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Share Your Favorite Recipes I have a request of you, my loyal readers: a good cole slaw recipe. I’m picky about cole slaw. I don’t want something mayo-doused, soupy and limp. I’m looking for something lightly creamy, tangy and tasty. There are hundreds, if not thousands of cole slaw recipes out there online. While I’ve […] Read More
Clara’s Meatloaf
Meatloaf Meatballs One of my favorite food blogs is Writes4Food by Bryn Mooth. As part of her ongoing Clara project, Bryn updated Clara’s classic meatloaf recipe into a modern meatball that won rave reviews with my family. Personally, I think that the transformation into a meatball is genius. To me, the worst part of meatloaf […] Read More
Everybody Loves Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
Creamy Tomato Orzo Soup “I love tomato soup,” declared the Tiny Kitchen Assistant, apropos of nothing. “Ms. Z makes it for us all the time.” As a kid who isn’t terribly fond of soup in general, this seemed too good to be true. I figured that I’d make the soup and he wouldn’t eat any, […] Read More
Wild Rice Pilaf Bake
Sorta Meatless Monday I’ve been trying to make less meaty meals. I’m not vegetarian, but I also know that we don’t need as much meat as what the men of the house would naturally gravitate towards. One of my projects has been to find meatless or limited-meat meals that are hearty enough to stand on […] Read More
Brazilian Chicken Soup
Coconut Chicken Soup My friend Lori sent me the link for the Brazilian shrimp soup from Food & Wine. I’m sure that it’s lovely with shrimp, but as no one in my household really enjoys the crustaceans, I substituted chicken with great results. Ingredients 2 Tbsp grapeseed or olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 bell […] Read More
Steel Cut Oats in the Rice Cooker
Easy Steel Cut Oats Those of us who make steel cut oats know that they take a bit of time and some stovetop management: boil, simmer, stir. And then one day, it dawned on me: the rice cooker can do all of this for me! I’ve already tried to convince you that you need a […] Read More
Grandma Pizza
Homemade Pizza I like to make homemade pizza, but let’s face it: the process of prepping individual pizzas is very labor-intensive, and can be a challenge on a school night. So imagine my interest when I saw the recipe for Grandma Pizza pop up in an email from America’s Test Kitchen. The homemade dough proofs […] Read More
Black Bean Chili with Dark Ale
Meatless Black Bean Chili I based this recipe on the Black Bean Chili with Dark Ale recipe that came from Vegetarian Times magazine. The first time I made it, it happened to be a particularly brutal night of homework battling with the Tiny Kitchen Assistant. I didn’t taste it before serving and… oh, the regret! […] Read More
You Need a Rice Cooker
Why Buy a Rice Cooker? As a kid, I didn’t even know that rice cookers existed. Actually, I don’t think I’d ever even heard of them until I moved to California. (Cut me some slack; I lived a sheltered culinary existence in Campbell’s and Kraft-land.) But in California, everyone has a rice cooker. Everyone. I […] Read More
Split Pea Soup (or What to Do With That Ham Bone)
Ham Bone Split Pea Soup I had bought the massive spiral sliced holiday ham, and as I was carving the leftovers and sealing them into little freezer packs for future meals, I was left with a large ham bone with a surprising amount of meat attached. There was only one thing to be done: split […] Read More
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