Category: Main Dishes

  • Spiced Broccoli, Indian Style

    Spiced Broccoli, Indian Style

    Not traditional Indian food I’m sure, but just as we have access to vegetables from around the world, so do other countries. And it’s fun to see what they do with them.  I overcooked these, having let the oil get to hot for a change.  (Usually it seems I start cooking before the oil is…

  • Sweet Potato and Chicken Curry Recipe

    Sweet Potato and Chicken Curry Recipe

    My mom sent me a recipe for this, from which I made my grocery list and menu plan. Then tonight when I set out to start dinner I couldn’t find her recipe!  I did find this one from Cooking Light and am thinking it was awfully close to hers so started from there.  I know…

  • Contest: “Pastaville” Italian Sausage from Johnson Sausage

    Contest: “Pastaville” Italian Sausage from Johnson Sausage

    The folks over at Johnsonville Sausage sent me some coupons so I could try out their sausage.  I haven’t posted a recipe yet but do have some ideas.  But anyone can enter this contest. Just submit a recipe using Italian sausage over at their web site.  They suggest using one of your favorite recipes and…

  • Chicken Soup with Rice in November

    Chicken Soup with Rice in November

    Do you remember the Maurice Sendak book about the boy who loves chicken soup with rice all year long? I told you onceI told you twiceAll seasons of the year are niceFor eating chicken soup with rice My girls learned that poem many years ago.  And November is definitely a good month for chicken soup…

  • Gringo’s Huevos Rancheros from the Pantry

    Gringo’s Huevos Rancheros from the Pantry

    The other night I stopped by a neighbor’s house for some wine and bread and cheese with some neighbors.  It was 7:30 by the time I got home and I still wanted some dinner, but didn’t really want to spend a ton of time cooking something. Yet I wanted something warm and something more than…