I just love a challenge, especially in the kitchen. So when I saw that there was a group called the Crazy Ingredient Challenge, I had to learn more. The concept is pretty simple, each month, the ...
Main Dish Recipes
Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe
Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wrap recipe very yummy. I would definitely recommend. the person who eats will want it again. The other day I engaged in the extremely enviable task of deep-cleaning my ...
Spanish Tortilla Recipe
Once upon a time (2004) in a country far far away (Ireland) the Big Man and I had a bit of a debate. It may have been late in the evening, or even the next morning. Beer may have been consumed prior ...
Turkey Pot Pie Recipe
Getting a little sick of turkey sandwiches these days? If so, I feel ya. Since I didn’t get to my parent’s house in Northern Michigan until Thanksgiving Day this year, we held off our Big ...
Shrimp, Sausage And Grits Recipe
The other evening I started up Lumineers Radio on the Pandora, rolled up my sleeves, and got to work organizing my Pictures File on the hard drive. This was no simple task- the entire file was a total ...
Shrimp “cassoulet” Recipe
Today was the first day I’ve had totally, utterly to myself in weeks and I was determined not to waste it. I slept in a little (till 9:30! My former late-sleeping college self is laughing her skinny ...
Italian Polenta Bake Recipe
It’s not even two weeks into 2014, but I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. Since I’m still writing “2010″ on all my checks, I suppose I should just get used to the fact that it is ...
Pasta with Avocado, Zucchini and Walnuts Recipe
I have the feeling I’m going to get some major side eye with today’s avocado post. But that’s okay. I can handle your criticism. Just please believe me when I say that I will never lead you down a ...
Lemon Parmesan Risotto Recipe
The time has come for comfort food. Like, really real comfort food and not just things like potato salad and spiced apple cake. I’m talking about warm, steamy foods that make you sigh happily into ...
Honey Roast Chicken Recipe
The weather in New York lately has been nothing if not obnoxious. Gorgeously springy and warm one day, it turns rainy and cold the next. One day I’ll be traipsing around town in ...
Eggplant Parmesan Pizza Recipe
So- confession time! I’m not big on Halloween. No cut-out ghosts grace my walls through the month of October. No spooky spiderwebs hang, enticing the dog to get caught and roll around ...
Fresh Tagliatelle with Ricotta, Lemon and Hazelnuts
I’ve been slowly transitioning into working more at home lately, and I have to tell you- IT IS AMAZING. The only outside-of-the-house work I’ve been doing is my occasional shifts at the cooking ...