Chicken and potatoes. Classic, satisfying and simple. This dinner is especially simple because the same herb rub/marinade is used for both the chicken and potatoes. So many different combinations of herbs and spices will work with this same concept. Just mix the seasonings of your choice (or whatever happens to be in your fridge) in with some olive oil, salt and pepper. Tonight, I used fresh thyme, rosemary, lemon zest and garlic.
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
I love making meatballs because they are fairly simple, very tasty, and give us 2 full meals! The first night is traditional spaghetti and meatballs. I never made meatballs until I was cooking for my husband. I made a lot of spaghetti sauce with meat, but always thought meatballs were to time consuming and difficult. Well, they certainly take a bit more time than making sauce with ground meat, but overall, its really not out of reach!
Roasted Tomatillo Salsa
Posted in Food on Mar 29th, 2009
I absolutely love fresh tomatillo salsa. To me, its in a separate category from store-bought salsa. Not to disparage the store-bought variety, It certainly has its place, and we’ve bought plenty of it. But if you have the opportunity to get your hands on some fresh vegetables, especially when tomatillos are available, its really worth the small investment of time.
Banana Bread!!! I really think that my husband purposefully allows bananas to get over-ripe just so I’ll make banana bread. Truth be told, I don’t mind all that much! It makes for a fabulous dessert or even breakfast treat. This recipe is slightly altered from the one my mom has always made.
As my little blog here is still in its infant stages, I reserve the right to make some amendments as I go. I have decided to start assigning some categories describing easy of preparation and time it takes to make the dish, as well as a grade of how tasty I think a dish has turned out. I may even include my husband’s grading of a dish if I find his opinion to be acceptable 
Wintery Weather Indian Cooking
Posted in Baking, Bread, Dinner, Food, Indian Food on Mar 28th, 2009
We are being hit with a pretty random relatively serious Winter storm today. Its the end of March and there is ice and snow on the ground. But I’m not complaining, because to me, this is the absolute best kind of day to stay inside and cook warm and comforting food. I had all the ingredients at the ready to make Indian Beef with Spinach from my new book “Quick and Easy Indian Cooking”.
Two and a Half Weeks Later
Posted in Gardening on Mar 27th, 2009
Its truly hard to believe that these plants are the result of only 18 days of love, nurturing and the power of Mother Nature.
The project for this weekend is to begin transplanting. At the very least, I need to get the zucchini in larger and deeper pots. The tomatoes are not far behind. I plan [...]
Once I came off of the high of preparing and eating the deliciously fried herb-y chicken tenders, I realized that my night was far from over. Of course I’m referring to the Post-Deep-Fry Clean-Up. And this is the reason it will be months before I deep fry again.
This is a first for me. My first official foray into deep frying. There are of course oodles of reasons to avoid deep frying (unhealthy, messy, scary…), but the results are just so gosh-darned tasty! I love fried chicken, but Greg doesn’t – something weird about not liking bones in his meat (same reason he’s [...]
I really debated whether or not to include my Sloppy Joes/Janes in the blog here. Basically, it came down to the fact that I make these at least every other week, so sooner or later I would have broken down and posted it. So I just went ahead and did it tonight. And seriously, I [...]