A funny thing starts to happen when you’ve been writing a food blog for a while. You’re always wanting to share the new interesting thing that you tried- something other people will find exciting, too. But in doing that, I realize that I start forgetting …
I know what some of you are saying. “Two soups in a row? What is this?!” Friends, I will tell you what this is. This is called February in the Arctic Chicago. It’s really cold. All the time. Not the kind of duh-it’s-winter cold, but the …
I love the whole concept of spinach salad with bacon dressing. It strikes just the right balance of healthy and splurge-worthy. Loaded up with vitamin-packed spinach, mushrooms, and red onion, and some protein-righ eggs, this salad makes for a healthy lunch option. Add in some …
You may have noticed that I don’t have a whole lot of breakfast recipes around here. It’s not that I have anything against breakfast, or that I don’t like to cook it. It is true, however, that I have no interest in things like blueberry …
Mmm… is there anything better than a hot cup of earl grey tea on a cold day? Oh wait… there is… and it’s that cup of tea, plus chocolate and cream and cocoa. I’m not even a chocolate person (I know, the horror!) and I …
The first time that my now-husband spent Thanksgiving with my family, I asked him a few days before what dish he really liked out of the whole meal. His response was, “Oh, I really like cranberry sauce!” I asked him who in his family made …
There is something about October for me that’s tough to get through. Cooking-wise. Don’t get me wrong, I love everything about October- gorgeous fall colors, sweater weather, all that. But after the hustle and bustle of trying to deal with all the produce in September… …
I hate to complain. I really do. I know I’m probably starting to sound like a broken record, because I probably went into a thing about pumpkin-flavored stuff last year, but really. Can we stop oohing and ahhing over pumpkin spice lattes? I get …
Weird, right? Baked cucumbers? But truly, at this time of the year, when cucumbers are pawned off on friends, family, and passing aquaintances and rival zucchinis in their effusive over-supply… what have you got to lose? If you’re like us, you have more cucumbers than …