Or, what to do when you buy a boatload of stone fruits, bring them home, and realize “Oh, I live in Oklahoma, and produce STINKS.” Yup, true story. We bought big bags of apricots, pluots and nectarines this weekend. It’s summer, the fruits were plentiful at Wally World, and felt ripe. They’ve gotta be good,…
Archives for August 2011
Thai Chicken Burgers and Slaw
If you decide to make this recipe, you will need a zillion ingredients. You will need lots of time to chop, grate, mince, shred and zest all of the ingredients. And you will make a huge mess and dirty 82 different kitchen utensils. But it will be so, so worth it. Ever since I started…
Curried Quinoa and Veggies
Guess what came in the mail for me recently? Five yummy pounds of my favorite… quinoa! You might think 5 pounds of quinoa is a lot. It should last me about a week. Even after posting tons and tons of quinoa recipes, people are still asking me what it is. According to wikipedia: Quinoa is…
Buffalo Chicken Casserole
This Buffalo Chicken Casserole is like a Buffalo Chicken Mac ‘N Cheese… with a creamy, spicy sauce, lots of carrots and celery, and melty blue cheese on top! This is one of those drop-everything-right-now-and-make-this-immediately kind of recipes. As in, really really good. I decided that casseroles are AWESOME, after having such success with my Tex-Mex…
Mini Oreo Cheesecakes
So I have a new love. I have to admit, I’ve been neglecting my former loves. Facebook, Google Reader, Foodgawker. They’re still in my heart, but I’ve found a new obsession: Pinterest. Have you heard of it? Please go join right now. And follow me. You won’t regret it. And you’ll find lots of fun…
Tex-Mex Summer Squash Casserole
I’m really sad about the fact that I haven’t been blogging as much as I used to. I promise I’ll make it up to everyone with some really awesome recipes this week! Truth is, sometimes life just gets busy. Sometime in the not too distant future, I’ll be unemployed again, with lots of free time…
Oatmeal Everything Cookies
So I felt bad for Nick and his classmates working SO hard lately, and decided to make them cookies. Then I visited their squadron building yesterday. Work? Uhmmm, yeah right. There is more booze in that place than I had in my college dorm room! Work hard, play hard… I guess? Hmmm, I suppose they…
Jess’s Taco Salad
Nick’s Grandma Alice emailed me this weekend to tell me that she’s having a dinner in a few weeks and she is in charge of making salads. She’s going to make my Chinese Chicken Salad and a taco salad. She wanted to know if I had a good taco salad recipe. All you have to…
