Dinner 2/5

Chicken Parm - Revisited

Chicken Parm, Arugula Salad, Homemade Pasta Don't get me wrong; I love the chicken parm recipe from Cook's Illustrated. I've made it hundreds of times and gotten restaurant reviews. HOWEVER, when I lucked into Garth Brooks concert tickets five years ago, I called Taylor and Courtney to see which one wanted to go. (And I love that Courtney told me to take her husband and have a blast.) Taylor and I met at The Palm since it's across the street from the Arena. He used his frequ

Carnitas from Mexico.

Carnitas is my new go-to at my favorite Mexican restaurant. In the spirit of "How Hard Could It Be?", I went in search of a recipe to...

"Well, Ali Baba had them 40 thieves" (cloves). . .

Soooooo, the gardening is coming to a close. It's been a fun project from start to finish: Covid with the kiddos and starting seed in the...

Slow Cooker Saturday

Football is back. Fall is back. So the slow cooker came out for this Football Fun Day. I get excited when I use ingredients I've never...

Chipotle Chicken at Home

I had so been looking forward to SPRING BREAK ... And suddenly, we are coronavirus closed for three weeks. No students for three weeks....

Christmas in March

Exhausted from a long hockey season and two weeks of non-stop grading, I just packed up the car and headed to the farm for spring break....

Cold Snap Split Pea Soup

Not sure why this recipe isn't on the blog yet. I fell in love with Laura Calder and all her French recipes on "French Food at Home." An airier Julia Child, she made French food seem like an earnest afterthought. I adore her and follow her still. While this recipe is based on Laura Calder's EASY PEASY one, I made it one year with leftover Honey Baked Ham from Christmas and realized brown sugar is a must. I also added the vinegar for acid. Whenever the temperature begins to