From Brownies to Borscht

Flavor and color explosion! Now that I am looking at the original recipe in the NYTimes, I'm questioning if this is even the right o...

I've been on a wings kick recently and have concluded that we like them enough to have them on a weekly basis. A few advantages to w...

I was looking for a dish with this exact combination of flavors, and it hit the spot! The ingredient list is not long and the technique is...

I guess it's about time I posted a "Russian" (it's actually more middle Eastern) recipe on here! Shaverma is a favorite...

Bacon Chicken stuffed w/ Spinach This is a pretty easy recipe, and also fairly versatile, in my opinion. The original recipe I used as ...

I just couldn't move on without closure, even if it means I'm finishing up this post well into autumn. Here are the final (no baki...

I was going to do a summer wrap-up, but a zucchini showed up in my refrigerator, so I decided to do one last stove-top meal! My dish was ...

It looks like I just don't have time for typing up recipes these days. :( However, I AM sticking with the summer challenge and aiming f...

My favorite cooking methods by far involve the oven. I find it to be more forgiving, and I also like popping a dish in the oven and doing c...

Getting behind on blogging. Looks like it's time to start keeping my camera in the kitchen again! Meals from the week BEFORE last (wh...

Not the most successful week culinarily (apparently that's not a word but I'm using it anyway). There were some interesting ideas w...

Once again we had mainly chicken and pork dishes. I've been noticing a lack of vegetables, so I'll work on adding some in this week...

New series! I don’t always have time to edit and post recipes, but I’m going to do a little retroactive menu “planning” and just type up wh...

When I used to cook meat, I found that it was usually hit or miss as to whether it came out well or not. It would come out well and I would...

I really want to keep up with this blog, but it's SO hard to find the time! We'll see how it goes. Here is a chicken success I had ...

There is no claim to Indian authenticity here! Just a quick weekday skillet meal in a curry sauce.

"Spaghetti Pie"-type dishes scared me when I was little. Maybe it's the whole "foods touching" problem. But nowadays...

Obviously, I like chicken. :) I even buy ground chicken instead of beef. I won't go into details, but it seems like the safer choice...

This was a labor of love that my mom took on for my sister's baby shower. And by that I mean that it was much too hot to have the oven o...

Here's another tantalizing recipe from my sister... *See update at bottom of post for my modifications, with photo! Now, I'm not...