Just another quick sandwich post, clearly I have an addiction going right now. Ciabatta bread, fried egg, fried peameal bacon, a dash of ketchup (if that’s your thing), and some cheese (personally I’m a fan of havarti; I’m a fan of it on just about everything). So, no recipe coming with this one, I don’t…
Quick & Easy Meals
Perfect Rice Pudding
This is comfort food at its finest! I grew up absolutely loving the nights where rice pudding or bread pudding followed dinner. The bread pudding I’m having some trouble with. It’s either too dried out, or too soupy. I’m losing the texture of the bread too much to the custard, and until it’s perfect it…
Caramalized Root Veggies – Rutabaga Edition
It’s tough sometimes to cook vegetables. I feel like it’s always the same thing: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower. steamed, boiled. salt, pepper, a little butter. It’s boring. It has its place. But it’s still boring. Also, why is it that things like rutabaga and sweet potatoes only really make an appearance around the holidays? This is…
Salisbury Steak
Alright, here’s a recipe that, admittedly, I’ve been holding off on posting. It’s not because it’s bad. Not at all. In fact, Bo really liked it. It’s just that I don’t like mushrooms. I realize that this is a stupid reason to not post a recipe. I also realize that many people enjoy mushrooms. Especially…
Pizza Roll-ups
I was stuck trying to think of something different for Oliver for lunch. I opened the crisper and saw the pile of green peppers that I’d forgotten I’d bought, then I looked to the island and saw all the sweet onions. I didn’t really have a choice, what ever it was I was making, it…
Sweet and Sticky Chicken with a Kick
Here’s another nice and easy recipe to make. It’s a lot like a teriyaki chicken, but I don’t think that the soy sauce flavour is quite as strong in this one. Also, don’t be turned off by the kick, it’s really completely up to you. It comes from a little bit of hot sauce, and…
Rice and Pasta Pilaf
Now, first off, the recipe is supposed to be made with Orzo pasta, but for the life of me I couldn’t find it in any of the four grocery stores available to me up here. I’ll have to head to the city one day and stock up. That said, it’s still absolutely delicious made with…
Grown-up Ham and Cheese Sandwich
I’m not even sure why I call these grown-up sandwiches, because it’s not like they take a lot more effort than a standard sandwich (I’m convinced they take less than some). I guess the difference is that I cared when I made it. When I don’t care, it’s just two slices of bread from a bag,…
Garlic Bread Slices
I’ve pretty much come to the realization that there are 8,752 ways to make garlic bread, and that there are inherent problems with each and every one of them. I’ve made bread that’s soggy and dripping with butter, some that gets its garlic flavor strictly from granulated versions (and it shows), some that really have no…
Classic Chili – This means beans!
I know that a lot of chili’s, especially in certain parts of the states, consider beans to be sacrilegious. And probably ground meat too, but to me, a chili isn’t a chili without a boat load of kidney beans. This is a really nice, basic, easy chili to make, but I’ll throw in a few…
Stuffed Shells
I’ve been making these for a long time, but have finally tweaked them to the point that Bo both and I love them. Please understand that this is quite the feat, especially in a cheesy dish. A second great thing about this, the recipe is big enough to make 8 servings, which means that I…
Quick No Rise Pizza Crust
Oh, hello blog. Um, it’s not you, it’s me… Seriously. So, I’ve been completely absent for the last three weeks. Lets just chalk it up to holiday madness and my desire to get onto a ridiculously regimented schedule as a new year resolution. It only took me three days (and the 5 am rising of…
Chicken Vesuvio
Here’s another quick, easy, one pot meal. Those really are the best, aren’t they And here’s a warning: if you’ve cooked pretty much anything else that I’ve made on this site, you’ve probably noticed that it’s full of flavor. I love flavor. I love sweet, I love spicy, I love tangy and tart. I love…
No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Balls
These really need a better name. Suggestions welcome. I had a horrific craving for something chocolaty. Snacky. Whatever. I had a craving for something sweet after dinner and I was only willing to devote ten minutes to making them. Needless to say, I didn’t have high hopes for whatever concoction I was going to come…
Super Quick Carbonara
So, here’s one of those left-over meals that I alluded to earlier. I used a bunch of the ingredients from my Pasta à la Vodka to whip up lunch the next day for Oliver and I (the fresh pasta and pancetta). This is so, SO good! Oh yeah, it only takes about 5 minutes to make…
Chili Mac and Cheese
So, this is another recipe created by those people who I worship over at America’s Test Kitchen (from their skillet suppers magazine). It cooked up so nice and quick, had the perfect amount of spice, wasn’t over powering at all for Bo who isn’t a big chili fan, and best of all, Oliver liked it…
