When I was new to cooking if I ran across a recipe that called for chili powder and ancho chili powder I would have simply added those amounts together and dumped in the cheapest store brand chili powder I had on hand. When I was a new blogger I’d constantly try to take baked casserole [...]
Sometimes I spend so much time investigating main courses that I totally forget the other parts of the meal. This recipe is so good, however, that it’ll make you forget the main course. The tiny toasted sesame seeds add such a nutty flavor and the copious amount of parsley keeps the dish light and fresh. I [...]
Why is it that when I’m in need of a quick meal, only Asian dishes come to mind? They seem to be the quickest type of meal to whip up and are always so satisfying. I was planning to make some sort of pasta with cream sauce, spinach, and mushrooms when I got totally overwhelmed [...]
My husband wrote a song once called “My Night Off.” It is about being a musician or a waitress or whatever and going into a bar or a music scene and NOT being the one performing or waiting tables. Taco night used to be my night off. Husband would do the chopping (which is mainly [...]
I know that when food is properly fried the amount of added calories from the oil is negligible (10%). I also know that deep frying probably doesn’t occur ‘properly’ in the house o’ Branny. And I just feel better about foods in general when they are baked rather than fried. And I truly believe that [...]
