After spending the whole day cooking and canning and hunching over the cutting board and stove, I really didn’t want to put a ton of effort into dinner. My countertop was covered in fresh tomatoes from outside, and I figured I might as well try to use as many as I can before giving up
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One of the reasons I’ve been so scarce lately is that I’ve taken up urban gardening. It started as a way to cope with quarantine and it ended up being a new hobby/pseudoprofession after the pandemic kicked most writers out onto the street. I’ve turned our little suburban plot into a food jungle, and the
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I’ve been on a mission to find a good balance between my carb-heavy diet and Hubby’s protein-heavy needs. The middle ground appears to be fish and poultry, which I can eat lots of without the negative… effects… that I get when I eat large portions of red meat. Fortunately, seafood is something I grew up
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I know I have several chili recipes, but chili is one of those foods that can be made and remade hundreds of times and still have room for experimentation. Personally, I’m on a mission to find the chili recipe to end all chili recipes. This one turns up the heat with three different hot sauces,
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Eggplant is kind of a strange fruit. It’s mostly water, and other than providing a reasonable amount of dietary fiber (about 5 grams per cup of eggplant), it really doesn’t have much else to offer on its own. However, its blandness and lack of… everything makes it a great vehicle for sauces, breadings, and other
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Chili? In summer?? Oh yeah, I went there. Even if you live somewhere hot, in my opinion, there’s never a wrong time of year for chili. This one even features a fresh summer vegetable — zucchini! The best thing about this recipe is that it’s another slow cooker feature, so you can set it and
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I haven’t posted a dinner in a while, so I figure that it’s about time I did. Chicken is one of those meats that’s generally agreeable, even with hardcore carnivores like the boyfriend (who is more of the mindset that chicken is just a higher order vegetable). While it’s often prepared as a relatively light
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Nothing fancy here, just a basic chili. Some beef, some tomatoes, some onions and peppers, some other stuff and an appetite are all you really need for this. Well, that and a stove.The nice thing about this recipe is that, whether you decide to make it as written or to improvise a bit, it’ll turn
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This is probably the quickest, easiest way to make dinner, be it just for you or for a small crowd. One-pot pasta is just that, all in one pot. Just cut some stuff, cook some sausage, and throw everything in the pot! It’s incredibly easy, super filling, delicious, and keeps pretty well. Here’s how it works…
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This is my take on a traditional Caprese salad, which is made of tomato, mozzarella, basil, salt, and olive oil. This is more of a… “Ca*me*se” salad. I decided to use balsamic vinegar instead of olive oil and salt.I say this is “the most Italian thing you’ll probably ever eat” because the original dish was
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