Pan Pizza
“Was It Supposed to Look Like Pizza Hut?” Well, no. The answer was most definitely no, but the appearance definitely gave me flashbacks to college. I suppose that when you combine cast iron, dough, sauce and cheese, there are a finite number of ways that things can look. I really like this pizza. It was […] Read More
Oat Flour Yogurt Pancakes
Wheat-Free Oat Pancakes I should start by saying that we have no dietary issues with wheat. None of us are gluten free or have celiac symptoms. Nonetheless, it’s obvious that your standard batch of bleached all-purpose flour isn’t the most nutritionally dense food out there. That prompted me to do some research into flour alternatives […] Read More
A New Vehicle for Enchilada Sauce
Quinoa Enchilada Bake I love enchilada sauce. Possibly much more than normal people. So when my friend sent me this recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod, naturally I had to try it. In order to make it kid-friendly, I eliminated the jalapeños and added the spice at serving with an array of hot sauces. […] Read More
What to Do With Your Zucchini Harvest
Kid-Friendly Zucchini Fritters I’m kind of surprised that I’ve never posted this one before, considering that I’ve made it half a dozen times. I came up with this recipe a few years ago when the school sent home a massive zucchini from the garden. What does someone do with a 3-foot zucchini? Fritters. Fritters are […] Read More
Coconut Waffles
Waffles + Coconut = Delicious It wasn’t until after we returned from Hong Kong that I learned that they make their street waffles with coconut milk. I’m seriously willing to hop on a 15-hour flight to go back and try that, but instead I just attempted my own. This is a minor modification of the […] Read More
Bringing Hong Kong Home
Homemade Potstickers While in Hong Kong, we ate close to our body weight in potstickers. Every night, we’d go to the Dragon Centre and eat our fill. By the time we got home, The Assistant was starting to go through withdrawals. I first tried making them with store-bought wonton wrappers, and you know what? They’re […] Read More
Ricotta Gnocchi
Homemade Gnocchi I can’t believe that it’s taken me so long to post this. Months ago, I made the homemade ricotta gnocchi from Bryn at Writes4Food. When I first made it, I was certain that the recipe was a complete failure. The mixture was more soup than dough! I was texting with a colleague in […] Read More
Clean-Out-the-Fridge Pasta
Chicken Apple Sausage Pasta We were heading out for our trip to Hong Kong and I needed to purge the fridge and pantry. I had a mishmash of things that didn’t really go together, and lacked a few key ingredients for regular family favorites. I had chicken apple sausages in the freezer, my go-to meat […] Read More
Homemade Yellow Curry Paste
Making Yellow Curry at Home A few years ago, we were out to dinner with The Husband’s coworker and new wife, both Indian. He mentioned that I had been trying to learn how to cook Indian food, and had bought a crazy number of spices to make this happen. She looked at me quizzically, and […] Read More
Tasty Oatmeal Muffiny Things, Part 3
Blueberry Coconut Oatmeal Muffins When I thought that my pumpkin baked oatmeal had gone down in flames, I asked The Assistant for ideas for what to make next. His suggestion: blueberry coconut. I used dried blueberries instead of fresh, partly because I was down to my last frozen blueberries, and partly because I didn’t want […] Read More
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