9 March 2012
Spiced pecans with rum glaze
It's no secret that I love cookbooks by the late Gourmet magazine, given how often I cook fromThe Gourmet Cookbook and Gourmet Today. In addition to those (...)
23 October 2011
Apple Pie
Yesterday I made apple pie for the first time. I don't know why I never made it before. I've made other pies, and I'm comfortable working with pastry dough - (...)
17 April 2012
Brown rice cakes
Have you guys caught on to the fact that I love brown rice? I don't eat it just because it's healthy - I eat it because flavor and texture-wise, I really (...)
20 April 2012
Slow cooker beef stew
I finally got a chance to use the slow cooker that Andrew and I got as a wedding present. This beef stew simmered in the crockpot for several hours yesterday, (...)
8 April 2011
Veggie burgers
Veggie burgers are my meal of choice when I go out for pub food. Really, all I want is the fries so I don't usually miss the beef too much. Although I've eaten (...)
20 October 2010
Pear Tarte Tatin
This week's Fall Fest theme ingredient is pears, and I decided to try making a pear tarte tatin. Tarte tatin consists of fruit (usually apples) caramelized in (...)
9 April 2012
Sandwiches
I like a good sandwich as much as the next person, but for me, sandwiches fall squarely into the lunch food category, not dinner food. I'm not sure why, since (...)
9 April 2012
Pasta salad with tuna, fennel, and olives
I'm sure many of you encountered a pasta salad at some point during the 4th of July holiday weekend. Personally, I really, really don't like pasta salads with (...)
10 July 2012
Broccoli Almond Soup
I was feeling mildly sick yesterday, and that combined with the rainy weather made me feel like having soup for dinner. I wasn't sure what type of soup I (...)
15 June 2011
Perfect lemon meringue pie
Remember last time I made lemon meringue pie? It looked good (before slicing anyway) and it tasted good, but the custard didn't set. I was determined to try it (...)
9 April 2012
Sweet potato, kale, and black bean enchiladas
As a kid, enchiladas were my favorite thing to order when my family went out for Mexican food. For some reason though, I hadn't ever cooked enchiladas myself (...)
17 January 2011
German Potato Salad
I'm not really a fan of American-style potato salad. It tends to be gloppy with too much mayo, which just kind of grosses me out. This German potato salad, (...)
3 September 2012
Tomato Chutney
The last couple weekends have been filled with family time - Andrew and I spent last weekend at the Cape with some of my family, and we were at my cousin's (...)
13 March 2012
Salmon cakes
I still have a couple more party recipes to tell you about, but I'm going to save those for another time. For today, I'm going to tell you about a healthier (...)
18 October 2012
Apple tart
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to meet Luisa Weiss, the author of one of my favorite food blogs - The Wednesday Chef. She has written a memoir that (...)
25 January 2011
Hot and sour cabbage soup
Cabbage is one of the only non-root vegetables that is available right now, and it's cheap, so I'm trying to get it into our dinner rotation more often. This (...)
29 October 2012
Pommes paillasson grated potato pancake
Andrew and I had some friends over for brunch last weekend. When I was planning the menu, the idea of making potato pancakes or latkes crossed my mind, but I (...)
29 October 2012
Peanut butter banana bread
I have always loved peanut butter. As a kid, I would only eat the chunky kind, and later on switched to the creamy camp, where I still am now. I even remember (...)
29 October 2012
Quiche with Summer Greens
I buy a lot of vegetables that have greens attached, like turnips, beets, radishes...these greens are all edible and have interesting flavors, and I try hard (...)
13 November 2012
Cranberry sherbet
I like to keep a supply of cranberries in the freezer, mostly so that I can make these cranberry pecan caramel barsany time I want. But during a recent freezer (...)
29 October 2012
Celery root and potato latkes
I tagged this recipe when I bought my first celery root this past fall, and although I didn't make it back then, I'm glad I remembered it when I bought celery (...)
7 May 2011
Artichokes with sesame dipping sauce
Hi there. Sorry I haven't posted in a while - life has been busy, and there haven't been many blog-worthy meals at my table lately. But spring is here now, (...)
16 January 2013
Socca with lamb and eggplant sauce
I mentioned recently that I received a copy ofBean by Bean for Christmas. This book has been on my wish list for a while and I was really excited to get it - I (...)
29 October 2012
Zucchini and sweet potato bread
This is my favorite quick bread recipe, and happily, both zucchini and sweet potatoes are in season right now! I first came across this recipe on Joy the (...)
15 March 2013
Stir-fried noodles with shrimp green beans and carrots
I am so excited about this recipe. This is the first time that I've been able to make a stir fry that actually tasted like something from our favorite Thai (...)
