Category: Recipes

There are certain things that I’ll order when I see them on a restaurant menu. If I’m at an Indian restaurant it’s dahl. A French restaurant? Onion soup or beef bourguignon. An English/Irish pub? It’s a savory pie usually steak and ale or this one: Shepherd’s Pie.* Why do...

My sister is a December baby. Her birthday is a few days before Christmas. When she was born, the nurse put her in a large stocking. My mother still calls her the best Christmas present she ever got. So cute, so fun, right? Yes and no. Since my sister’s...

When you read by post on beef bourguignon you may have wonder what was with the part one in the title. Well, here we are. The other shoe has dropped and we’ve arrived at part two. I know you’ve all be waiting with bated breath for this post so...

I know what you’re thinking. First beef bourguignon and now this? Another recipe for fussy French food? What happened to this idea of “close enough” cooking? I know gougeres seem more like fine dining but hear me out. First, I these one-bite wonders pair two of my favorite things:...

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, dear readers! Hope everyone had a peaceful, joy-filled holiday season and start to the new year. Since I’ve had kids I start every year with the same two feelings. First, confusion as to where the time has gone. Wasn’t it like a hot...

I came up with this recipe for Sweet Potato Black Bean Enchiladas because of something that happened about five years ago (oh how time flies!).   That’s when my husband became a vegetarian.  Or more precisely a pescetarian.  So he eats fish but no other meat.  To this day...

I’ve told you that the fall makes me crave comfort foods? Unsurprisingly, that continues straight through the winter.  What I want is something that will warm me from the inside out when the days are short, grey and cold.  While chili is my go-to in the fall in the...

I come from a big Irish Catholic family that is many things.  Loud and opinionated.  Funny storytellers. Enthusiastic drinkers (some of us maybe too much . .).  But by and large we’re not the best cooks and most aren’t even all that interested in cooking.  I’m the exception that...

  Parker rolls have become a holiday staple in our house.  Every summer we like to spend time in Bethany Beach, Delaware.  It’s one of the closest beaches to DC — only about 3 hours — so you can spend a weekend or a week there.  The Delaware beaches...

  For my Friendsgiving this year half the dessert was set.  My oldest daughter made an apple pie at school last week so that was a done deal.  But I felt we needed something else.  Something a little less traditional than the usual apple, pumpkin, pecan fare.  But still...