I think the reason cranberry is such a popular item on Thanksgiving tables (besides its seasonality) is the refreshing kick it gives you after loading up on the sweet and savory items like yams, turkey & mashed potatoes. This year I thought that in addition to the traditional (and my favorite) canned cranberry dressing – [...]
Last week, while Katie valiantly survived both a mega-headache & her first week of grad school (I can just smell the freshly sharpened pencils & notebooks) B purchased the largest bundle of basil known to mankind (along with copious amounts of cilantro & chives.) (My cruddy photo of said herbs taking over my fridge.)
The lucky duck [...]
It would seem that perfect hardboiled eggs should be as simple as boiling water. That said, it also seems that boiling a perfect hardboiled egg- for a salad topping, a base for egg salad, deviled eggs, or a simple breakfast item isn’t such a simple task. Under-boiled and you have runny or orange-tinged yolks that [...]
About a year ago I found an incredibly healthy recipe for black bean cakes in the back of a non-descript magazine & I cut it out and tucked it away in my recipe file. I then promptly forgot about it. Last weekend as I was looking for some new and exciting things to make for dinner I [...]
Meatloaf is a dinner that cries for a veggie side dish, and something better than frozen corn or canned peas. We want something flavorful that can stand up to the rich flavors of the meatloaf and goat cheese mashed potatoes but we don’t want anything complicated- after all, we just made meatloaf & employed a [...]
Tonight for dinner B and I are having meatloaf, mashed potatoes & oven roasted green beans. Tomorrow night we are having meatloaf panini’s. All promise to be delicious and while the meatloaf probably has a good 20 minutes of prep and an hour of baking, it lends itself to a great meal of comfort food [...]