Bringing "back in the day" back to today
Over the past three years we have been working on getting our hands on better vegetables. Three years ago we bought a half-share in a CSA (community-support agriculture). If you are not familiar with the concept of a CSA, you pay up front for a share in a farmer’s crop and you receive weekly baskets …
This is not the recipe you remember from your childhood. The complex flavors share little resemblance to a braised beef with gravy that may or may not have had some sour cream happen to fall into it. The fact that this is a crock pot meal makes it even better. Spend 15 minutes before you …
This is one of those recipes. The ones that comes up after you eat the same meals over and over again. With high hopes you add it to your menu. And as sure as the sun rises and sets it gets skipped that week. I can’t really say why, it’s not like it is complicated …
It all started when I was a kid. Taco night. I always looked forward to taco night. But, you need to understand that we are talking about store bought taco seasoning packet with crispy taco shells of unknown vintage. They were great, shredded lettuce and mozzarella cheese topped bottled taco sauce. As I have grown …
Two of things that keep a food blogger on their toes are to keep up with the newest trends in food and cooking food that our family will actually eat. This recipe covers both. As part of my day to day activities, I look at the big food blog sites and look for interesting things …
I came to love mushroom risotto after a series of dinner misfires while we were away on vacation. Kelly was attending a conference at one of the resorts at Disney World and the rest of the family came along for a nice mid-winter getaway. Since we stayed right on Disney property we spent a fair …
We ended up with almost 2 pounds of left over chuck roast and root vegetables from our Christmas day meal, recipe can be found here. Roasts and vegetables don’t often reheat well in the microwave and it dries out in the oven. I am a big breakfast fan, I mean, I LOVE it! I love …
It was inevitable during this time of year… you get the invited to the neighborhood get together and you need to bring a dish to pass. You don’t have the time to make a main dish or an elaborate salad, and they already have enough desserts. You can offer to bring an appetizer, but you …
Well, not really, but we have a lot of changes that we want to make as far as the types of foods that we eat and even more importantly the way that we feed our children. This blog is a way for us to document our progress. I find that in everything that I do if …
I am not going to lie, I like food. As a result of liking food so much I read about it; I read sites like Food Gawker and even the food blog from our local newspaper. One day about a year and a half ago there was a post about a new Thai restaurant in …