Editor’s Note: This post is the first in series that asks you, our readers, for your tips and tricks on a specific food-related matter. We will cover a wide range of topics; this week, meal planning. Leslie (and I) need help! -Christina —ha!!— I have gotten spoiled. I rarely have to think very far ahead…
Category: Dinner
{Soup’s On!} Z is for Zucchini
Once the weather gets cool, all I want is to cook and eat soup. A bowl of soup with some homemade bread and butter, maybe a little salad…this is absolutely the perfect lunch. Or dinner. Or snack. 🙂 Soup just may be the perfect meal. This recipe (originally passed on to me from my sister,…
{Back to School} I Heart the Crockpot!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Crockpot! The crockpot pictured here is from Williams- Sonoma. A beauty isn’t it?! Schools in session! This year ALL three kiddos are at the same school on the same schedule for the very FIRST time. I have done my duty for the past 8 ½ years and am adapting well to…
Lazy Chef’s Lentil Soup
On many a cold, dreary day, I have found myself looking for a can of prepared lentil soup in my kitchen cabinets. Fortunately, since I seldom think to buy it when I’m at the grocery store, it’s usually not stocked in my home and I am forced to make a much healthier version from scratch. …
{Weekend} Reading: LOCAL EDITION
Honestly, ’tis the season for local food-related events! There is so much going on its hard to keep up. There are festivals, fairs, charity dinners, farm tours. You name it, its going on this fall season. FESTIVALS, FAIRS, HARVEST DINNERS AND CONFERENCES New to this list: Altamont Orchards’s Altamont Apple & Wine Festival at the…
Our Newest Member…Alexis
We have a new team member and before her first post goes live, I wanted to take an opportunity to introduce her. From her bio: “Alexis works as a psychotherapist but is most appreciated for her role as cook by her husband and 20 month old daughter. She has always loved to cook and finds…
Tomatos- No, not sauce…….
SANDWICH’S, what to do with the ones that didn’t make the cut, for the sauce. I love all things tomatoes, but I am the WORST tomato grower ever, I mean WORST. This year we planted three different varieties The sauce/ eating tomato I can’t remember the name of, Sun Gold ( Orange Cherry) and Golden…
Pasta!
This is guest blog by my husband. Dan worked for several years in the kitchen at the Franklin Plaza Ballroom and attended culinary school at Schenectady County Community College. He has a ton of kitchen knowledge and I’m constantly consulting him. He is my sounding board for so many ideas and he helps me out…
I LOVE Pasta!
As stated in the title I LOVE me some PASTA, I don’t care the topping- I’ll pretty much eat anything. I started to get sick of grilled Zucchini after about the tenth or so bag of zucchini brought to us by my WONDERFUL in-laws. I couldn’t stand to see any go to waste, so night after…
{Ratatouille} with bonus recipe
Internet factoid: “The eggplant is a member of the nightshade family to it is akin to the potato, tomato as well as the tomatillo and chayote. Although we use the eggplant as a vegetable it is really a fruit. The eggplant is native to India and Pakistan and was first domesticated over 4000 years ago….
Campfire Potatoes
For as long as I can remember my Mom has been having a love affair with potatoes. She always says that she has never met a potato that she didn’t like. She found a million different ways to make potatoes while we were growing up, and she still does! She loves to eat them and…
Stacked Burrito Pie
Back when I only cooked using a recipe, I used to go to the library to search through cooking magazine’s (I like magazine’s best because they always have picture’s- this helps me). I would usually come home with a few good ideas- but not to many things were kid friendly. So then ding, ding, ding…
Chard Recipe
The recipe calls for swiss chard but any greens will do. I really loved this and plan to make it again. Bright Lights Chard Gratin (From Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America’s Farmers’ Markets by Deborah Madison) 2 lbs chard, including half of the stems 4 T. unsalted butter 1 onion, finely chopped seat…
{Chard} Two Ways
Got swiss chard in our share. Do I know what to do with it? Nope. I have no idea what these creations will taste like. I wanted to post the pics and the culinary ideas before tonight’s monthly meeting. 1) Chard leaves in frittata. I took Leslie’s chard idea of a tofu Quiche and I…
Soba Noodles with Various Veggies and a Poached Egg
I’ve been waiting to post this go-to recipe until Miles was whole-heartedly into this entrée. He continues to love everything about it. So I will post it, even though I’m not sure how traditionally kid friendly this recipe is. In beginning this post, I realized that 99% of my posts have weighed heavily on various…
