I didn’t exactly start out making Sweet Potatoes Mexican Rice today. I’ve been making rice and beans together for the last couple of weeks. The peppers in my garden are ripening, so I need to use them while I still have them! I just started […]
I’ve been making a lot of really big meals lately. I’ve been in kind of a cooking rut this summer. Although that does tend to happen when things get busy and I don’t have the time and/or the energy to come home from a long […]
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 […]
Quite frankly, I don’t want to explain how to cook potatoes every time that I use them in a recipe. Potatoes are kind of like scrambled eggs where, once you know how to do it, you don’t really need an explanation every time. “Sauté potatoes” […]
There are days when breakfast is not optional. Ordinarily, I would turn to leftovers. But alas, I have absolutely nothing pre-prepared today. So, I must fend for myself in a sea of mismatched ingredients in my pantry. Or moreover, bowls of fruits and vegetables because, […]
Every now and then breakfast can be a tough meal to toss together. As much as cereal is an American staple, I’m not a big fan of that much sugar in the morning. I tend to crash after eating sweets, which is the exact opposite […]
I’ve been testing my hand out on Fritters lately. They’re reminiscent of a hash brown, but I made these with sweet potatoes, garlic, shallots, and green onions. I have a couple leftover and I’ve been mulling over what to do with them. I have a […]
I didn’t necessarily intend to make sweet potatoes fritters today. I had a multitude of shopping and cooking dilemmas that I needed to sort through before finally deciding on fritters. Although I’m quite glad that I did! Sometimes culinary dilemmas give you just enough constraints […]
All of the Moroccan-inspired Christmas dishes this year revolve around this Chickpeas Tagine. I’ve been eyeing a tagine for a while, now. It’s one of the few culinary pots that I don’t already own. So, I’m absolutely on board with picking one up for this […]
Being in the restaurant industry, the holidays are always incredibly busy. No one wants to cook when they’re about to cook for the whole family! So, I’ve been in quick and easy dish mode lately. My idea of a “simple” meal is anything that takes […]
