Ok, sometimes you just don’t have time to have your two veg and meat quickly prepared. The next couple of posts are easy side dishes I throw together, when I’m short on time. Remember, make the most of your “pre-cooked / prepared ingredients” a.k.a leftovers…
Red and Green Rice
This is the easy use for left over [...]
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Simple Sides
Posted in Uncategorized on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fridge Cleaning, again… Zucchini with Shiitake stuffing and homemade tomato sauce
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yep, at it again… Time to clean out “Ye Olde Refridgerator Bins”. Add this to the fact that I’ve gone “low meat” lately, which makes it quite a challenge.
So here’s what I came up with. I had four zucchini needing to be used up. I had a poor wilted and floppy celery stalk, along with [...]
End of Summer, end of fresh herbs, maybe…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So as per normal, the end of the summer season provides me with a quandry. What do I do with my herbs that need to be brought inside? Usually, this means I bring them in and hope that they can get enough sunlight in the office as to stay mildly productive. Unfortunately, what normal happens [...]
Gazpacho Romesco
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
End of summer means oodles of tomatoes. So here is a recipe to use some of that victory garden bonanza. This was inspired by my time spent in Madrid which pushed me to make Romesco sauce. Romesco is a sauce of fire roasted tomatoes, onion, red pepper, nora chile, and garlic. It is seasoned with [...]
TV Debut : Chilis, Soups and Stews 09 March 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a quick draft of snips of my TV debut on PBS at WILL-TV for their special presentation, Chilis, Soups and Stews. Thanks to Lisa over at Taste of Champaign who posted this opportunity on her blog. I went ahead and submitted a couple of recipes. WILL then took the recipes and made a cookbook [...]
The Wisdom of the Cookie
Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m not one to put a lot of stock into oracles of any kind, however, for some reason, I’ve had a penchant for saving my fortunes from cookies recently. I’m easily amused, perhaps, but the random prophecies have been eerie as of late.
I offer you the following sage bits (lucky numbers not included):
1 – “Your [...]
Refrigerator cleanin’ leads to the best yummies…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Charmed is a culinary genius. I accept this. I am lucky to be able to make spaghetti (boil noodles, open jar of sauce to simmer in separate pan – dinner’s ready when noodles are cooked.) so to open the fridge, survey the contents and pull together a meal of the bits is like….well, amazing to [...]
Thank you, Johnny Paycheck!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I finally did it. I got up the nerve to say (politely), “Take this job and shove it.”
After many months of soul-searching (and complaining!) I wrote the letter and said goodbye. While I will miss the people I worked with, the management (or lack thereof) will not be a sad loss.
To those of you who [...]
And then there were 97….
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Okay, so maybe not QUITE that many….. but they seem to be breeding like bunnies!
Victor Fuentes from El Toro in Champaign is bringing his Mexican flavor to Danville. HOORAY!
Charmed and I love El Toro II on South Neil. It’s a quick hop from his workplace, they have great food, a lovely outdoor patio and great staff. [...]
End Prohibition! Vote NO!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you live in Catlin, please vote NO on the question of prohibition on Tuesday. Please. I promise you that Catlin will not develop a serious alcohol issue just because you allowed a winery to operate. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors. I’m not advocating the Chicago theory of “Vote early; vote often” but hey….if [...]
