Slow-cooked Beef Roast
I love a good old-fashioned roast beef dinner, but I really do not have the time to make it during the week. Well, I didn’t until now. A few weeks ago I had a serious craving for some roast beef, the tender, fall-apart kind my grandmother used to make when we would go to her house for a visit. She would slowly cook hers on the stove for hours. I, sadly, work all day and knew the only way I would get what I wanted was to...
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
If you have been following me on Tiwtter then you know that I recently had some minor oral surgery. For three to five days after I was to be on a soft food diet. I know, how depressing. Well, I decided to be proactive and make some flavorful and hearty soups before I went in so my soft food experience would not be so dull, bland, and boring. No offense, but there was no way I was going to live off Campbell’s Soup and pudding...
Queso Blanco
There are certain foods that I crave and am completely unable to resist. One of those foods is queso blanco. This creamy cheese dip is finding its way on to the menus of Tex-Mex restaurants next to the traditional orange chili con queso. It is made with a variety of white cheeses and spices depending on where you buy it. Of course, I decided to try making my own queso blanco, but most of the recipes I found resulted in...
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin Roast
I love pork products, and I love finding new ways to cook with this most versatile ingredient. I am not a big fan of pork roast, however. Most of the pork roast I have had has been dry, tough, and flavorless. Even with elaborate stuffing, injections, and coatings I have found most pork roast to be boring. It is sad because most people I know love pork roast, including my husband. Ever the culinary adventurer, I decided to buy a...
Five Spice Roasted Chicken Thighs with Peanut Rice Noodles
I don’t pretend to be an expert on Asian cooking. Far from it. However, I know what I like, and I know what tastes good, and this chicken and noodle dish certainly does taste good! The chicken and the noodles could stand alone as separate dishes, but I adore the spiced chicken with the peanut noodles. The noodles are important. Certainly you could substitute whatever you have available, but the rice vermicelli has two...
Pot Stickers with Pork Filling – Daring Cooks June 2009
I decided, because I don’t have enough to do, that I would join The Daring Kitchen. I know. I know. This month’s Daring Cooks Challenge is by Jen from Use Real Butter who challenged us all to make homemade pot sticker wrappers. Overall, it was not terribly difficult, but it did take a little time to roll and fill the dumplings. Of course, if you have friends and family willing to help, an assembly line makes...
