Category Archives: recipe

I have been cooking away! I know it’s hard to think of what to make every day at some point i should post about my system of meal planning. It makes life a lot easier and more delicious! Some recent … Continue reading →

Here are a couple more dinners for you! Roasted poblano chili and fresh corn pizza with spaghetti squash pesto. Roasted chicken, potatoes au gratin with panko breadcrumbs, endive and radicchio salad with strawberries and golden raisins. I roast the chicken … Continue reading →

Chicken mole with black beans and yellow rice and salad with creamy cilantro dressing.

I have been cooking some new and interesting things, but food is so hard to photograph. I tried to capture Monday’s dinner of oven-fried chicken, gruyere macaroni and cheese, and a salad of sprouts, leeks and beets with a peanut … Continue reading →

Here is a recipe for your pre-Thanksgiving Sunday! I made a soup that started with a recipe but morphed into something pretty different, so I’m going to type it up as my own. 🙂 Ingredients: 1 tbl. olive oil 1 … Continue reading →

Nacho cheese is one of the most wonderful things in the world. I love it. I love all kinds! Even the fake kind that comes in a can or the fake kind that comes in a ramekin at Taco Bell. … Continue reading →

I am always encouraging people to try making mac and cheese from scratch; it’s really easy, and employing the methods of making it (like making a roux) are really good and versatile skills to have as a home cook. For … Continue reading →

Last week, before I left for Palm Desert, I made these “celebration cakes” (so I called them) for J to celebrate the one-year anniversary of his accident. They were certainly a labor of love! The recipe is another from Cooking … Continue reading →

I didn’t photograph this dinner (it would not have photographed well, trust me) but I made chicken mole for dinner. It was really great! Another Cooking Light recipe, and J loved it. It was fun to serve a dinner that … Continue reading →