Posted in comfort, dessert, events, food to share, turkey, vacation on Oct 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Hands on Holiday Meal Class Learn to roast a perfect turkey, every time. Learn to make mashed potatoes that make your relatives weep with bliss not to be outdone by the art of perfecting a brown gravy. I still love a green bean casserole, yum. But it seems they’ve gone out of vogue on most […]
Posted in comfort, pizza, sauce on Sep 24th, 2010 5 Comments »
Rrrraw! I’ve posted and posted about my love of Agatucci’s Pizza and their famous Tiger Sauce. For the last year, I’ve been quietly creating my own version. Yep, I’m becoming that lady. Soon there will be legendary stories of me as the lady who rolls with a bottle of Sabertooth sauce in her purse, a […]
Posted in beef, comfort, easy meals, food to share, Freezes Well, leftovers, make and store recipes, soup on Sep 19th, 2010 10 Comments »
A good pot roast has seen me through the worst of times. In our family, in times of major life crisis, we turn to the purest form of love and comfort – a pot roast. Somehow the stewed chuck roast and vegetables provide a warm hug to dry up your tears and help you find […]
Posted in comfort, dessert, food to share, make and store recipes on Sep 1st, 2010 3 Comments »
When sitting at my computer last night, I had a burst of inspiration. I need fudge. With a heath bar mixed in like a Blizzard. And it has to be super deliciously chocolate. Then I realized, wait. I can make that. My family has made English toffee every Christmas for as long as I can […]
Posted in cheese, comfort, sides, vegetables on May 29th, 2010 2 Comments »
Some potatoes au gratin recipes are cheeseless – simply potatoes made in a cream sauce. When I hear potatoes au gratin, I really hear melted cheese disguised as a vegetable. I always feel robbed if I order them, and the cheese is mysteriously absent. This recipe is adapted from my mac and cheese recipe, which […]
Posted in bread, comfort, easy meals, pizza on Apr 30th, 2010 12 Comments »
I may be perfecting the ultimate pizza crust recipe for the rest of my life. I feel it’s critical to document my experiments and successes so that hopefully, I will one day achieve the Agatucci’s glory at home. I highly recommend you read that article. It’s about my favorite pizza joint in the town where […]
Posted in citrus, comfort, dessert, food to share, make and store recipes on Apr 22nd, 2010 3 Comments »
Key Lime Pie is my father’s favorite dessert, so I made it for his birthday last week. I’ve been through a variety of bottled key lime juices over the years. Between being hard to come by and inconsistent, I decided to give this a go with fresh key lime juice. Key limes are those teeny […]
Posted in comfort, dessert, events, food to share on Mar 9th, 2010 11 Comments »
This post should be labeled the very best chocolate cake in the entire world. Or cake that will change your life. Or cake that will single-handedly cure seasonal depression and a very crummy day. And perhaps, cake that will destroy your diet. I don’t fall victim to sweets all that often, but serious chocolate is […]
Posted in bread, breakfast, cheap meals, comfort on Mar 7th, 2010 2 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 beef, cheap meals, comfort, easy meals, Freezes Well, 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 […]
