Feeling like winter is beating you over the head with a snow shovel? Try this.
Continue reading...17. January 2009
I’m recovering from a condition…tofuphobia. Tasteless, shapeless, almost colorless, to me tofu has always had the appeal of a Film Festival featuring the works of Paris Hilton. But as I creep into middle age, I’m starting to look at the foods I once snubbed my nose at like a picky two year old. And you [...]
Continue reading...19. December 2008
"Oh, Francie," you say, "all these recipes for chocolate-peanut butter this and sugar cookie that! "My belt is too tight!" Fear not, chickens. After all, do you think Francie eats like this all the time?
Continue reading...8. December 2008
Warn the kids and ask the hubby to sleep in the spare room tonight.
Continue reading...22. October 2008
My neighbor, Shala, is passionate about the food from her native Syria. Several times a month, she shares another delicious dish that is exotic to us but home cooking to her. Our family favorite is her delicious version of tabbouleh which she tells me is favorite picnic food in Syria. And when she offered to [...]
Continue reading...21. July 2008
I know what you were thinking as you read that last recipe…TWO STICKS of BUTTER!? C’mon, you don’t think I eat like that all the time, do ya? Oh, you do. Well, let me prove you wrong. This is my entry in the Beat the Heat roundup at A Southern Grace. Anyhoo, bulgur (cracked wheat) can be cooked sans heat so it’s perfect for dog days like these. Here’s how.
Continue reading...16. May 2008
I stuffed them with chopped roasted red pepper, the chopped stems of the mushrooms (you saved those, right?), parmesan and mozzarella, garlic and oregano. I grilled them for about 10 minutes on medium and then browned them a bit under the broiler to give it that nice, golden brown toasty look (totally optional.) This is one [...]
Continue reading...2. May 2008
Growing up, salad was a couple chunks of iceburg lettuce drowned in bacon grease. With all men in the house except me, somedays the family just considered the tomato on our cheeseburger the “salad.” Needless to say, we didn’t actually eat a lot of salads in a house where Sunday dinner was a can of [...]
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23. February 2009
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