Posted in comfort, food to share, zucchini on May 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
Tonight we had a rotisserie chicken, yep that kind from the grocery store, complemented by homemade mac and cheese and roasted zucchini. The zucchini also came from the farmers market this week and was far superior to what I’ve been buying at the local grocery. I was planning to make shrimp, but decided to be [...]
Posted in bread, zucchini on May 19th, 2009 No Comments »
Cooking is always an experiment. The adaptation process to having this blog has been interesting. It’s one thing when you’re family is the only one watching what you place on the dinner table. I mean really, how much can they actually complain? Dinner was on the table, right? When I started this process, it was [...]
Posted in chicken, zucchini on May 7th, 2009 3 Comments »
This crispy chicken is made with panko breadcrumbs. I really don’t know how I made it before I knew about panko. It seems like I use panko very frequently and I’ve probably only known about it for about 5 years. Panko is made from crustless bread, coarsely ground, resulting in a light extra crispy texture. [...]
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 cabbage, cheap meals, chicken on Apr 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
Last week Central Market had whole chickens on sale for an absurd price. Actually whole chickens are often very inexpensive and provide the base for an additional soup meal. You know how people always talk about how much money you can save cooking at home instead of eating out? If you ate like this every [...]
Posted in asparagus, chicken, stir fry, vegetables on Mar 25th, 2009 No Comments »
I’d kind of forgotten about stir-fry for some reason, probably in large part due to my ginormous wok currently being stored in my playroom cabinets. This is a quick meal, and has a very unusual (for me) advantage of nearly no dishes for cleanup at the end of assembly. The sauce was quite flavorful, but [...]
Posted in broccoli, carrots, chicken, herbs, sauce on Mar 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Tonight’s Recipe: Chicken Avgolemono Avgolemono is a Greek sauce comprising predominantly of chicken broth, lemon and egg. The thickened result is like a cream sauce, but much healthier and delicious. 2 tablespoons olive oil 1.5 lbs boneless, skinless chicken tenders Kosher Salt fresh-ground black pepper 1 3/4c. chicken stock 2 tbsp fresh dill 2 cups [...]
Posted in asparagus, chicken, Spices on Feb 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
Tonigt’s Recipe: Roasted Chicken Breasts and Asparagus Everything’s better roasted. Really, meat, vegetables, you name it. And the process is pretty universal, high heat, drizzle of olive oil, few seasonings, and roast. So the Cutters Cross spice in this recipe was given to me as a gift back in my working days. I used to [...]
Posted in black eyed peas, comfort, soup, vacation on Feb 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Tonight’s Recipe : Black Eyed Pea Soup 1 leftover shank bone with some meat attached from a ham 1 lb of dried black eyed peas, pre-soaked 1 whole yellow onion, chopped 1 lb carrots, peeled and sliced 9 stalks extra large celery with leaves, sliced 2 tsp cayenne 2 tsp chili powder 2 cans Italian [...]
