Long days at work really hamper my desire to prepare elaborate meals. On days like these, all I want is to go home and have dinner on the table in less than half an hour. A one-pot meal, even better. Fortunately, I've learned to stock up my pantry/fridge with items that are easy to prepare. Rice ... Read More
Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Amaretti Torte
If you've been reading food blogs for at least a couple of years, this recipe would be nothing new to you. Dorie Greenspan's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours has earned quite a following, especially when Tuesdays with Dorie set out to bake each recipe in the book in 2008. Of course, I'm late ... Read More
Tomato and Eggplant Gratin
Roasted eggplants and roasted tomatoes both appear regularly at our dinner table, but I've never tried preparing them together. The funny thing is, I actually use the same base ingredients to marinate them--olive oil, balsamic vinegar, herbs, garlic--but it never occurred to me to combine ... Read More
Greek Salad
Well Mother Nature was apparently just teasing us about the arrival of spring. The few sunny days we've lately enjoyed have been bullied away by the persistent cold and rain. While the rainfall this season has provided great relief from the previously dry winters, I've also missed my friend, the ... Read More
Chicken Noodle Soup
A simple, hearty bowl of chicken soup was the order of the day after a flu virus attacked my unfortunate husband this weekend. He's better now, thankfully, and the soup gets all the credit for helping to banish the nasty virus. Magic Soup, it's called at Recipezaar, and so it is. The original ... Read More
Popcorn Topper: Brewer’s Yeast
I was never much of a plain popcorn fan. I always thought it was such a waste of chewing effort to eat something so flavorless. Shocking, I know, since most people (including my husband) could live on the stuff. This all changed when he introduced me to brewer's yeast (aka nutritional ... Read More
