Tonight’s food experiment: tiramisu! I can’t wait to try it, it is currently setting up. On saturday, I made a pound cake to eat with my yummy fresh blackberries. As of last night, the berries were gone but half the cake remained, and it was quickly getting a bit dry. So, I started thinking about […]
Tonight was the night that I finally attempted beef burek, after talking about it for the past week or so. None of the recipes really looked like the thing that I saw on $40 a day that looked so tasty, so I improvised. I fried up a pound of lean hamburger with a diced onion […]
Obviously, I am the last human on earth to discover this, but last night I learned that if you roast a jalapeno it actually becomes HOTTER! I’m quite sure that there’s some science involved here, which I will look into at a later date. Last night I threw together a quick bean salad for my […]
Once again, this summer, I have fallen in love with the almighty Garlic Salad. In order to make an Yshastyle garlic salad, one starts with a bowl of leafy greens. (I use bagged salad, because I’m lazy like that.) Rough chop some mushrooms and toss on the top along with some diced onion. Red onion […]
I’ve been experimenting lately with Indian spices. Earlier in the week, I made tandoori marinated grilled chicken breasts that were great! Today I decided to play around a bit more with the spices that I bought at the Indian market. I am trying to find more ways to enjoy chicken. It’s much healthier than beef […]
Since the weather had decided to cool off and the calendar finally said October, I spent yesterday baking. I made a turkey with all the fixin’s, all fine but unremarkable. What was remarkable, however, was dessert. I tried out a recipe that I got from the local paper a couple of weeks ago for Oatmeal […]
It’s funny how a food item can be wonderful one day and crap the next. Tuesday night I made myself a salad: iceberg lettuce, cheese, mandarin oranges, lemon pepper tuna, homemade croutons, and russian dressing. Nirvana in a bowl. On thursday, I made practically the same salad. And wound up throwing most of it away […]
Last night I drove home craving salad. I’d asked my pop to pick up a head of lettuce at the store and I had a jar of homemade russian dressing on the counter. I’m still craving that salad, pop can’t remember more than one thing at a time without a list. Of course, it’s not […]
I used to have this officemate who loved key lime pie. Every time he would mention it, I would reply with “I have the best recipe for that…” but never brought him either the recipe or the pie. I’ve been saying to myself for the past year that I was going to make key lime […]
here’s something that my pop and i will never agree on. real butter. i think it makes a world of difference when cooking. especially when paired with heavy cream. he says it doesn’t. yet he also says that i cook much better than him. it’s the butter and cream, dooflepie! i’ve developed a new interest […]