Last updated on April 8th, 2019 This post is sponsored by Hillshire Farm** Up until now, there’s been exactly one way we’ve eaten sausage for dinner: on sandwich rolls with cooked peppers and onions. A little mayo, some mustard. This old link gets me thinking I really need to re-visit some of my early recipes…
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Smoked salmon soba bowl
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 When you insist on experimenting with new recipes every single week, there are occasional meals when you and your husband awkwardly smile at one another from across the table and you know you’re both wishing you’d just ordered pizza instead. And still, he packs up the leftovers of whatever…
Pork tamales with chile colorado
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 We’re a very traditional family when it comes to holiday meals. For Thanksgiving, an enormous roasted bird sits surrounded by cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, and green beans. Dessert is always homemade pecan pie and pumpkin pie. Like clockwork, sometime around mid-November you’d…
Coca Cola pulled chicken sliders
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Since we’re back in the US now, I thought I’d share a recipe that screams “America!” And what’s more American than Coca Cola, amiright? Really, I made these sliders the week before we left, but I’ve been saving the recipe. To be honest, besides my fresh fruit breakfasts, I hardly…
Pan-fried sole & mixed wild rice with roasted grapes (gluten-free)
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 I’ve been in a rut with my dissertation lately. When you’re in a rut, you reflect. Reflect on what’s keeping you from making the progress that you need. Then maybe you can figure out how to get over that and just write your little heart out. And I think I’ve discovered…
Quick chicken & Spanish chorizo weeknight paella
Last updated on June 29th, 2020 I accidentally ate mac and cheese this weekend. It was not a moment of weakness where I thought, “oh, screw it, I’m eating this.” It was an honest-to-goodness mistake. We had some friends over for some BBQ this weekend and one of them brought over some bacon-filled deli mac…
Texas-style chili turned healthy
Last updated on April 10th, 2019 Sometimes in the midst of chaos, you need a big bowl of comfort, a glass of orange juice, and good friends to sit around the dining table with. For Lucas, comfort tastes like Texas. And since, until last week, we didn’t own a grill and sopapillas aren’t on my…
Sweet potato and eggs breakfast hash
I’ve missed you! You know that raw excitement a dog feels when its human friend returns after being away FOREVER…or, say, 15 minutes? That’s how I feel about seeing you again. Amidst all the chaos over the past couple of weeks, I’ve paused several times to think about how I haven’t been very fair to you….
Sausage & vegetable minestrone soup
Last updated on March 31st, 2014 The world didn’t end on Friday, but the wild storms in Northern California kept us on the edge of our seats. Artichoke came running into the bedroom meowing at the top of his lungs around 6am just to let us know about the howling wind and pouring rain. Side…
Beer battered fish with banana mango salsa
Sometimes worlds collide just so. Over Thanksgiving, my brother (who, you may recall, works for Sierra Nevada) sent me home with an assorted six-pack of Sierra Nevada beer to use in my cooking as part of their Flavor Up challenge (always lookin’ out for his lil’ sis’). Just this week, with my quals finally behind…
Cheddar sausage buttermilk biscuits
Last updated on March 30th, 2014 When Dad tells you he wants Lucas to bring work clothes to replace the fence over the 4-day Thankgiving weekend, he’s not joking. No matter how much you laugh at him, he’s dead serious. Dad doesn’t believe in wasting a perfectly sunny consecutive three days (okay, fine, you can…
Sage pumpkin pork chops
I’m jumping on the pumpkin bandwagon, guys. I had some leftover pumpkin purée from my pumpkin pie muffins last week and I didn’t want it to go to waste. So I mustered up all the self-control I could find to keep from making pumpkin cupcakes loaded with honey cream cheese frosting and instead planned a recipe…
Healthy turkey and veggie chili
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 With my head buried in books for the past few weeks I’ve had very little time to emerge to make dinner. On days when I decide crackers aren’t substantial enough for a full meal, I usually heat up Trader Joe’s tomato soup, toss together some semblance of a salad,…
Lime ginger albacore
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Guys, I know I’ve been a bit distant this month. Just know it’s not you, it’s me. August has been a big month, complete with the future in-laws coming for a visit, getting engaged, a bachelorette party, two weddings, and Lucas’s marathon. And we’re only about halfway through that…
Loaded sweet potato portabella mushrooms
Last updated on September 16th, 2012 When I decided that baby carrots, granola, and string cheese weren’t substantial enough to thrive a week on, I finally dragged myself to the store. With Lucas still in China, I wanted something simple, but hearty. It could take no longer than 20 minutes, but had to taste delicious…
Spinach artichoke lasagna cups
Last updated on March 30th, 2014 Bite-sized party food makes me giddy. Itty-bitty cute packages of flavor that cause you to say “awww…adorbs” before digging in. The best part of fork-free party bites is that you can sample a bunch of different items from the spread without committing to giant portions…or …you can devour 20 of your…
Honey soy sauce chicken drumsticks
Getting a cold in July is the pits! It’s sunny & warm, and all you want to do is go play outside, but you’re stuck on the couch with a box of tissues. That’s how I’ve spent the past four days. The weather was perfect for grilling this weekend, but even the thought of spending…
Shrimp scampi over fresh angel hair pasta
Last updated on June 18th, 2019 When you’re too busy to go grocery shopping and dinner hour is approaching, you have to make do with what you’ve got on hand. On this particular evening, frozen raw shrimp was what we had on hand – lucky us! We love shrimp, but raw shrimp is so pricey…
Cheddar cornmeal waffle BLTAs
Last updated on June 29th, 2020 When a birthday rolls around, there’s an occasion to build a culinary creation that you’d never normally eat. One that’s unique enough to surprise the guest of honor, and one that’s just greasy enough to make you feel a little indulgent when taking a bite. After all, what fun…
Seared sesame crusted tuna with orange ginger soy sauce
Last updated on March 20th, 2014 When I plan our meals, I prefer recipes that serve four. The leftovers get thrown in tupperware to make lunch the next day a breeze. When making seafood, though, I only cook for two. Mostly because fresh local fish is too expensive to be eaten as a weekday lunch,…
Lemon ginger chicken
Last updated on July 2nd, 2012 It’s a miracle that I managed to eat dinner every night last week. Our trip to Boston impeded Sunday meal planning and grocery shopping. And the Thursday deadline for draft two of my paper meant thinking about dinner was last on my to-do list. So, by Tuesday, our usually…
Baked herbed salmon
Last updated on July 2nd, 2012 With a trip to Boston smack dab in the middle of finishing a first draft and making serious revisions to my paper, every dish I make gets added to an ever-growing queue waiting to be shared with you. I can’t keep up! On our whirlwind three-day MIT reunion excursion,…
Sweet and sour tofu
Last updated on January 12th, 2014 When Lucas gets the same leftovers in his lunch two days in a row, he’s usually not a happy camper. Don’t get me wrong, he’ll eat it, but he drags his feet in the process, begging, “Can I PLEEEEEEAASSEE go out to lunch today?” The worst is when I…
Pepperoni pizza quesadillas
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I’ve been holding out on you. While I have been able to squeeze in a bit of time in the kitchen, finding time to write about it is a totally different story. We got home from Whistler/Vancouver/Seattle Wednesday morning around 2:30am, only to wake up a few hours later to a jam-packed…
