I made my weekly trip to my favorite enormous grocery store today, and upon browsing the meat section, I found that beef tenderloin was on sale, and suddenly, all I wanted was some tenderloin with a pan sauce, horseradish cream, and a big roasted sweet potato. I was so consumed by my thoughts of dinner [...]
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It’s cold here. REALLY cold. Like, -20 wind chill cold. Darn Chicago! SO my title is two-fold: Layers as in the amount of clothing necessary to be comfortable, and layers in my lovely lasagna. (And parfaits. Everyone likes parfaits! Name that movie?) I’ve wanted lasagna for about 2 weeks now. Sometimes, people will talk about [...]
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Well, I finally feel better! I’m not “ship-shape” by any stretch of the imagination, but I’ve managed to keep soup, a baked potato, and noodles in my stomach with no ill effects… so I’m “better”! Thanks for all the healing thoughts, I really appreciate them! Since Adam wasn’t sick at all, I decided to be [...]
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It’s a rare thing when Adam specifically asks for something for dinner, so when, over the weekend, he asked me to make white chili one night, I was happy to oblige. We haven’t had white chili for a while, but I make regular “red” chili fairly often. I had my first experience with white chicken [...]
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My mom is currently in Laos with her husband and his father and stepmother, staying in a 5-star resort and soaking up the tropical wonderment that is that country. I, on the other hand, am still here in Chicagoland in the unseasonably warm (read: 70+ degree temps) weather. It is November 3, and I swear, [...]
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It’s officially fall here in Chicagoland, and the cooler weather has me wanting nothing more than beef stew and pot roast. At the grocery store yesterday, I picked up a package (about 1.5 lbs) of very lean stew meat, and made the decision that today would be a beef stew day. Growing up, I always [...]
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Let me count the ways… You give me a lovely break from cooking without having to settle for bad fast food. You provide me with a relatively healthy meal without sacrificing flavor. Your guacamole is 2nd to none (well, except mine), and your beans…oh your beans! Spicy and savory, just enough sauce… sigh… Adam and [...]
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Tonight’s plan was to just have pasta with some bottled pasta sauce, but when I got home from work, I remembered that we had an entire bag of frozen chicken breasts! Since I was needing something more substantial than just pasta, I decided to break out an old recipe to have with the pasta and [...]
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I guess technically I did cook dinner tonight, and by cooking, I mean I turned on the oven. When I went to Woodman’s on Monday, they had a “featured new item” that was very intriguing. Apparently, Lean Cuisine has started making full-sized frozen pizzas. Since Adam’s favorite food in the world is pizza, I couldn’t [...]
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I got this recipe from Beadie some time ago, and then re-got it last week when I realized I had a plethora of lentils. Adapted from Veganomican Cookbook Ingredients 1 cup uncooked lentils 4 cups water 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, diced small 1 green pepper, diced small 2 cloves garlic, minced [...]
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