Rockin’ Roasted Tomato Panzanella Salad

A couple weeks ago, my local Asian/Produce market had a gorgeous crop of vine-ripened tomatoes, at the awesome and rare price of 99 cents a pound.  Me being the lifelong tomato-lover that I am, I just could not pass up such a deal.  I loaded up about 4 pounds and set off to brainstorm on [...]

Because We Are Addicted…Roasted Brussel Sprouts

So, you’ve now seen brussel sprouts in two of my more recent posts, and you may be picking up on the fact that they have sort of had the effect of a very addictive drug.  Before I made them on Christmas Eve, I had only tasted them once before, and I thought, “Hey, these aren’t [...]

Taking The Turkey Up A Notch

Okay, so, leftovers and me don’t really have a great history.  Once I’ve had something for dinner and then for lunch the next day, I get insanely bored and won’t touch the stuff again no matter how much I still have left.  By the way, I also hate wasting food so I usually force feed [...]

Thanksgiving Part Two

For the first time in several years, I did not host Thanksgiving dinner. For DH and I, we’ve split the years that we’ve lived together between spending Thanksgiving with my brother and his partner and staying home and just cooking for the two of us.  But this year, my aunt, my mom’s older sister, invited [...]

Cheesy Mashed Cauliflower

On a recent Saturday morning, I was watching the Produce Pete segment on the Today Show and he was talking about cauliflower, when I realized that I had never cooked cauliflower.  To be honest, I don’t remember ever eating it any way but raw.  I love it raw but, I certainly couldn’t serve it for [...]

Oh What To Serve, What To Serve?

Dirty Jersey Disco Fries

All I can say is YUMMY!  I’ve been eating disco fries, a variation of cheese fries commonly served in the diners of New Jersey and New York, since I was a little girl.  When I was young, there was a giant flea market in the town I grew up in and I loved to go [...]