Bringing "back in the day" back to today
Our kids appreciate fresh, homemade meals and often accept even the most spicy, weird looking, strange smelling and colorful food that we throw at them. Every now and then I do try to send a meal their way that is nutritious, delicious and fun. These easy chicken pot pie turnovers made with puff pastry dough …
This coconut curry chicken stew recipe has been in my possession for over ten years but it wasn’t until now that I decided to try it. Growing up, I was not terribly adventurous when it came to food and curry was one of those spices that seemed too exotic for me. It it truly a …
This little bundle of joy is the secret to awesome soup. Fresh thyme, parsley and bay leaves wrapped in cheesecloth simmer quietly in chicken broth to flavor your soup with the perfect seasoning blend. Add cream, dry sherry and wild rice and you have a chicken soup that is so good that you’ll wish illness …
This is comfort food at it’s finest. For us this was a new recipe that I followed exactly and after the family devoured it was agreed that the original recipe is perfection. This was an easy meal for a Sunday and paired very well with mashed potatoes and corn. If you have about an hour …
Another one of my Thai takeout favorites is Pad Thai. Since the spicy fried rice turned out so well, I decided to try my hand at making Pad Thai. From my searching, I found that there are quite a few variations on this recipe, some of them are quite complicated and some are pretty basic. …
On Sundays I like to prepare meals that take a little longer to cook. Sometimes I choose recipes that are more involved. Not today! Lately our kitchen gets a workout on Sundays, as we bake the week’s bread and lunch treats. Eric was also bustling around the kitchen today too. When all of that was …
If you are looking for fat, salt and calories there is no better way to get it than to go out to dinner at a popular chain restaurant for Chinese food. My exposure to chain Chinese food is limited to lunches that are delivered to our office. Although tasty, I find myself drinking copious amounts …
My weekly menu posting declares that this is house favorites week and that is no lie. I would say that this recipe ranks #1 as our family favorite (Eric correct me if I’m wrong). Chicken Milano draws actual cheers from the children (ok, and the adults too) whenever it makes the dinner rotation. We are a family …
Any meal that requires this many moving parts and continues to make it to my table on a regular basis has to be outstanding. The recipe is intimidating. One of my colleagues requested my chicken and biscuits recipe and laughed at me the next day when she discovered that I do not use refrigerator biscuits. We …
You will find no sea creatures in this jambalaya recipe. Collectively, we just can’t agree on seafood. My oldest loves fish and shrimp. I’ll eat haddock, lobster and crab. Eric is a scallops and clams kind of guy. My youngest can’t have shellfish. See why we avoid it? This is a creole jambalaya recipe that …