I have a kid. That means that every recipe I make either comes with a helper (known as the Tiny Kitchen Assistant) or his alter ego, Captain Distracto, who wants me to play baseball or Legos or do anything other than cook as dinnertime approaches.
Most of the meals are kid-friendly and easy enough to make in 30-45 minutes on a weeknight. The rare, time-consuming “weekend recipes” will be noted accordingly. Believe me, if I can make dinner six nights a week, you can, too.
Where do my recipes come from? Many are things that I’ve made for ages. Some are modifications of a single recipe; I link to or reference the original recipe wherever possible. Others are a strange hybrid of recipes that I find online; if I want to find a good stew recipe, for example, I’ll look at half a dozen and pick and choose the elements and techniques that work best for us.
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Recent Recipes
Sage Gravy
It seems sort of counterintuitive to give the gravy recipe before the turkey recipe, but it will make more sense next week when you pair this recipe with the turkey. Trust me. Ingredients 2 onions, sliced 1 Tbsp unsalted butter Kosher salt 32 ounces chicken broth or stock Gizzards and other turkey organs that I […] Read More
Glazed Carrots
It’s November again, kids, and that means that this month’s recipes will all revolve around Thanksgiving. Today’s recipe: glazed carrots, another Alton Brown recipe from Food Network. I love this one, and honestly don’t know why I don’t make them more often throughout the year. Ingredients 1 pound carrots (approximately 7 medium), peeled and cut […] Read More
Seasonal Eats: November
The Tiny Kitchen Assistant loves pomegranate. Of course he does. Why wouldn’t he love a fruit that’s a complete pain to prepare? But things have gotten so much easier — and my clothes are much less spattered with red juice blotches — since I discovered the underwater seed removal method. Believe me when I tell […] Read More
Homemade Fancy Pizza
Back in May, I attended a conference in Sacramento, California. Pizza Rock was one of the few restaurants open downtown on a Sunday night. I love pizza, but most made in California tend to be what we call “dumpster pizza:” a boatload of toppings hiding low-quality sauce and crust. Not so here. I shared the […] Read More
Lazy Slow Cooker Cacciatore
My mother didn’t like to cook, in spite of the fact that she did it six days a week. While I long ago abandoned such childhood specialties as elbow macaroni coated in melted Velveeta, there’s one quickie meal that I’ve returned to: lazy cacciatore. “Real” cacciatore has all kinds of ingredients, including mushrooms, wine and […] Read More
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