Dinner

Our dear family friend, Carolynn was the caterer for our wedding.  We had an intimate wedding during the pandemic that ended up being our wedding party and immediate family only.  Carolynn was kind enough to be a one woman show for around 25 guests.  As …

Sometimes fried rice just fits the bill.  It gives you that takeout flavor with all the carbs of the rice – so satisfying!  This is a great fried rice recipe.  Unfortunately, I don’t have a wok yet, but was able to cook this in a …

It’s Memorial Day Weekend!  Which, in my book, is the kick-off to summer.  So we are kicking off summer with a 5-week series on all things burgers.  We’ll cover meat, toppings, buns, and sides. A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit a …

Dumplings are a fun thing to make when you feel like you want something takeout like or want to make something a little fun for a crowd.  This recipe has a sauce that is SO GOOD!  We usually double the sauce recipe because it’s that …

Street tacos are like this elusive mirage of something that you know has the possibility of being incredible, but isn’t always easy to reach that level of deliciousness.  We’ve tried many versions of street tacos and never get it quite right.  We’ve used ground beef, …

Salads can make a great meal.  Especially when it starts to get warm out, or if you’ve had a lot of heavy meals or just been eating without a lot of fresh ingredients in your diet.  They often hit the spot.  I try to target …

Curry is something that I never really got into until later in life.  It always seemed so vague and broad of a topic.  Regional curries, colors of curries, powdered curries, curry pastes … where do you even start?  Aside from that, I hadn’t really eaten …

I’m always on the lookout for recipes that call for humble ingredients and use them really well.  Coq au vin, translated “chicken in wine,” is a traditional French dish.   I’ve only made coq au vin twice – once a white wine recipe and the second …

Week 2 of this 4-week series brings me to a recipe that I can say is actually mine.  I made it up with inspiration from a couple of different food experiences, but I’ve not seen this recipe on the internet anywhere, with the exception of …

All of us have recipes that we find and make over and over again.  They’re classic staples for our menus.  Recipes that we can return to and be just as pleased with as the first time we made it.  In this 4-week series, I’ll be …