Today’s goals are all fairly mundane and non-blog-worthy–making a doctor’s appointment, unpacking a few of the very last boxes, and you get the picture. So I’ll tell you what I’m thinking about instead. As I look up phone numbers online, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is playing on TV. The movie is about a group…
Category: Cooking
Ducks, Pigs, and Polar Bears
It has been a fine Wednesday, Jack. Whether or not you got that reference, you should definitely watch Duck Dynasty tonight. Scott and I have been hooked since we saw an episode a few years ago, and we happily watch reruns all the time. Tonight isn’t a rerun though, it’s the season premier. We’ve been…
Cooking With What You Have… and picking a good recipe
On this Monday night, I found myself with a spaghetti squash, some pork chops, and approximately zero motivation to cook. I do, however, have a need for tasty leftovers to send with Scott to work. Welcome to an impromptu (11 PM) dinner of roasted spaghetti squash and pan-fried Dijon pork chops*. Mmm. I had intended…
Beef with Snow Peas (and Moving Madness!)
We’re moving today! Yay!!! And tonight will probably include eating out (again–yay!!!). But on Saturday night, I was on top of my game, and Scott and I made beef with snow peas, courtesy of The Pioneer Woman. I could ooh and aah about how delicious this was, but please just take my word for it….
Zesty Chicken Meatballs
I’ll be honest. Sometimes I forget that dinner is right around the corner and that I’m head chef in our house. Sometimes it just sneaks up on me. (Too bad there isn’t something like a clock to warn me about things like that.) That happened last night, but I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that…
Peachy Keen
It’s summer, and in our house, that has come to mean peach season. I wasn’t ever much of a peach fan growing up, but it turns out that summer would be incomplete to my husband without dozens and dozens of peaches. Last week, we ended up at our favorite homemade peach ice cream spot…
Mandoline Playing Hands (and Soy-Glazed Salmon)
I got a new kitchen toy yesterday–a cheapo version of the mandoline food slicer. I bought it at the grocery store (it was really cheap), because Wednesday’s dinner menu is zucchini lasagna. I know myself well enough to know that I won’t be slicing perfectly thin layers of zucchini that will substitute smoothly for noodles….
Small, but valuable. 