Monthly Archives: March 2017

Parfait! Honey Mustard Jardinière Salad

I thought I would close out this week of adding Honey Mustard salad dressing to egg salad and Catalina salad dressing to steak for tacos by adding the both of them to… wait for it… macaroni and cheese (Kraft Dinner) … Continue reading

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Catalina Steak Tacos

This is a kinda weird – but very tasty – taco combination that may leave some of the taco purists out there cold and dismayed. I don’t really care, these were fine – if ‘untraditional’ – tacos, and, they helped … Continue reading

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Not Your Momma’s Egg Salad (Plus, a Bonus!)

Not to say that there is anything wrong with your momma’s egg salad. For me, I don’t recall my mom every making the stuff, and the concoctions I came across at gatherings and university cafeterias made me kinda glad she … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Apple Crisp (well, except for the Scotch)

OK, here’s the deal. Friends of ours have been on a little-to-no gluten diet for a while and were feeling much better for it. Then, the holidaze came, and all the gatherings, and The Book Club, where I try to … Continue reading

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Best! Pan Fried Potatoes

I had a half bag of baking potatoes leftover from my last batch o’ Korean Potato Salad, and was looking for something different to do with them. Baked? Not in the mood. Mashed? Nope. Pan fried? Hmmm. Pan fried souded … Continue reading

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Parfait! Pressure Cooker Whole Chicken

This Parfait! recipe, to me, perfectly illustrates this week’s Food For Thought quote from the most esteemed Douglas Adams in, that, in my mebbe not so humble opinion, this is the way chicken should be done. And possibly duck, too. … Continue reading

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Veal Patties With Cherry Peppers and ???

When I was a kid, my mom would sometimes pick up a pack of veal patties from the freezer case at the market and serve them for dinner, pan fried and maybe served with a tomato sauce – though not … Continue reading

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Cauliflower and Potato Soup

My husband has a pretty definitive opinion on cauliflower: it is fine as a side, preferably covered in a nice cheese sauce; but he does not care for cauliflower pizza, or tabouli, or breadsticks, or Buffalo style  – all of … Continue reading

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