Author: karen

I love quiche and am always looking for new ways to use kale in my cooking because I get a ton of it in my winter and early spring CSA boxes. So making a vegetarian quiche that contained kale seemed like a great idea to me. The thing is with kale is that the flavor […]

Kale is one of those things that I get a lots in my winter and spring CSA boxes. My husband despises it and I don’t have a Vitamix blender so I can’t just make it into juice and smoothies. As a result I’m always trying to find things to make with it. This week I’ve […]

Sweet potatoes are something that I get on a regular basis on in our CSA box. So, I’m always trying to figure out ways to use them. Waffles are a something we regularly make for breakfast on the weekend. So I wondered if it would be possible to make sweet potato waffles. After looking around […]

Lamb is one of my favorite things to cook. So whenever it is on sale I typically purchase it. Around the holidays, racks of lamb was on sale. So I decided I would buy some and freeze it for later. Last Sunday ended up being a good day to roast it. I seasoned my lamb […]

I keep trying to get Lo Mein right each time I make it because I’m really sick of eating rice with asian dishes, but I can’t seem to get the knack of it. I’ve tried different types of noodles and several different recipes but alas it doesn’t ever seem to turn off the way I’d […]

I’ve had pork belly several times in a restaurant but it always seemed like it was something that would be difficult to make at home. However, when I saw it for sale in the grocery store last week I thought that I might give making it a go. I looked over a bunch of recipes […]

Today I spent most of my day trying to play catch up, clean up like I usually do most weekends. But at about 2:30 I decided I really needed to cook something. I haven’t posted to this blog this week and a made a “resolution” that I’d take the time to do some food writing […]

It is that time of year again where I have lots of leftover ham. So I decided to make one of my winter favorites Scalloped Potatoes with Ham. I posted about making this recipe last year. This year’s version was a modified recipe with slightly different results. If you look at the photo you can […]

Growing up meatballs were a pretty regular fixture in our house. My mom would often serve them with pasta. It wasn’t until I was older that I learned the meatballs I’d eaten at home with weren’t the ones most others had. Meatballs for most families seemed to be either the Italian or Swedish variety. In […]

In December the weather got cold for a bit and I decided to make some baked dishes that are good as a winter warm up. One of these was Pastitio. Pastitio is a Greek dish of layered with macaroni in a bechamel sauce and sautéed ground meat, onions and tomatoes sauce. It is a favorite of my […]