Trying to figure out what to make? Or maybe just some inspiration before going to the grocery store? This Recipes section chronicles everything that I make on a daily basis. The good, the not-quite-so-good, and the sheer and utter failures! I’m joking, of course. There are very few catastrophic failures that cannot be remedied with the right skill, coaching, and presence of good family, friends, pets, and compost bins! But, nevertheless. Cooking is about perseverance and having fun with it.
I’m constantly in search of a new and interesting recipes to make. Even a brief perusal of this Recipes section will give anyone an idea of how much I cook. After a 10, 11 hour shift at work cooking for other people all day? The first thing that I want to do when I get home, my feet aching on concrete floors and my entire body smelling of other people’s food and my own blood, sweat, and tears? Is not to put my feet up and relax! But to crank up the music in my kitchen, pour myself a glass of sauvignon blanc, and start slow cooking a curry! Or make macaroni and cheese from scratch. Or melting cheese all over every single leftover that I have in my fridge in a big plate of nachos.
It’s really why I started this blog. I wanted some way to chronicle my culinary endeavors and preserve them for future reference. After all, if I don’t write down what I did, why I did it, and take pictures for posterity’s sake? I will absolutely never be able to recreate it again. And, if I’m going to go to that much effort just to be able to recreate something that I made in the middle of the night after cracking into a bottle of wine? Maybe you can find some inspiration in it, too.
Part of the point of cooking is to have a community. And my motto is always, if you have to eat? You might as well eat well! So, I hope that this Recipes section can provide some of that community. And inspiration to cook to anyone beyond myself. My eternal desire is not to fall into complacency or boredom. So, if in any way my eternally expanding Recipes section is of any value to anyone beyond myself? I wish you all of the best luck!
I went Apple Picking the other day and now have a couple dozen apples to figure out what to cook with! And I don’t want to do desert. I’m just more of a cheese person than a sweets person. I’ve been making Salmon, Leeks, & […]
I’ve been making a lot of pizza lately. I’m one of those people who’ll get in the mood for something and then make it for a month straight. This is my third batch of Pizza Dough in the last couple of weeks. I might be […]
The other day I made Pizza w/ Pinto Beans, Mexican Rice, & Roasted Potatoes. It was one of those days where I was staring at all of my leftovers in the refrigerator and thinking to myself… I wonder if this would be good on pizza?? […]
I’ve been making quite a bit of pizza lately. Sometimes you just get a hankering for something and keep going with it. Since I am making so many batches of dough, I’m also able to let it proof for a little bit longer. As fun […]
I’m in a pizza-making mood. I even managed to plan it ahead of time. You can quick proof dough in six hours, but you’re going to get a greater depth of flavor if you let the dough slowly proof in the refrigerator for 1-3 days. […]
I made pizza last week and am still in a pizza mood (hence, the roasted squash pizza, today). It’s one of those foods that pretty much universally goes with everything. There aren’t many ingredients that don’t go well on dough drowned in copious amounts of […]
I intended to barbecue this pizza dough. That’s why I looked specifically for a barbecue pizza dough recipe. I’m at the tail end of my propane, so I keep trying to come up with a low pressure dish in order to use up the rest […]
I’m a big fan of roasted garlic. There’s nothing better in the winter than the scent of freshly roasted garlic. Especially when it’s snowing outside and the oven is nice and toasty warm. It’s not quite winter yet, but I’m getting in the fall and […]
I’m endeavoring to make Pizza with every kind of roasted fruit and vegetable that I can muster. Today, that’s Roasted Kuri Squash Slices, Roasted Autumn Crisp Apple Slices, Roasted Garlic, Roasted Kuri Squash Seeds, and Roasted Shallots. I wouldn’t ordinarily cook shallots in this way. […]
I have just gone apple picking for the first time in my life. It was a gorgeous day. It was a fun time before the rain and the snow kick in for the arctic tundra that is inevitably going to be a Midwestern winter. I […]
