Have you noticed how cauliflower is kind of hot right now? I have, and I admit I almost never make it. I tend to conjure up the image of a bad veggie tray with bad ranch dressing when I think of cauliflower. But then, I remembered making this pasta dish a few times, and it’s delicious …
It was time to dust off the slow cooker this past weekend. I’m late in using it this winter. I wanted pot roast and this is the easiest, tastiest pot roast ever. Really, not gonna lie. Three ingredients, that’s it and it’s delicious. Over some creamy Parmesan polenta and you have the perfect Sunday dinner …
Homemade Sloppy Joes, from scratch, so easy and good, made with ground beef and pork breakfast sausage ~ like mom made growing up but even better. Does anyone, besides my mom, make sloppy joes anymore? Manwich came out when I was a kid and she would make that. Didn’t like or dislike, they were okay. …
I’m sort of on this kick right now, with the kids gone back to wherever after break, and I’m making stuff for Meathead and me that they either hate, or won’t try. Lamb chops, for instance. No way they could eat lamb, it’s a baby…I won’t go on, I’m sure you can fill in the rest …
I have been wanting to make this classic Roman pasta dish for some time now, cacio e pepe. It is simply cheese and pepper pasta. And it is simply delicious. If you have cheese, black pepper, olive oil and a box of spaghetti, you can make cacio e pepe. My cousin recently visited Italy and …
Traditional ground beef chili, packed with flavor and served chili mac style over macaroni pasta ~ pass the grated cheese, sour cream and hot sauce, please! It’s chili time! This is the chili I’ve been making for several years now, and the reason being that all members of my family like it. It’s not too spicy, it …
Baked pork chops and apples in mustard cream sauce, simple and elegant French comfort food. This dish is a total splurge, just throw caution to the wind. I mean, really, how often can you make a dish with heavy cream and pork and wine? Pork chops and apples is a favorite in this house. I have …
I love Greek-style anything…lemon, olive oil, garlic, oregano. Lately I have been craving chicken and potatoes, Greek-style. This stems from my single life in Chicago. I lived a couple of blocks from the Athenian Room on Halsted, and I will tell you they make the best Kalamata Chicken. The chicken is great, but the potatoes …
Greek baked white fish, simple rendition of the Greek church’s baked white fish served every Friday for lunch, with frozen swai, lemon, butter, Greek seasonings and an unexpected topping of crushed canned fried crispy onions.
We had a great Fourth of July this year. Just my husband and me, Picky Eater had to work. Since she doesn’t like salmon, what a great time to fire up the grill for Maple Mustard Cedar-Planked Salmon. We’ve been eating more salmon this year and this was the first time on the grill. I …
