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!
Fall is in the air. And you know what that means? It’s squash seed season. Now, I know what you might be thinking: It’s squash eating season, isn’t it? And yes, you are correct. But you know what I love more than the squash itself? […]
I am in full on apple mode lately. The other day I went apple picking and now have an abundance of apples to go through in a very short time! I’m also not much of a sweets person and do not particularly like making pastries. […]
I went apple picking the other day and now have an abundance of apples to use up before they go bad! And I’m not a big fan of sweets. So, I’m determined not to actually make a pie in this endeavor. I picked up 5 […]
I have a problem hoarding dried goods. If rice or beans or flour is on sale? I’ll come home with a fifty pound bag. I have bags upon bags upon buckets of dried goods. I might be set in case of economic collapse or the […]
I just went apple picking and have an overabundance of apples. Which means that I’m turning absolutely anything and everything into apple form. Yesterday, I made Quiche w/ Salmon, Leeks, & SnapDragon Apples. That might sound a little weird. It might even be a little […]
I just went apple picking, which I believe is a first for me! All of the nostalgic apple picking memories that I have from childhood I believe are from movies and TV shows. Although it wouldn’t be surprising if there’s some childhood picture of me […]
I’m a big fan of a breakfast burrito. There’s nothing quite so satisfying as a runny egg in the morning. You can scrambled the eggs. That will make for a burrito that’s a little bit more on the go. If you don’t eat a runny […]
The other day I made Enchiladas w/ Pinto Beans, Mexican Rice, & Roasted Potatoes. I like to make the components for big dishes in larger quantities. That way I’ll have leftovers to make other things with throughout the week. I just made Pizza w/ Pinto […]
I’ve been in an enchiladas mood lately. The other day I made Enchiladas w/ Pinto Beans, Mexican Rice, & Roasted Potatoes. I tend to make recipes like this in fairly large quantities so that I have extra ingredients. It’s a lot of work to make […]
I’ve been in the pizza mood and I actually managed to think about it two days ahead of time, so I thought that I’d start a batch and then save myself the trouble of tossing together a whole meal this weekend. I ended up making […]
