Ever wish you could get a do over? Where you could magically go back in time and right the wrong? Burnt biscuits…do over. Doing 80 mph in a 65 mph zone…sorry Mr. Policeman…do over. How about that conversation where you should have had a great comeback, but it only comes to you later. Wouldn’t it […]
Tag Archives | Comfort Food
Plain ol’ Good Pot Roast
Today we leave on a trip that we’ve been planning for 1 1/2 years. Don’t worry, I have posts lined up for you, I wouldn’t want anyone to go into withdrawals are anything Because of where we are traveling to, I will not be able to reply to any posts, no tweets and no Facebook. […]
Recipe Makeover: Potatoes Romanoff
As soon as I get my Williams-Sonoma catalog I tear through it, looking at every item on every page. Devouring every recipe, exciting new product and then checking my account and once again realizing that I have the proverbial champagne taste on a beer budget. I may not be able to afford everything I want […]
Smoked Turkey Navy Bean Soup
Baby it’s cold out there… A hot bowl of soup is just the thing to warm you up. Navy bean soup is in my all time top three favorite soups. Normally I cook it with a smoked ham hock or the leftover ham bone. I had some smoked turkey I needed to use up, so […]
Basic Bowl of Red
Over a month ago, when I was teaching my California Roll class, Mark had confessed to me that he didn’t know how to make chili. I told him perfect, that I had planned on posting my “no” recipe chili that very week. Me and my big mouth, I should never give a date for […]
Basic Chili
There are as many ways to make chili as there are cooks in the world. Honestly I’m not sure if I ever make it the same way twice. It doesn’t seem to matter, it always turns out good. In college for my Biology class, we had an extra credit question that asked “What is […]
Basic Marinara
First let me start off showing you what a spring day in Montana looks like. Don’t cha wish you lived here too? That’s the thing about the Northern Tundra, you could get snow in any month of the year. But when summer does come, and it’s not to hot and not to cold and there […]
Cream of Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup
I love corned beef and cabbage, and I would eat them again just as is the next day except I love reinventing leftovers even more then I love eating them. It always seems there is plentysome left overs. March is still soup weather so I combined one of my favorite soups, potato soup with the […]
Corned Beef and Roasted Cabbage, Carrots and Potatoes
I love, love, love corned beef and cabbage. It makes my Irish eyes smile, okay, I’m not exactly Irish. I am for one day of the year, nothing wrong in a little role playing. I even wear Kiss me I’m Irish shirts, I figured I can easily pull it off with red hair and hazel […]
Aunt Louanna’s BBQ Beef Brisket
I’m staying in a hotel this week so I’m not cooking, but I have a few recipes that I put in my computer memory banks for times just like these. To tell the truth, I debating on whether to share this recipe. It is a family recipe and there is something to be said for […]