Today starts the beginning of Chinese New Year! When translated, Chinese New Year means Spring Festival and is the first day of the Chinese calendar and runs to the 15th day or the Lantern Festival, something I think would be beauty to behold with children carrying chinese lanterns winking out their lights in the darkness…
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Continue ReadingThis is the second in a series I’m adding to my Blog – titled Tips & Tricks. Enter the chicken breast. Boneless, skinless and … THICK. Cooking takes awhile, unless you’re going to make chicken paillards or cutlets which are thinly pounded chicken breasts. The cooking time is greatly reduced when chicken is prepared this…
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Continue ReadingOkay, I admit it. I’m a sucker for anything with pie crust. So a traditional shepherd’s pie recipe with a crust of mashed potatoes seems sometimes, well….just sad to me. I have no idea how I started making this pie. I may have had something similar at a diner years ago and tried to replicate…
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Continue ReadingI am a lover of all things curry, but especially Thai curries that involve coconut milk. We are trying to work some more salmon into our lives for health reasons, and this recipe is a definite winner! Mr. Wonderful told me I can stop putting chicken in our curries…NOW! Watch how easy this is.
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Continue ReadingSo a few weeks back at Whole Foods in Tulsa, I got this really cute pasta. I know, pasta is generally not thought of as “cute”, but I am a sucker for unique pasta in all shapes, sizes and colors. Casarecce pasta, sometimes called “scroll pasta’ is one of those pastas designed brilliantly to…
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Continue ReadingIf you know me, you’ll know I am a Pho freak. I love this Vietnamese soup dish ..it warms me through and through and I have come to crave it of late. I could have been perfectly happy to have stayed with my steady Pho. We would have been blissfully happy for the rest of…
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Continue ReadingChicken Saltimbocca means to literally “jump in your mouth”. Chicken Saltimbocca has many variations. Most use sage as I do here in my recipe. Some vary and use thyme. Some layer on cheese, tomatoes or spinach. I wish I’d tried making this in the summer, when an abundance of fresh sage spilled over its boundaries…
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Continue ReadingSo I’m posting a recipe. A recipe for Oven Fried Pattypan squash. Yes, I’m still here. Some of you may be wondering if I’ve been cooking lately. The answer is “not the way I usually do”. This week, Mr. Wonderful and I had the pleasure of our son Jason getting married. For 2 days, we…
