Posted in Spices, cheap meals, easy meals, events, food to share, leftovers, pork, sauce on Jul 12th, 2010 No Comments »
This Seared Pork Recipe came as part of the recipe suggestions from Williams-Sonoma in the Easy and Elegant Dinner Party I hosted for LE’s Fifth Birthday. I was floored by how much I liked it. The flavors were really bight and summery, but not overpowering at all. We served it with my Herb Sauce for [...]
Posted in cheap meals, citrus, easy meals, pork, spring on Mar 12th, 2010 2 Comments »
This super easy dinner is a tribute to the much anticipated arrival of extraordinary spring weather that’s sure to be followed by lots of sunshine and less time in the kitchen. Generally, I braise pork chops. Braising ensures a very moist texture, but is time and heat intensive. For this evening’s meal, I fired up [...]
Posted in bread, breakfast, cheap meals, comfort on Mar 7th, 2010 No Comments »
I’ve altered my Flaky Southern Style Biscuits Recipe to include a Stand Mixer Recipe as well as some method adjustments. The first recipe uses a rolling pin and kneads the dough by hand. I think it’s personal preference, but I have really loved my results with the stand mixer and find hand patting the dough [...]
Posted in Freezes Well, beef, cheap meals, comfort, easy meals, leftovers, soup on Feb 8th, 2010 No Comments »
I write frequently about really involved recipes as the cooking *process* is the part in which I’m really interested. That said, I do have a few meals I’ve acquired over time that are super fast and easy, as well as really yummy. I learned this one from my mother (thanks Mommy!), and I think it’s [...]
Posted in cheap meals, pork on Feb 2nd, 2010 6 Comments »
I’ve been wanting to try my own homemade tamales for ages. A couple of things scared me off initially. One, I don’t have a single friend who makes his/her own tamales (speak up if I’m wrong). Two, Lard. Three, I’d heard they’re complicated and labor intensive. And Four, I didn’t own a large enough steamer [...]
Posted in cheap meals, comfort, easy meals, food to share, leftovers, legumes, make and store recipes, soup, turkey on Feb 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Turkey Chili is new to my repertoire this year, but it has been extremely well received by both family and guests. I like that this one serves equally well as leftovers both in taste and presentation. Plus the bonus of it being a one pan, one dish meal. Chili, like tortilla soup, seems to be [...]
Posted in Mexican, cabbage, cheap meals, seafood on Jan 18th, 2010 2 Comments »
Fish tacos were a bizarre and astonishing menu item when I first moved to Austin back in the mid 90′s. I certainly never saw them on the menu in the midwest, and frankly, they took a long time for me to warm up to. SMIL loves this restaurant Z’Tejas. Like ridiculously beyond over-enthusaistically loves this [...]
Posted in carrots, cheap meals, chicken, citrus, comfort, food to share, leftovers, make and store recipes, soup on Nov 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
Fall is fleeting, and winter is closing in on us. One of my favorite things about this part of the year is most people consider it acceptable – even gratifying – to eat soup at least once a week. National Soup Swap Day will be somewhere towards the end of January. I’ll be hosting one [...]
Posted in Freezes Well, beef, cheap meals, comfort, make and store recipes, soup on Sep 23rd, 2009 4 Comments »
When trying to recreate a recipe, it’s probably a good idea to have tasted it sometime in the last decade. I have this glorious memory of the Beef and Barley Soup served at the Madrigal dinners in my high school. I was a lowly serving wench back in those days, kept out of the kitchen [...]
Posted in cheap meals, chicken, easy meals on Sep 19th, 2009 3 Comments »
Another quick dinner idea. One of my foodbuzz friend’s had a great recipe this week. StumptownSavory posted a mustard sauce, that in addition to looking delicious, contained ingredients that I usually have on hand. I’m not a huge lover of chicken, and I pray for the day the scientists hit CNN Wendy’s style crying WHERE’S [...]
