Category: food
fresh herbs, dried
In an ideal world I’d grow the herbs I need and they’d be available year-round. Reality means I kill indoor plants no matter the watering tricks I utilize. I therefore buy fresh herbs at the store and always have leftover. What’s the solution? I dry them and refill my dried spice containers for a budget…
two cookbooks to beat the January cooking blues
It happens each January, I get bored with everything in my cooking repertoire and I start looking for something new to shake things up. While there are a vast amount of recipes available at my fingertips, I enjoy flipping through cookbooks. Two that I recently found at my public library attempt to solve that common…
comfort foods
For the past week I’ve been making all types of projects that bring comfort. Once we felt like eating again, I’ve cooked up a storm. Comfort Food meals have recently included: sweet potato curry one pot creamy mac & cheese Garlic Knots and Pizza shepherd’s (cottage) pie. My version: in a casserole dish I mix…
recipe ideas at season change
It’s been happening lately each time the season jumps, I fall into a cooking rut. Either I make the same handful of dishes we like, or I don’t want to make anything. It’s frustrating because I’d make the week’s meal plan, then attempt to ignore it. How? I’d make rice every night, or fail to…
