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…
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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,…
Rolled Shortbread Cookies
These are a family recipe and one that my Nana makes every year. They’re also my favorite Christmas cookie. I try to convince myself that they’re only a Christmas cookie because as soon as I stop thinking that way I’ll be making them every week, and no one needs dozens of shortbread cookies a week…
Peanut Butter Blossoms
These cookies are delicious. Like really, really, addictively, delicious. They’re also stolen from my Aunt who makes them every Christmas (thanks Jen!). Which is why I had to make them this Christmas too. See, I stopped by one day, ate one, then knew on my way home that I needed 4 dozen of my own. You will…
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…
Fluffy Pancakes
Here’s a nice, quick little recipe for some of the fluffiest pancakes I’ve ever made. I find that pancakes are tough to love some times. They can be too thin, without enough chew. They can just sort of dissolve as soon as they hit your tongue, and they often just become overrun with the flavour of syrup….
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…
Shrimp Jambalaya
Quick post of the day week…sorry about that. I made this a few weeks ago but I kind of screwed it up. I didn’t have the right kind of sausage, or the peppers, so I used a jambalaya rice box mix thing with dehydrated peppers in it. I was in a bind, don’t hold it…
