MM and I usually take a long vacation in May and head out of the country. Over the years, we’ve been haunting our favorite country – Italy. Early this year, we’d started contemplating changing our habits by heading to Spain instead. And then the pandemic happened. Working from home, trips out of the house only for necessities, and next to no social contact, outside of … Continue reading European Stay-cation
I went looking for something different, something that moved away from our typical chicken or beef recipes, and hit this one from an AllRecipes magazine. The original one is meant for a special holiday style dinner, so I had to shrink it a bit… MM was asking me what my plans were for dinner on a Friday a few weeks ago, and I literally had … Continue reading Nutty Fish
You cannot be surprised by now that meat and potatoes are my favorites. I’ve been making Red-Wine Marinated Tenderloin quite often lately, and after a few attempts at finding a tasty side, I found one! It’s supposed to feed 4-6, but I can easily, very easily, put away half of the dish all by myself. And I’m not even one who likes mustard all that … Continue reading Meat and Potatoes kind of girl
This is not a “Grandma’s Notebook” recipe, so it doesn’t count against the goal I have for myself (2 down, 3 to go, by the way). And since I straight up used the Serious Eats recipes for this entire breakfast, I’m not going to retype them for you. Let’s just say that this is a post in memory of all the mornings that were spent … Continue reading Grandma’s Breakfast
A friend of mine asked if I knew of a simple, meatless tomato sauce, and since I hadn’t tried one yet, I relied on one of my favorite cookbooks to find one – Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan. I shared the recipe with him within a day (without trying it) and found out: He has the same cookbook! Brilliant Minds think alike, … Continue reading Sweetly Simple Tomato Sauce
