Last Minute Thanksgiving Dishes

If you're still scrambling for meal ideas on this Thanksgiving Eve Eve, allow me to make a few suggestions! These are all rec…

Cheesy Pasta with Kale Pesto and Roasted Carrots

When I saw this recipe in the October Real Simple , it sounded soooo good to me. I had to make it ASAP! With no ravioli in the ho…

Roasted Eggplant Soup

When I started living alone, I promised myself that I wouldn't subsist solely on omelets and veggie pasta dishes. For the m…

Easter 2013

This Easter weekend was great! My brother Kevin was here, so I spent almost the entire weekend with my family. We ate good food,…

Bread & Wine: The Dinner Party

Part 2 of 2 As I mentioned yesterday, I just read Shauna Niequist's new book, Bread & Wine . In the letter that came wi…

Bread & Wine: The Review

I discovered Shauna Niequist in the summer of 2010, when I impulse-bought her second book, Bittersweet . In that rough period of…

Pollo Caprese

Pollo Caprese is one of my favorite dishes at Macaroni Grill. To keep myself from going there all the time, I found a copycat rec…

Double Broccoli Quinoa

I've been on the lookout for good quinoa recipes ever since I discovered quinoa last year. This recipe is easier than it seem…

Stuffed Bell Peppers

I like stuffed bell peppers, but I'd never made them myself because they can be time-consuming. These are slightly ambitious …

Shrimp Chowder, and Snow

We got a practically unprecedented fourth round of snow and ice yesterday! Most offices had closed by 3:00, and it took most peo…

Taco Soup

I don't have a picture of this soup, so here's a random photo I found of a guy in a taco costume (which immediately remin…

Crock-Pot Creative Chicken Soup

I'm a big fan of Stephanie O'Dea's Year of Slow Cooking blog and subsequent cookbook, Make It Fast, Cook It Slow . T…

Balsamic Chicken

I got this recipe from my friend Melanie a few years ago. It's a favorite of mine - easy, healthy, and Greek-influenced! Bal…

Sweet Potatoes

If you still haven't settled on a sweet potato recipe for Thanksgiving, the following is my favorite. I got it from an online…

Pizza Tartlets

A couple of years ago, my friend Caroline came up with the great idea for Pizza Loaf. It was partly inspired by a mozzarella ham…

New stock.

(my stockpile cabinet, back in the day) I did a single-girl overhaul of my pantry last night. My ex-husband left in May, but it&#…

Smooth

I go through phases of loving and then being sick of breakfast smoothies. I've been loving them ever since I discovered a smo…

Waffles

After a rough day yesterday, I decided to make breakfast for dinner. This recipe makes six individual waffles in a standard waffl…

Corny

This was a fantastic light meal for a 103-degree day. I had some corn on the cob and decided this recipe was the perfect use for …