Bringing "back in the day" back to today
I think that I am going to call this my ‘I don’t think that this winter will ever end’ tomato soup. Winter not ending isn’t such a great thing, but this soup is pretty darn good. I just kind of winged this one. I was hungry for some lunch and we didn’t have a lot …
Saturday: Out Sunday: Eric’s special meal Monday: Chicken Riggies Tuesday: slow cooker pot roast Wed: Hamburgers Thursday: Left overs Friday: ?
Saturday: Kids: Fish Sticks and cous cous; E & K: filet mignon, pan fried potatoes and broccoli Sunday: Beef short rib stew with mashed potatoesMonday: Sweet and sour chicken with rice and broccoli Tuesday: Pasta fagioli with Italian rolls Wednesday: Chicken stew with biscuits Thursday: Leftovers Friday: Macaroni and Cheese with broccoli
I don’t eat a lot of donuts, normally. For some reason when I woke up this morning I really had a craving for them. Usually on these occasions I would have two options, go to one of the two Dunkin Donuts stores within a couple miles of the house, or to go to this great …
I had a craving for peanut butter cookies today. I started looking around to see if I could find anything interesting as far as recipes go. I saw lots of interesting things, cookies filled with 41 different types of chocolate or gluten free and super healthy, but that was not what I was looking for. …
When it comes to making pizza at home, you have quite a few options. There are frozen dough balls and precooked shells, those fresh-ish ones sold in the deli aisle, powdered mixes, “fresh” dough balls in the refrigerator section and even some pizza shops will sell you their dough. Buy, why go through all of …
The name garbage bread probably doesn’t invoke a lot of great culinary emotions, but don’t let the name hold you back, this is a great recipe. It’s a great recipe for a party or for the big game. It takes only a few ingredients and anyone can make it. It is a real crowd pleaser. …
There is nothing better than a nice cup of hot cocoa after spending some time playing outside in a cold winter day. Because of this we have always kept the powdered mix on hand for the kids. With the Only From Scratch we have going on, the mix seems to be a big no-no. After …
Let me begin this with a warning. Knowing how to make a truly great Crème Brûlée at home is dangerous. My wife and I came to appreciate a good Crème Brûlée at a local restaurant. It’s a common destination for our date nights because it is close and has really good food, but mostly for the Crème Brûlée. …
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. …