Not a Winner
Lest you think that I am making amazingly delicious food every time I’m in the kitchen, it’s important to also chronicle the failures. And last night? Not so good. The steaks? Not good. Tough is an understatement. We did not eat them. The peas? An attempt to clean out the freezer. I don’t buy frozen veggies that come with sauce, and these are the prime example of why. These were purchased by accident, and actually I believe they were free after a coupon. Still. Ewwwww. The potatoes were good. The gravy was yummy

White Chicken Enchiladas + Mexican Rice
All you need to know about these two recipes is that you need to make them RIGHT NOW. I had planned to make this delicious meal on Sunday night, but instead I made it on Monday. It made a mess of the kitchen. And it is now one of our favorite dinners of all time. OF ALL TIME. We’re not big on chiles, so I substituted some red peppers and they gave a little bit of sweetness to the

I made some bagels and they were good.
Let me first say that on Tuesday night, we watched Food, Inc.. It was a really well done documentary that looks at where our food comes from. To say that grocery shopping yesterday was a bit of a challenge is an understatement. It was disturbing at how much of the produce section came from different countries, let alone different states. So basically, I tormented myself trying to decide if I should buy the red peppers from Israel, or the organic peppers from Mexico. Oy. Having learned a bit from my

Sausage Pasta Stew + Cheese Bread
We really enjoyed this dish, and since it’s a crockpot recipe, I really enjoyed it. It was fairly quick to put together, and was another great interactive dinner for Olive. She enjoyed adding all of the ingredients into the pot and stirring it together. And this? Oh. My. Gah. A simply delish cheese bread that we all loved, especially paired with the stew. And I have to say, toasted with butter for breakfast? Even. Better. Recip

Bean and Rice Casserole + Cheddar Dill Breadsticks
By the time I got around to getting dinner ready on Saturday, I realized that I wouldn’t have enough time for dough to rise, so I scrapped my plan of making sesame breadsticks. Instead, I found a great, quick recipe for sage breadsticks from The Taste of Home Cookbook. This is the editio