Bringing "back in the day" back to today
How did I end up making such a wonderful homemade strawberry tart? Let’s start with a little backstory. Last year we planted some strawberry plants in our garden. I think we got about 3 strawberries before the birds discovered them and despite the elaborate fence-like contraption that I built to cover the strawberries, we did …
Over the last few years, we have managed to ruin trips to almost any restaurant by coming home and using their food as inspiration to make it better (and cheaper) at home. What we are left with is an ever shrinking list of places to go out to eat. Recently, we went out for sliders and …
We have been on a pretty good Asian food kick for the past week or so, for example, last Friday was sweet and sour chicken! Tonight we had ground chicken pot stickers with a tasty spicy chili/soy dipping sauce. I thought my better half had left me a recipe to make dinner when I got …
Winters in Upstate NY have a tendency to be cold. So far this year we have not had much in the way of extreme cold or snowy weather, but it still get me in the winter eating frame of mind. When its cold like this, I am looking for comfort foods combat the cold and …
Cooking from scratch can sometimes be a challenge when you are in a rush. During the week when we need to be running kids in different directions it can sometimes be difficult to get a good meal on the table and still get to practice on time. We started making a quick San Marzano tomato …
It is the week of New Years and like a lot of folks one of my resolutions is to eat better and exercise more. One of our favorite recipes lately is black bean veggie burgers. They are meat free but still contain a good deal of protein and flavor. The best part is that they …
Part of our process of cooking things from scratch involves growing vegetables in the garden. Last summer we had an excellent tomato harvest. We canned a lot of the tomatoes (not enough as we used up the last jar a couple weeks ago) and had some left that we wanted to do something with. Kelly …
Spring is here and its time to start thinking about grilling outside more. One of our favorite grilled recipes is grilled Greek chicken. The marinade recipe uses common ingredients that you probably have on hand. Another big plus is that you don’t have to marinate the chicken for many hours to get that bold grilled …
We really love our chocolate chip cookie recipe, but sometimes you are looking for something more. This is where this mint chocolate chip cookie recipe comes in. We like to bake a fresh batch of cookies each week to add to the kids’ lunches and maybe to steal a quick snack at night. Don’t judge, …
Do you crave homemade cinnamon rolls but don’t want to get up at the crack of dawn to pull it off? Plan ahead and make the dough for this pull apart bread the night before and you can enjoy all of the sticky, sweet goodness of cinnamon rolls in a warm, gooey mound that will …