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
Bratwurst and Quick Kraut
Quick Sauerkraut I stumbled across a new farmer’s market, and at that market they had handmade bratwurst. There’s no easier way to win the heart of my carnivorous husband and son, so I bought a package, not entirely sure about how I was going to cook it. I spent a bit of quality time with […] Read More
What’s in Season? November
We’re heading into comfort food season, and that’s definitely evident at the market. The month’s menu shifts from the last truly fresh salads of the season into roasted squash, potato dishes, and the rich, earthy favors of mushrooms. Vegetables Pumpkins Winter squash Yellow squash Sweet potatoes Broccoli Mushrooms Spinach Fruit Apples Cranberries Grapes Oranges Tangerines […] Read More
Broiled Yellow Squash
Squash and zucchini are plentiful, but ideas for what to do with them tend to elude me. Last weekend, my farmer’s market was practically giving away beautiful yellow squash. I decided to just throw something together and came up with this recipe. Broiling can be dangerous; I’ve burned more than my share of food over […] Read More
Learning to Cook
Because I post recipes online, it seems only natural to assume that I learned how to cook by watching my mother and my grandmother. Wrong. While both cooked, neither one of them was a particularly stellar chef. My grandmother, for example, didn’t have any spices in the house, including salt and pepper. My mother had […] Read More
Pasta Rustica
It’s been years since I last made this recipe, but I stumbled across it while looking for something to do with the onslaught of fresh tomatoes coming from my garden. I’ve made some modifications to the original, not the least of which involves substituting cherry tomatoes for the original romas. The meal looks best when […] Read More
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