Looking for a quick dinner and love garlic, shrimp and pasta; this one is for you. I guess you should also play to your audience. meaning I had my 3 year old granddaughter for the weekend and I guess a 1/2 teaspoon of red chili flakes is a little too much for her, we thought it was a hint but delicious. She ate all of … Continue reading Garlic Shrimp Pasta
We still have cabbage coming up in the garden, they are small heads, in years past we have had some enormous heads of cabbage but this year they stayed “normal” size which is nice. I have been seeing dirty cabbage recipes all over the internet and I was going to try to make something along those lines but having to work with what I have … Continue reading Mongolian Ground Beef and Cabbage Stir Fry
We are in a little bit of a cold and rainy spell at the moment. I opened my blog and was wondering what I was going to make with/for you today. Because of it being so cold I wanted to make and eat some warm comforting soup; so I made some. I had a couple of sweet Italian sausage links in the fridge, I didn’t … Continue reading Sausage Parmesan Cannellini Soup
Firstly Happy Mother’s Day! I just got back from watching my Granddaughter run in her first Healthy Kids Running race. OK how stinking cute so many littles running to get to the finish line. She came in fourth, not sure how many 3 year olds there were but it was more than I could have handled. Looking forward to next week. OK these have popped … Continue reading Blanket Dumplings
Sometimes simple is best. I haven’t been in the mood for a lot of cooking of late. I haven’t really analyzed what’s going on but sometimes I get into a little bit of a funk and things start shutting down. I think the first to go is my desire to get into the kitchen and start cooking. I usually enjoy being in the kitchen and … Continue reading Spaghetti Carbonara
I started with wanting to make beef and broccoli and then I went to the garden. It’s been an OK year as I have eluded to in previous posts. Broccoli has always been a bumper crop, until this year. So my beef and broccoli turned into beef and vegetables, which was still very good and If needed to, I would add whatever vegetable I had … Continue reading Beef and Vegetables
The other day my daughter-in-law dropped off some polenta that she made. I think I made polenta once, or maybe I bought it, I honestly can’t remember. I do remember having to sear it in a pan because left over polenta tends to solidify pretty quickly. I had some chicken thighs in the fridge, I know I think I ALWAYS have chicken thighs in the … Continue reading White Wine Chicken Thighs over Creamy Polenta
We here in NH are enjoying a lovely fourth of July weekend! The best day of the long weekend was definitely the 4th itself in my little hamlet. Not too hot, lots of sun and a great breeze to keep the bugs away. I had a couple of ears of corn leftover along with some broccoli in the fridge. I also had some chopped up … Continue reading Sauteed Broccoli and Corn
I had picked up a couple of ears of corn for dinner the other night. That may sound weird only because there is always a deal for 5 or 6 ears. There are only 2 of us most nights and we only eat an ear each so the others would go to waste; I don’t like waste. On rare occasions I will pick up the … Continue reading Mexican Street Corn Chicken
Please don’t be offended by the title of this recipe. It may not have all the love that a typical Paella has, or all the work of a true Paella. But this was pretty yummy and it had the feel of Paella, minus a few of the usual ingredients; I wasn’t going out to the store for mussels but that would have been a great … Continue reading Weeknight Paella
