CheapCooking
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Mexican-Inspired Vegetable Soup
Last night I made broth from the roast chicken carcass. I covered the pieces with water and threw in my usual stash of frozen leftover carrot ends, onion ends, and celery stops, a few peppercorns, some salt, dried parsley and thyme. I let it simmer for a few hours, partially covered, then strained it and…
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Google’s page on earthquake and tsunami
Just thought I’d share this page that Google put up to help people find legitimate donation sites and information about the earthquake and tsunami that hit Asia and India.
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Chicken Alfredo over Pasta
When I originally started this blog, my thought was to keep a record of what I cooked, not just record new recipes. Last night’s dinner was “barely” cooking. As were sitting around with a nice bottle of Blackstone Cabernet that my friend had brought over discussing what to fix for dinner, pasta was high on…
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Easy Appetizer with Hearts of Palm
I love hearts of palm but about the only thing I’ve ever done with them is slice them and put them on green salads. I first ate them when I was about 15 and my parents and I went to El Salvador. We took a freighter from Vancouver (WA) down to Acajutla. The ship’s food…