I love mashed potatoes, but I think Toby loves them even more. His default meal for birthdays, homecomings (from deployment, not the high school football game variety) and other occasions is meat, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and biscuits. Very nutritious, I know. So it wasn’t really a shock when he asked for some mashed […]
I had some dried ancho chile peppers left over from making that Esquire oatmeal, and this recipe was on the package. I figured I might as well try it. I halved the recipe because I didn’t have enough chile peppers and I didn’t really think we needed 3 pounds of pork. It ended up being […]
This is something I probably should have figured out for myself ages ago, but I didn’t really learn it until I took this class at Charleston Cooks. It is very easy and will minimize the time you need to spend cutting the onion, which should reduce onion-y tears as well. First, peel the top layer […]
You may remember my French vanilla incident this summer. Since then, I have been wanting to make eggless ice cream. And this recipe from the New York Times sounded especially yummy. There was a slight issue because I bought something called “Roman hazelnuts,” which don’t say anything about being roasted. But when I poured them […]
Last week I read this article in the New York Times about how Americans don’t eat enough vegetables. I am so guilty of this. So I decided to make a concerted effort to cook and eat more green (and orange and red and yellow) stuff. Spinach seemed like a good place to start. OK, obviously […]
The day before we were going to Hilary and Matt’s, I got a text message: Do you like broccoli? The answer, if you haven’t guessed, is yes. This is another recipe from the Deen brothers’ cookbook. I liked it, but I found it a bit salty so I am going to eliminate the salt from […]
This is one of my favorite things my mom makes. I am really weird because I don’t really like meat sauce, but I like tomato sauce that has been cooked with beef. Yeah, I have issues. Anyway, this is really good for me and for meat lovers who may be eating with me because I […]
We went to Hilary and Matt’s the other night to watch Georgia play (and lose miserably to) Mississippi State. The game was horrendous, but the food and company were fantastic. I was particularly fond of this rice. I think you will be, too. This recipe came from a cookbook Hilary and Matt have, called “The […]
This weekend was the National Book Festival, and The Pioneer Woman was one of the many exciting writers in attendance. Sadly, I was kind of late to her talk because I was helping these women who couldn’t figure out how to use the Metro farecard machine. And the photos I took didn’t really turn out […]
It’s officially fall. And while I know fall is like, everyone’s favorite season, I’m not excited. Sure, I love coats and boots. And leaves are pretty. But I prefer flip flops, sunny beach days, fireworks and watermelon. It is in the spirit of pretending it’s still summer that I give you this lovely (and easy) […]