Posted in cheese, chicken, easy meals, leftovers, olives, pasta, spinach on Nov 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
This is pasta with spirit. It’s essentially a melding and blending of flavors that grab your tongue and say, “Open up! This is what it feels like to really live.” Olives seem to be a love them or hate them kind of food. I am constantly surrounded by people (including my sweet sisters and a [...]
Posted in beef, black eyed peas, comfort, leftovers, sides on Sep 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Friends, I’ve been lost in a book. Rather a series. Rather several series, but usually, I can suck myself out, back to the real world as I know it. These last few days have been like childhood, only instead of me gasping exasperated at one of my sisters lost in Gone With the Wind, or [...]
Posted in broccoli, chicken, easy meals, food to share, leftovers, vegetables, zucchini on Aug 27th, 2009 No Comments »
So the thing about Asian food, and I’m sure this is one of those foot-in-the-mouth remarks, is back when I had gestational diabetes, I couldn’t pass my blood sugar after a meal at an Asain restaurant to save my life. Even when I thought I was making good choices. Now – the same can probably [...]
Posted in leftovers, seafood, soup on Aug 3rd, 2009 4 Comments »
So it’s a bit non- traditional, but we ate our lobster bisque accompanied by grilled turkey and cheese sandwiches. Loving husband and I had a miscommunication and he ate my reserved lobster meat before I could add it to the bisque. I can’t get upset, though, since that means A) he loved the prepared lobster [...]
Posted in chicken, comfort, easy meals, leftovers, pasta on Jun 13th, 2009 No Comments »
I’m making a conscious effort not to waste as much food. Both for environmentaland financial reasons. And because it’s so, you know, wasteful. I have a realproblem of buying some specific ingredient then only using a portion and the rest goes to waste as I fail to incorporate it into another recipe. Like that partial [...]
Posted in black eyed peas, ham, leftovers, soup, vegetables on Apr 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Last night I had the pleasure of dinner by myself with a glass of wine and a book. This is *very* unusual and was most welcome. I’ve always enjoyed dining by myself. I like to go to restaurants by myself as well. Sometimes I really miss the days when I was working and I’d go [...]
Posted in cheap meals, ham, leftovers, sandwiches, soup on Apr 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Around Christmas and Easter, and a few other times, you can find ready to cook hams in the grocery. They come in a shank portion and a butt portion. I go with the shank portion because it has less gristle and is easier to carve. A ready to cook ham has been wet cured and [...]
Posted in leftovers, legumes, Spices, spinach, vacation on Feb 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
Tonight’s Recipe: Leftover Turkey with Creamed Spinach and Lentils If you’ve been following along, you might be wondering what happened to the 12.5 lb turkey. We aren’t an army, just four people, and two of them sometimes refuse to eat anything but Veggie Booty. With the leftovers, we had some turkey sandwiches, tonight’s menu, and [...]
