My husband and I have been doing something new for dinners lately – we start the week by randomly selecting a cookbook from our collection, marking the recipes we’d like to try, then randomly selecting the week’s dinners from those.…
Salad Week
For something a little different, we picked a cookbook from the shelf and chose a number of recipes to have for dinners this week. We based our weekend grocery trip off of those recipes, and altered a few things to…
Sponge for making bread
I’ve really been getting into making bread lately – I’ve made three different kinds of bread in the last week. The last of the three starts with this sponge, so I’m posting in a mixed-up order, but I’m only doing…
slow-cooked chicken stew & (nearly) flourless chocolate cake
This tasty slow-cooked stew was made with chicken thighs, veggies, white wine, and herbs, and left to bubble away while I was at work. I topped it with a bit of bacon for color and a salty bite. Added a…
Almost by the Book: Root Vegetable Soup
I looked through one of my favorite cookbooks – Great Food Fast – and found this recipe: I didn’t follow it to a T, but it was pretty close by my standards. Here’s what I did: 1. I gathered together…
