So you have made a delicious fancy holiday meal and you have left over roast beef – what do you do with it? Make roast beef sandwiches of course!
Slice that beef up really thinly, which is easier to do once it has been in the fridge overnight.
Throw it on the griddle with some butter and let it get nice and crispy on the edges. Pile it up on some fluffy toasted buns with some horseradish sauce and you are good to go!
I LOVE Valentine’s Day, I really do. I didn’t before I met Jasper, but now that I have someone to share it with I love to have a day to just appreciate and treat each other. We like to spend it at home so that we aren’t distracted by other people/things, or feel like we have to act a certain way. So I spend all day cooking and setting up and we have a wonderful romantic dinner together.
This salad is packed with a ton of flavor, and all the vegetables make sure that it is actually a healthy salad. For those who don’t know – it is easy for a salad to get out of control with cheese and dressing and restaurant salads can have well over 1000 calories. This salad doesn’t need a whole lot of dressing, b/c the ingredients have a lot of flavor. Also – Feta cheese is low-fat and it has a strong flavor, so you don’t need to use much. (more…)
These ribs are one of Jasper’s favorite meals – they are sweet and salty and totally messy! (more…)
I was looking for a hearty winter side to go with our beloved turkey mini meatloaves and I came up with this combination of root vegetables, roasted and stuffed into baked sweet potatoes and topped with creamy goat cheese and sharp Parmesan.
Trifle is a British layered dessert involving cake, custard, fruit, whipped cream, and sometimes jello. There are many different ways to make it, but the following is my favorite. (more…)
In trying to stick to my resolution to cook more salmon I was looking for something a little different and fun. To my surprise, I stumbled across two different recipes involving salmon and grapefruit. “Is that a thing?” I wondered, “A common pairing?” I had never thought of it before. I decided to take elements from both recipes to make one complete meal. (more…)
I, like most people out there, do not make gourmet meals every day. In fact, a lot of the time I cook what’s affordable, easy, and comforting. I have a collection of recipes that foodies may snub because they are old fashioned – like casseroles – or use pre-packaged ingredients. I am not ashamed of these things because, hey, sometimes it’s hard to get food on the table. So here are some recipes that I can depend on to save me when I am low on time, money, and energy.
Beefy Noodle Bake
This is a great recipe for getting rid of leftover produce, frozen veg, and canned goods. You can easily adapt it to use whatever you have on hand. I discovered it in a Taste of Home casserole booklet. (more…)
So two months after we started, Keerin and I finally managed to get another Vegan friendly restaurant under our belt and part of our self-assigned challenge. This time, we hit up Science Club near Farragut Square in DC.
Sourdough pancakes may sound strange to you, they certainly did to me the first time I heard about them, but they are a special treat in my husband’s family. They are thin, almost crepe-like (or they should be anyway, I haven’t managed to get mine that thin yet) with a little bit of sourdough tang. They take quite a bit more work than your average pancake, but for my husband (who craves this childhood favorite) it is totally worth it. (more…)
