Earlier this week one of the women in my office said that she wanted to try eating vegetarian for a while. The problem, apparently, is that she doesn’t actually like most veggies or any grain that’s not white rice. It sort of begs the question as to why she wants to eat veggie, but I [...]

The $7 Dinner Challenge that Sarah issued has been upgraded to the $10 Dinner Challenge with slightly new rules. I’m definitely in on this one! The Ground Rules: You have $10 to create a complete dinner for four, to include the main course and a serving of vegetables for each person. Cost of items (i.e., [...]

This isn’t my traditional cranberry compote, which is made with oranges and ginger and walnuts.  Nor is it a cranberry chutney, which would require onions and other spicy things.  It’s just a very plain, simple cranberry jam – with a little bit of a bite.  I “invented” it on the spur of the moment this [...]

Today being a lazy Sunday, I made the simplest of dinners – something easy, quick, requiring few ingredients, and leaving lots of leftovers so that I can take some for lunch tomorrow. Bonus for me – it fits in perfectly with the Pantry Challenge I mentioned last week. This weeks dish makes use of the [...]

Limes & Lycopene has announced a new pantry challenge. What’s funny is that just this week I’ve made 3 meals from ingredients on this list, so I’m already ahead of the game here. I want to remake them with photos before I post them, so look for 3 new quick and easy pantry recipes over [...]

I’m way behind on the $7 Dinner Challenge. Others are on to challenge 3 or 4, and I’m just completing #2 over here in my corner of the world. Tonight’s $7 meal is standard Midwestern American fare. Meatloaf and broccoli for dinner and brownies for dessert. This is also another recipe with “hidden” veggies. Chopped [...]

Chow-chow seems to be a uniquely Southern thing. I talked to 3 people on the phone while I was making it and each time I mentioned it, I was met with a puzzled silence. I could almost picture brows knitting in confusion before the inevitable response … “You’re making what?” So for those of you [...]