The other day I had my first slow cooker failure.
It should have been simple.
It was soup.
How can one screw up soup?
Apparently with ease.
It was a simple premise: we were going out for lunch which I knew would be long and … Continue reading.....
They say that with age comes wisdom.
I’m not sure if it’s wisdom or simply acceptance.
I have learned that when I’m a bit ‘under the weather’ I cease caring about anything.
I have come to understand that if I cease caring, chances are I’m … Continue reading.....
I am such a bad blogger.
I have a habit of reading other food blogs (that’s a good thing), finding recipes I like (also a good thing), forgetting where I saw the recipe (that’s a bad thing) and deciding to make it anyway as best … Continue reading.....
Quickly browned, then simmered in white wine and stock, flavored with bay and paprika, these pork chops are fork tender and full of flavor.
TTotal time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
I usually bake salmon in the winter; mon mari cooks it on the grill in summer.
I never poach it, although that’s a traditional method for cooking salmon.
Mon mari doesn’t like the idea of poaching.
He doesn’t like the idea of ‘boiling’ food.
My mother did not make ‘pasta’.
She made Creamettes or noodles.
She didn’t make ‘skillet dinners’ or ‘stir-fries’ or even ‘casseroles’.
She made hot dishes.
She would have loved this.
Think of it as comfort food without all the calories.
I originally made this gratin with spinach – frozen spinach, actually. I always keep a bag of frozen spinach in the freezer and this is a perfect quick vegetable dish when the fridge is empty.
Then I branched out… and discovered it works with any … Continue reading.....
We love scallops but don’t have them often. They’re a wee bit expensive.
But, as they are also a wee bit rich, one doesn’t need a lot of them for a satisfying dish.
The avocado sauce would work well with grilled shrimp or fish as … Continue reading.....
This is not a zucchini recipe.
It’s also not a barbecue recipe.
But the weather suddenly turned cooler, there was a bit of Greek yogurt in the fridge and there you have it.
One doesn’t normally think of pork in stroganoff, or peppers or cumin … Continue reading.....
Things start going fast when there's no waiting for drying time for plaster… Or floor boards.
We (I got to help) finished papering the second wall, Then mon mari spent the rest of the week finishing ceiling trim (to small to photo) and staining floor … Continue reading.....
