It’s a very unusual occasion in our home to have extra milk on hand (because we drink a lot of it and go through it quickly), but quickly approaching expiration dates led to our next …
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Pizza Sauce, Really?
Tonight we had all the fixings to make Spanish rice, except we didn’t have any tomato sauce or tomato paste. We had some store bought produce items that they apparently called tomatoes, but nothing to …
Mushroom Duxelles
Mushroom Duxelles sounds very fancy and complicated; however it is quite the opposite. As Chef Husband turned up the heat on the stove, he would pass me the baton (knife) to rough chop the mushrooms. …
Dux in a Row
Looking ahead to tomorrow, since today was already booked with a family engagement, we have a set of plump pork chops in the fridge, waiting for their calling in life. Considering the ingredients we have …
Stack then Cut
As I watched Chef Husband prepare our Chef Salads last night, I learned a new trick that he said was old school. A quick way to prep the meat and cheese for the salad is …
Boiling Eggs
Lots of lettuce on hand begs for the making of a big chef salad for dinner. Let’s “pick up some Thousand Island” turns into let’s “make some homemade Thousand Island.” Thus a big storage container …
Recipes Recipes Everywhere
Part of the end goal of this year is to go through all of Chef Husband’s (and a few of my own) recipes stashed here and there and everywhere, on recipe cards, in file folders, …
Boiling Bagels
Interestingly, I dove into a first stab at bagel making. I narrowed down my internet research to 3 recipes and ultimately chose the one that looked to take the least amount of time (i.e. hours …