Archive for the ‘ Kid-Friendly ’ Category
I’m Obsessed with Pickled Cauliflower
Pickled Cauliflower Like Betty, I’m a huge fan of pickled things. I can’t really beat a salty/tangy/chilled accompaniment to a meal, particularly in the summertime. I’ve made some regular old pickled cauliflower before, and while it was fine, it didn’t really inspire me. And then I stumbled across the pickled cauliflower recipe from Perbacco. I’ve […] Read More
Beautiful Buttermilk Biscuits
Buttermilk Biscuits with Lard As with many posts, I feel the need to attribute my interest in cooking — and I sincerely mean having any interest at all — to Alton Brown. Had Alton not taught me many of the basics of cooking, we would be eating a lot of take out and fast food. My […] Read More
You Can Make Yogurt At Home
I have to tell you, I hadn’t given any thought to making yogurt at home. There are supermarkets on every corner, and did I really need yet another project? It appears that the answer was yes. We go through a lot of yogurt. The Tiny Kitchen Assistant eats it with fruit and honey. The adults […] Read More
Fish Tacos (Yes, I Actually Cooked Fish)
Maybe you haven’t noticed, but in the two years that I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve posted precisely one recipe that involves fish (and considering that it was for tuna salad, I’m not entirely sure that it even counts). This is a real recipe with real fish, the kind that didn’t come in a can. […] Read More
Cuban Black Beans with Beer
Frijoles Negros I’ve tried a lot of recipes for black beans, and while they’re all tasty, it turns out that this one — prepared on a whim — is the most flavorful that I’ve come across. It’s loosely based on the frijoles negros recipe from 3 Guys From Miami. Their cookbook is one of my […] Read More
Lasagna Roll-Ups
So there we were, on a Saturday night. It was already 5:00 and I’d given zero thought to dinner. So I polled the boys. The Tiny Kitchen Assistant requested pasta. My husband groaned. “It’s Saturday night,” he said. “I don’t want a quickie, throwaway dinner.” I was more than a little bit annoyed because maybe, […] Read More
Cacio e Pepe (Cheese and Pepper Pasta)
There was a time when I believed that Cooking (with a capital C) required two dozen ingredients, preferably ingredients that were difficult for mere mortals to find. Over time, I came to understand that simpler combinations of ingredients often merged to create more satisfying results. This pasta came about when the Tiny Kitchen Assistant requested, […] Read More
Whole Wheat Banana Bread
I don’t know about you, but when I see the words “whole wheat” I immediately think of two words: healthy and blech. (Does “blech” count as a word?) I promise you that this recipe doesn’t taste like some sort of healthy food. It’s a modification of this one that I found on allrecipes. This is […] Read More
Cornbread Pot Pie
I got this idea on a whim on a chilly, rainy Saturday night and thought I’d throw together a quick, easy pot pie with ingredients from my pantry, combining elements from four or five recipes that I found online. Turns out that while it wasn’t complicated, it wasn’t remotely quick — it took more than […] Read More
Spicy Chicken Noodle Soup
This time of year, I could eat soup every day. No, we don’t have the snow that other parts of the country endure, but there’s something about cold, rainy weather that makes me even more inclined to hunker down and nest. This is probably one of the easiest soup recipes ever. You can use the […] Read More
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