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 always make cookies for Christmas. I’m not really much of a sweets person. If I’m going to do something decadent culinary-wise, I’m really more of a cheese person. Hence the Quiche w/ Spinach, Ricotta, Pecans & White Wine and Macaroni & Cheese w/ Gruyère […]
I’ve been making quite a bit of fondue lately. Last week I made Fondue w/ Gruyère & Swiss Cheese and now I have leftover Fondue w/ Gruyère & Emmentaler Cheese. As I’ve been on this excursion, I’ve been contemplating what else I can do with […]
I am absolutely obsessed with fondue. There’s something about the holidays and cheese that I just can’t get over! It’s really more likely that I’m obsessed with cheese all year long. But that I indulge during the holidays and have accepted eating my body weight […]
I tend to go a little bit all out when it comes to making potatoes. I’ll throw every bit off fresh produce that I have lying around into the mix and fry them all up together! But we’re in the midst of the winter and, […]
There is nothing better in the morning than freshly made hash browns! As I do for all of the wintry holidays, I made Mashed Potatoes. But, once the leftovers are gone and you’re back to making actual meals? Nothing quite hits the spot like hash […]
Who doesn’t love a good scrambled eggs? It’s a staple for a reason! I’m a huge fan of just throwing together something simple in the morning. This Queso Fresco Anaheims recipe consists of roasted purple potatoes, scrambled eggs, queso fresco stuffed Anaheim peppers, and a […]
It is officially fall. Frost is absolutely in the air. It’s actually the day after Halloween. Which means that any day now it’s going to snow and it may officially be Christmas season. But it also means that I have to use up all of […]
It’s supposed to maybe snow for the first time this season tomorrow. And, when the weather turns? I start to crave a nice hot soup! I have been thinking about either a beer cheese soup or curry. Not to be dissuaded from either, I decided […]
To round out my splurge on nachos this week, I have combined black beans with bananas, roasted Hubbard squash, enchilada sauce Thai chilis, and avocado dip with Greek yogurt and pecans. I’m a huge fan of nachos. They’re one of the easiest foods to simply […]
I have an enormous amount of Thai chilis still ripening in November. I brought a couple of the plants inside to try and winter over. But the most prolific of the Thai chilis just is not thriving in the transition! Which is no worry, I […]
