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Sauces

Bearnaise sauce

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, we don’t usually do much for this particular holiday.  Between finding a babysitter and crowded restaurants with limited menus, we’ll pass on that one.  For the last few years we have decided that we can give ourselves the food part of the restaurant experience at home. We still have to cook, …

Weekly Menu

Weekly Menu 2/11 – 2/28

Wednesday – Chicken Pot Pie Thursday – Kale and Sausage Pasta Friday – Slow Cooker Beef and Barley Soup Saturday – Valentines Day – Filet Mignon with Bearnaise Sauce and Mushroom Risotto Sunday –  Fish Sticks, SandDollar Crackers and Broccoli Monday – Roasted Garlic and Chicken Chowder Tuesday – Fat Tuesday – Jambalaya Wednesday – …

Soups & Stews

Homemade potato soup

Lately I have been branching out on my bread making, moving on from easier everyday bread recipes to more involved or complex processes.  Last week I made brioche and this week I wanted to try ciabatta.  I have been wanting to make ciabatta for quite some time now as it is one of my favorite …

Weekly Menu

Weekly menu – 1/17/15

Saturday: Random Chicken with coconut mango rice Sunday: Italian Wedding soup with brioche bread Monday: Tacos with homemade corn tortillas Tuesday: Slow cooker pot roast Wednesday: Chicken and wild rice soup in the slow cooker Thursday: Sweet and spicy Indian chicken Friday: Beef tips with rice and broccoli

Bread

Braided bread

It’s funny where inspiration comes from.  My mother shared a video of someone braiding bread in several different ways.  It was interesting, who knew that you could braid bread into 10 different patterns?  I didn’t.  The video was in a different language and the subject of the video was obviously a professional bread maker because …