Years ago, my husband and I discovered this amazing bacon sausage at Eastern Market in DC. I can’t even tell you them name of the butcher (but I can give you directions!) as neither one of us has ever really checked out the name. Real smart customers, I know. But people – this sausage is…
Category: Dinner
Blistered Tomatoes
One of my favorite things about summer is growing tomatoes. A few years ago my hubby built me a raised garden bed in our backyard and I started growing (or trying to) various veggies. My favorite part though is that by the end of the summer the red, beefy, meaty, tender deliciousness known as la…
Chicken with Blistered Tomatoes and Jasmine Rice
Sometimes dinner needs to be quick, easy and filling. Especially when little sous chefs are going through growth spurts and you are being eaten out of house and home. Enter in grilled chicken breasts and “white” (because it can’t be anything other than “plain” or they won’t eat it) rice. For us grownups, feel free…
Chinese Delivery at Home
Having lived in the DC area for way longer than I care to admit, you’d think I would have found a good Chinese delivery place. Negative. I know where to go to get great Chinese food – Chinatown, a run-down shopping center in Springfield, and the ubiquitous place in Falls Church that serves Peking Duck…
Homemade Lasagna
If you’re looking for a real showstopper recipe then this is it. I don’t toot my own horn very often (save for this blog), but this time – wow. This lasagna was amazing. I cobbled together some of my favorite things – sauce mornay, cheese, amatraciana, fresh noodles, veggies and more to create a lasagna…
Leftover Chuck Steak
Growing up, leftovers were a staple in our house. Consequently, they are also a staple in my house. Hubby takes them for lunch, kiddos snack on them after school, and if there’s anything left, I’ll eat them standing over the sink on the way out the door. After making braised chuck steak the other night,…
Red Wine Braised Chuck Steak
Ever dig through the freezer, move things around, take things out, put everything back in and come back 3 hours later to find you forgot to put something away and now its half-thawed? Yeah – me either – cough, cough. But let’s say that happened, and now you have a 3 lb chuck steak sitting…
Healthy-ish Garlic-ky Mac and Cheese
Its (finally) turned cold here in DC – which signals my poor body to crave carbs, carbs and more carbs. If only my behind craved them as much as my brain. Luckily, my sous chefs were more than onboard with making some from-scratch cheesey noodly (that’s totally a word, btw) goodness. This recipe uses mozzerella,…
Ham and Potato Hash
Hubby is traveling, kiddos are hungry – what’s a mama to do? Oh, and mama is hungry too so chicken nuggets and buttered noodles just won’t cut it. Cue roaming through the fridge for leftovers. For whatever reason, my littlest one is obssessed with broccoli. As long as it’s not raw, she will devour it…
Cacio e Pepe
Traveling has long been my favorite hobby – well, besides reading – reading is much, much cheaper (usually). Luckily, I married a man who loves to travel as much as I do. He might even like it more – actually, that’s not possible. But I digress. Earlier this year we took our kiddos to Italy…
Faux Gourmand 