why) and seasoned with a little salt, pepper, oregano, basil, and of course, lots of garlic.  I served it over some mini ravioli.  We ate it with some ( Read more... )

So I haven't been able to cook lately being on the road.  I managed to shanghai my parents kitchen last night when dad got home from his hip replacement surgery.  He claimed he didn't have much of an appetite, but I managed to tempt him into eating ( Read more... )

I've been missing having buffalo sirloin steak for dinner.  We usually have this every other week or so because ( Read more... )

After working out, I didn't exactly feel like cooking.  But I also didn't want to go out to get anything, so when I noticed the warehouse club sized box of stuffing in the garage, I decided that it had been too long since we had stuffing with anything.  At first I was going to just make some gravy to pour over stuffing and leftover chicken, but ( Read more... )

I am so glad I like leftovers because I rarely can cook for two.  I think it comes from growing up with a mom who didn't like to cook.  Okay, so mom wasn't a great cook.  She let me cook for the family starting when I was about 12.  And I was cooking for 3 or 4 -- with leftovers too ( Read more... )

One of these days I will learn I should take pictures of my food and post those because people like pictures.  Just text isn't good enough anymore ( Read more... )