Tomato & Caper White Fish
I suppose I take some time to stop in and say “Hello”, pop up a recipe that I’ve had sitting in draft stages for a few weeks, ask you how you’ve been? I just realized I haven’t posted anything for a long time. I was starting to worry if I had disappeared again, but…no….I don’t remember doing that. Hmm I can’t say why it’s been so long. I suppose life just tends to get away from us sometimes. Consciously, my efforts have been focused on not working too much. I promised I wouldn’t and, other than getting in my car [Read On]
Classic Tomato Sauce Italiano
One of my favorite things to eat is a ripe tomato, plucked fresh from the vine with a dash of sprinkled salt. That’s all, nothing else, just like that, delicious. Yet, I find it amazing that at one point tomatoes were shunned, even considered evil by some cultures. In contrast early natives to Mexico supposedly believed to observe another ingest the seeds of a tomato would impart the observer with the ability of divination. In yet another twist, early Brits & Americans believed the fruit to be poisonous, even unfit to for consumption (le GASP!) Inconceivable. Actually not really, they [Read On]
Double Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
Sometimes I get a hankerin’ for something but I’m not always sure what it is until i just stumble into it; and yes I just said “hankerin’ “. Well such was the case last week-ish when I was in the mood for chocolate. Yes I’m rarely not in the mood for chocolate but I wanted something I hadn’t made in a long time; or ever. At one point I had arbitrarily established a criteria my mysterious recipe had to meet. had to be chocolate (a give in here) had to be fairly quick (um, failed on this part) required to be both [Read On]
Perfect Classic Hot Fudge
There are times when cutting corners is necessary. Economic circumstances sometimes dictate our clothes come from JC Penny instead of J Crew for example. Pancetta is substituted for bacon in order to avoid setting off the smoke detector, placed near the kitchen, that just happens to be directly connected to the local fire department and ADT. Please don’t ask. Just take my word for it, it’s necessary. There are times when cutting corners is absolutely, completely, without question prohibited. Never, ever, ever cut your own hair even if you know how. Trust me on this one. And if you don’t [Read On]
Quick & Easy Cheeseburger Pasta Bake
Is your idea of a speedy “running-out-the-door-with-15-minutes-to-make-soccer-20-mins-to-dance-30-mins-to-night-class-everybody-eat-because-NCIS-is-coming-on” weeknight dinner is making sure you have one (or 10) boxes of that “Hamburger Let Me Help You Into the Grave” stuff on hand? It’s ok, that was me once upon a time too. Sure it’s cheap but do we really want to mess with our health and sacrifice taste for a pound of ground chuck, a cup of milk and a $3.50 box of chemical soup? Well gee, put it that way and it makes no sense. With my insane work schedule these days, not only am I turning grey faster than [Read On]
Spicy Cajun Chicken Pasta
It has been a really long time since I have posted. I didn’t intend for that to happen but several factors simply robbed me of all spare time. Namely two things called “work” and “holidays”. There were other factors and interferences which simply added up to a daily time shortage of my day, but to arrest the two primary suspects, work and holidays are the wicked co-conspirators. Guilty as charged! Do yourself a favor and avoid 16 hour work days at all costs or it’ll cost you more than you may be able to afford. My absence however, doesn’t mean [Read On]
Wine Vinegar Chicken With Garlic & Tomatoes
It seems there are thousands of ways to make chicken and a limited few ways to make beef or pork. I don’t see how the difference in meat alone can offer an explanation and honestly it is probably only an illusion. I’m quite sure for as many ways you could dress, bake, broil, fry, sauté, roll, simmer, stew or slice poultry, the same could be accomplished with other meats as well. In reality it mostly like is an delusion based on money. Chicken is cheaper than beef and pork, therefore we buy more which in turn we cook more, which [Read On]
Pumpkin & Spiced Eggnog French Toast
Autumn may be brief here in Florida but there are days where the air is cool and crisp, the humidy abates and the sky covers the days in a cerulean blue blanket and leaves do transform their colors to hues of gold, red and yellow. I treasure each and every moment. I didn’t expect to go MIA on the blog and certainly not for almost three weeks. Yikes. It seems like it has been much longer Working for 3M in one of the fastest growing divisions can get crazy, but it’s rewarding and Im so thankful for a stable job [Read On]
Plum Cherry Autumn Tart
If there is one dessert I could make over and over and over and over again this season, this would be it. Holy wow was this amazing. Even Mr. Sweet Butter took a bite and said “Wow! Tars, this is like Disney bakery good.” Putting my name (well one of his nicknames for me), Disney and good in the same sentence, coming from Mr.Give-Me-Disney-Or-Give-Me-Death, is the ultimate compliment. I pulled the base recipe from a Southern Living magazine I had laying around and made a few, adjustments. I used plums but waited until they were ripe and starting to wrinkle. [Read On]
Not Your Mama’s MeatLoaf
My kitchen and I seriously got on each others nerves today, with the kitchen gaining the upper hand at every turn. I think perhaps it’s was being spiteful out of jealousy since I focused my attention on cleaning my office first. My kitchen is used to getting my love and affection first thing on Sundays and having it remain that way for much of the day. This morning it just didnt work out that way. First off, the last couple of days were GLORIOUSLY, spectacularly perfect days and I spent the first part of my morning outside just enjoying the [Read On]
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