Why I Love My Charred Lemony Risotto One of my favorite comforting dishes is risotto. I love rice of all kinds, but there is something about the complexity of risotto that speaks to my soul. It is sometimes a side, but also a wonderful one-pot complete meal. It combines all the warming attributes…starchy, creamy, deeply […]
My Essential Blueprint for Velvety Mac & Cheese is like a mother’s hug: the ultimate comfort, the cure for whatever ails you. I’m sure there is scientific evidence somewhere in the archives! My essential requirements for the perfect mac, I want a creamy sauce, and the consistency you get from a stovetop, BUT, I love […]
When the garden gives you zucchini make Big Zuke Squash-A-Mole
Around my house, we usually go for a green enchilada sauce, something bright, verdant, and tangy. Most of the red sauces I have had fall into the smoky, deep, umami category and lack the acidity we tend to crave. This Chicken Enchiladas with Red Chile Sauce and Cilantro-Avocado Salad recipe is driven by the flavors […]
Maybe it’s both! I can’t even call this a recipe it’s more of a blueprint. It’s really what I want to snack on before the main meal comes out. And, if you are anything like me, you have so much food being prepared for dinner but planned nothing for mid-day eating. It’s everyone fending for […]
Who doesn’t love a good ranch? Am I right, or am I right? Nothing is better than a good creamy ranch for salad or a crudité platter. We grew up on this stuff! I don’t know about you all, but the ranch I grew up on was Hidden Valley. Now, my mom did not buy […]
Sunday Pasta Club Ep. 1 For the down and dirty on what went right, what went wrong, and how I fixed recipe errors, subscribe to my newsletter. At the beginning of 2023, I decided to spend the year on a journey through the endless different pasta shapes, sauces, doughs, and processes, documenting my journey with […]
Spatchcock chicken is the whole roasted chicken’s ride or dies BFF! Spatchcock is such a funny word…my boy’s reaction, “What did you call me?” Dictionary.com defines it as “a dressed fowl that has had its backbone removed and has been split open and flattened so that it cooks more evenly when grilled…” Also called butterflying, […]
If you read THE Pie Crust recipe, the start to My Flakiest, Butteriest Biscuit Yet will look very familiar. You would be right. I have made some form of all-butter biscuits a million different ways over the years, but ever since I came across this method of leaving the butter in big shingles my biscuits […]
There are few words to say about this pie crust except that it is amazing! It’s flaky and buttery and everything you want in a crust. THE Pie Crust recipe is more about the technique than the recipe itself. The ingredient list isn’t unusual or very different from what you generally see in a crust […]