Bali Chicken

Cookbook Club – Celebrate! So I got married recently! The Cookbook Club did an event in celebration of our wedding, so we used Sheila Lukins’s Celebrate! cookbook. To see the whole celebratory spread, go to my Cookbook Club site. For now – my dish! When I saw this recipe for chicken marinated in soy sauce,…

Cream of Mushroom Chicken and Veg Casserole

I don’t often use frozen vegetables, because they tend to be mushy compared to fresh veg. But they can be handy when you’re short on time and haven’t been to the grocery store in a bit, and in this creamy chicken casserole topped with crunchy parmesan breadcrumbs they work great. Guessipe Season all sides of…

Chinese Chicken Salad

I picked up a rotisserie chicken at Costco, and as I was driving home remembered my mom’s Chinese Chicken Salad. She used to roast her own chicken, but then discovered the Costco rotisserie chicken and never went back. At $5 for a whole chicken, I don’t think it costs much more than it cost my…

Creamy Roasted Garlic and Zucchini Pasta

I bought garlic at the grocery store, only to discover I already had several heads of garlic at home. I roasted some to make Japanese egg salad, but figured I’d throw in a couple extra heads since I’d already have the air fryer going and I had plenty of garlic to spare. Needing to figure…

Pistachio-Crusted Lemon Bars

Cookbook Club – Sababa We used Adeena Sussman’s Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen as our April cookbook. Sababa means “everything is awesome” in Hebrew, and is the spirit Sussman uses in her Israel-inspired recipes. We did indeed have a sunny afternoon meal – go to my Cookbook Club site to experience the…

Lemon Za’atar Cauliflower

One night I threw this Lemon Za’atar Cauliflower together using what I happened to have around. My husband lost his mind for it, saying he would choose this cauliflower dish over roasted pork (and he LOVES roasted pork). So I’ll definitely be making it regularly, especially since it’s also healthy and easy. I used green…

Greek Lemon Soup

Cookbook Club – The Silver Palate Cookbook Happy new year of Cookbook Club! Our first event of 2024 used the American classic Silver Palate cookbook series – The Silver Palate Cookbook, The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook, and The New Basics. To see our full first feast of the year, check out my Cookbook Club site. For…

Mushroom Leek Pie

I had such good results with the Yam Beef Biscuit Pot Pie and still had more canned biscuits to use up, so I decided another biscuit pot pie was in order… this time with mushrooms and leeks. I guess it’s a testament to the success of this Mushroom Leek Pie that after eating it my…

Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream

It’s strawberry season, and I couldn’t resist buying a giant double box of juicy, succulent strawberries from a roadside stand. After eating ourselves sick, I found we still had quite a few strawberries left. I also happened to have a couple leftover cupcakes from a dinner party, and it occurred to me that strawberry shortcake…

Lemon Ricotta Cupcakes

I was gifted a bag of gluten-free flour, and had absolutely no idea what to do with it. I happened to see an article that said gluten-free flour is actually better for making cupcakes with a more even crumb, and since I’ve been wanting to figure out uses for my gluten-free flour decided – what…

Warm Cabbage Salad

We tried a new restaurant for my birthday, and the best thing we had was a Warm Cabbage Salad which consisted of a roasted napa cabbage steak topped with green goddess dressing, parmesan, and crispy anchovies. I have been thinking about that salad ever since, so finally decided to try re-creating it at home. My…

Cauliflower Ragu

Cookbook Club – Six Seasons Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables was our cookbook for February. It progresses from spring to early summer to midsummer to late summer to autumn to winter, but since almost all of us were drawn to summer recipes rather than winter ones, we probably should have waited to use…