Earlier this week, I made up a double batch of taco filling (had 2 pounds of ground beef that was frozen together so I had to do something with it). We had, predictably, tacos with homemade...

I’m headed to a little work/party tonight and thought I’d throw together some stuffed mushrooms.  As the hosts are providing dinner (something Mexican), I thought I’d add a little zing to these...

If you have never roasted garlic before, you’ve been missing out.  The clearest directions I have found for it are here and you simply cannot go wrong with anything Elise cooks.  Read that? ...

How happy am I that fall seems to have finally arrived, and with it weather conducive to all the soups and stews I love to make?  After the weekend’s excesses (can we say Halloween candy, roasted marshmallows, and more hot dogs than I care to admit...

A couple of months ago–maybe longer now–The Pioneer Woman posted a recipe for sesame noodles over at her blog.  The moment I laid eyes on the recipe I knew I absolutely HAD to try it.  So I bookmarked it and it sat for a while.  Then one night last...

Okay so my last several attempts for a Thoughtless Thursday post have just not turned out.  I seem to be without a brain lately.  Well this is my third day home sick, so I’m determined to monitor things to make sure everything is either COOKED or not...

I’ve been sick.  I tried making up a batch of split pea soup for hubby (his favorite sick food) but managed to forget about it in the crock pot and overcook it.  So today I was determined to make GOOD food.  When I woke up at 10 I put on a chicken...

I was making chili.  After the lapsang souchong chili last week, hubby requested the regular kind.  So I had that going in one crock pot.  And I was experimenting with a pork vegetable soup in the other crock pot. When I got home I find that I had...