Posted in chicken, comfort, easy meals, mushrooms, sauce on Oct 10th, 2011 2 Comments »
This week Central Market had the most beautiful local portabella mushroom caps on display. Though I’ve never been able to pull off the portabella burger (it’s a texture thing), I absolutely love the flavor of cooked portabellas. This super fast sauce created from roasted chicken pan juices and a little whiskey was the perfect way [...]
Posted in easy meals, sides, vegetables on Oct 6th, 2011 2 Comments »
“Crunchy Green Beans with Almonds and Butter!” cries the smallest of my small ones. Not that he’s very small any more, as he’s approaching his fifth birthday. This is likely both my children’s very favorite vegetable, yet hell hath no fury if I run out of slivered almonds. The proper name for the tiny french [...]
Posted in beef, cheap meals, easy meals, leftovers, Spices, stir fry on Sep 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
To combat the inertia threatening to lock me in a culinary bell jar, I’ve been rereading an old stack of the now defunct Gourmet Magazine. Looking for a flavor, an ingredient, a style I’d forgotten about, anything really. I stumbled across a 2008 recipe for cumin-scented stir fried beef with celery. The recipe looked intriguing [...]
Posted in cheap meals, chicken, comfort, easy meals, food to share on Mar 7th, 2011 4 Comments »
One of our tried and true staples back since my Round Rock days has been beer can chicken. First and foremost, who doesn’t love a recipe that starts off 1) Open beer, 2) Drink half… (I feel like Jim Belushi in the Johnsonville Brats commercial.) As summer lurks just around the corner, it’s time to [...]
Posted in cheap meals, comfort, easy meals, Italian, olives, pasta on Nov 3rd, 2010 2 Comments »
From time to time, I have to remind myself to pay attention to my produce on hand. I tend to get carried away by the beauty of fresh vegetables at the grocery, and sadly admit to letting more than my fair share of produce go bad before I’ve integrated it into a meal plan. I [...]
Posted in cheap meals, easy meals, herbs, leftovers, lunchbox, sauce, turkey on Nov 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Italian Parsley and I are having a great love affair. It’s magical. We should all eat more. With olive oil, in mass. Last night I cooked some quick Turkey Tenderloins with a fresh and bright chimichurri. Turkey tenderloins? What’s that you say? Yep, they’re found in your grocery, though a simple turkey breast bone in, [...]
Posted in bread, chicken, easy meals, food to share, herbs, sauce on Oct 18th, 2010 2 Comments »
This super quick chicken recipe is fancy enough for dinner guests, though admittedly probably a bit to spicy for children. My friend Dr. Ruth, no not that Dr. Ruth – this one is a professor at UT, recommended her version adapted from an old issue of Bon Appetit. I adapted the herbs further to my [...]
Posted in cheap meals, chicken, easy meals, lunchbox, make and store recipes, sandwiches on Sep 21st, 2010 No Comments »
I’m genetically designed to hate lunch meat. There’s been so much discussion in my life about the qualities required for edible lunchmeat, my sister Amelia just doesn’t eat sandwiches at all any more. Some lunch meat is wet, some is to dry, anything coming prepackaged is frightening. And when Rocke’s Butcher Shop moved across the [...]
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 cheese, chicken, easy meals, spinach, weekly menu on Aug 30th, 2010 1 Comment »
This stuffed chicken breast recipe was adapted from a recipe in Cooking Light. I’ve been on the lookout for some new low calorie recipes for my clients, but somehow the typical “light” recipes just don’t call to me so I rarely give them a go. I made this recipe twice, originally with feta as written, [...]
