So I served homemade (yes Layne, homemade) marshmallows at my party and they were almost like a booby trap because everyone
who ate one had the tell tale dusting of powdered sugar down their front. Next time I’ll shake the extra sugar off a little better.
I have a lot to say about these marshmallows. First, they [...]
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Lillet Marshmallows
Posted in Dessert, Favorites, Uncategorized, tagged Dessert, home made, lillet, marshmallows, snack on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hungarian Goulash
Posted in Chicken, Favorites, Main Dish, tagged Chicken, goulash, hungarian, Main Dish, quick, vegetables on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I never thought I’d post a recipe for goulash on this site, but a picture of one on foodgawker.com made me start thinking about how good
goulash and spaetzle would be for a cool Fall night dinner. I poked around for some recipes that seemed moderately healthy, and found one on Food & Wine that was [...]
Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
Posted in Favorites, Main Dish, Vegetarian, tagged Irish, Main Dish, mushroom, Shephard's Pie, Vegetarian on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve definitely been in the mood for old-school comfort food and I’ve been wanting to make Shepherd’s Pie, Hungarian Goulash, cabbage rolls and the like. I decided to make Shepherd’s Pie last night but wanted to see if I could make it vegetarian, and mushrooms seemed like a pretty obvious choice. So, I looked around [...]
Warm Lentil Salad with Goat Cheese and Smoked Paprika
Posted in Favorites, Main Dish, Salad, Side Dish, Vegetarian, tagged autumn, entertaining, goat cheese, lentil, lunch, Main Dish, Salad, Side Dish, South Beach, spanish ham on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is one of those drop everything and go make this now recipes. It was that good. In fact, so good I bumped it up
in my queue of posts.
I made this recipe two nights ago thinking it would pretty tasty because I love lentils and smoked paprika, and I was lured in by the picture [...]
Creamy Garlic Italian Dressing
Posted in Favorites, Italian, Quick & Easy, Salad, Side Dish, tagged dressing, garlic, Italian, Main Dish, quick and easy, Salad, salad dressing, Side Dish on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now, you would think I served this withe the Sicilian tuna steaks, and while that would be a great combination, I
didn’t. Instead I made some pizza with friends one night and served a salad with this creamy, garlicky dressing on the side. It’s one of those salad dressings that’s really worth making at home, because [...]
Spicy Lemongrass Tofu
Posted in Favorites, Main Dish, Side Dish, Thai, Vegetarian, Vietnamese, tagged asian, Main Dish, south beach diet, soy, thai basil, tofu, Vegetarian, Vietnamese on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been very faithful to my favorite way to prepare tofu, which is the Grit restaurant way of crisping cubes in a pan, sprinkling on
soy sauce, giving them another crisping, then dusting them with nutritional yeast. I found another recipe that gives tofu so much flavor it really surprised me. This recipe, from Pleasures of [...]
Eggplant with Coconut Milk
Posted in Favorites, Quick & Easy, Side Dish, Vietnamese, tagged asian, coconut milk, eggplant, Favorites, Side Dish, vegetable, Vegetarian, Vietnamese on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was my personal favorite recipe from the Vietnamese meal that I cooked this weekend, but you know I’m a sucker for eggplant.
The eggplant turned out perfectly tender in a rich coconut milk sauce that was almost like a curry, but much easier and faster to make. If you don’t love eggplant, I think you [...]
Jaime Oliver’s Eggplant Parmesan
Posted in Favorites, Italian, Main Dish, Pasta, Vegetarian, tagged casserole, eggplant, healthy, Italian, Main Dish, parmesan, Vegetarian on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wish I took a picture of this right after it came out of the oven because it was beautiful. The picture I managed to take after the
carnage is not so beautiful, but you get the point. I made this Eggplant Parmesan last night from a Jaime Oliver recipe, deceptive in its simplicity. There’s no [...]