It’s cold in and around the nation’s capital; for us, that means in the 30’s. It’s soup and stew weather and I found a perfect recipe on Pinterest from the Pioneer Woman. Creamy cheese grits topped with a rich and spicy beef stew. I made it Continue reading
Category Archives: Main Dishes
A Diabetes-friendly Dinner That Even My Sister Would Approve!
My high school gal pal Jacki is a fellow foodie; she’s one of the moms in the Mommy dinner group on whom I can always rely to try every dish I make– but then she has eaten crickets. Or was it grasshoppers? Continue reading
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Mushrooms and Mascarpone!
Last night, I knew I wanted to make a pasta dish and was leaning towards Giada’s orecchiette with cannellini beans and sausage, which is one of Kurt’s favorites. Grace calls it “the dish Kurt can eat out of the pan.” The sauce is made from mascarpone mixed in with a little pasta water. Yes, pasta water. Continue reading
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Friday Night Stir-Fried Rice (with Chinese Sausage!)
Yesterday afternoon, I texted Kurt at work to see if there was anything he REALLY wanted for dinner as I was bereft of ideas. “Crepes” was his sole suggestion. I looked at my clock and it was already 2p; Continue reading
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Mac ‘n’ Cheese and Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge
Last night Kurt and I went to see the Reduced Shakespeare’s “Ultimate Christmas” show at Reston Community Center with Katherine and Jacki (two of my high school friends and members of the Mommy Dinner Club) and Jacki’s husband John. It was the first time Continue reading
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Chicken and Dumplings, Jeff-style
The problem with commercial chickens is that they are raised REALLY big. I guess that’s fine if you have a large family, but the 5 pound roaster I bought from the store because I didn’t put in my winter chicken order with my Chicken Man, leaves me with a lot of leftover meat. Continue reading
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a cougar in the kitchen 