This week has been a tough cooking for blogging week. I’m spending a couple of weeks on a pretty restrictive diet to kick myself back into gear. I’ve found myself pushing aside recipes that interest me because I know that I won’t be able to limit myself to just one serving or one taste or [...]

Quesadillas are one of my standby lunch items.  They’re so easy to make, taste yummy, and can be stuffed with a huge variety of leftovers. I always use my Lodge Logic 6″ Skillet for making quesadillas. It’s a perfect size for the smaller flour tortillas, and of course cast iron conducts heat so beautifully that [...]

Have you noticed how so many food blogs tend to focus on sweets and treats? Now don’t get me wrong, I love sweet stuff … but one of my goals for 2010 was to lose the last little bit of weight that I have to lose and to really get in shape. Cooking a bunch [...]

Some evenings I don’t necessarily want to cook a full meal; it’s too much time and effort.  I still want to eat healthily, though, and so I turn to my standby meal – the frittata.  A frittata is an Italian variation on an omelet; baked instead of cooked on the stovetop.  Or, other people might [...]

Let’s get back into the swing of things for 2010 with Monday Morning Links again. I’ve been behind on everything – including reading blogs – but I finally caught up on all the food blogs I have RSS’d. So many new recipes to try and play with. I’m excited to get started this year. (This [...]