Food development efforts
As usual my spouse made WAY too many side dishes for Thanksgiving dinner. I don’t mind this when it comes to stuffing which is a big favorite of mine. But there are only so many mashed potatoes I can eat before I’ve had enough. While mashed potatoes aren’t one of my favorite things, gnocchi are. […]
This year I made roasted leg of lamb for Thanksgiving dinner. It was super tasty and we found many delicious leftovers, like gyros, for the slices of lamb. However, I was left with a leg of lamb bone with quite a bit of meat on it which I wanted to use. My family would typically […]
One of the items that often goes to waste in my house is vegetables. Mostly because I tend to over purchase and my spouse doesn’t like eating anything that is slightly off. I often feel really bad about this but haven’t really been able to consistently solve the problem. This past weekend I was cleaning […]
I’m pretty sure I mentioned in a previous post that we had a ton of leftover ham from our holiday dinner. I’ve been trying to use it up in different ways including making Ham and Scalloped Potatoes. Unfortunately, my efforts haven’t been making enough of a dent. I’ve still got ham to use. I wanted […]
Around the Christmas holiday I made a big batch of homemade marinara sauce. My intent was to use half of it that night for spaghetti and meatballs then use the rest to make an awesome penne al vodka when some friends visited us for New Years. Well the best laid plans don’t always come to […]
One thing that I liked to make for my spouse before we discovered he had diabetes was quiche. The problem is that quiche involves pie crust and my spouse wanting to avoid carbs as much as possible is not longer a fan. Recently he suggested to me, “why don’t you just make the quiche without […]
So at the end of last week I made a big batch of braised kale as a vegetable one night. I was a big fan but my spouse was decidedly not. Which left me with lots of leftovers that I’ve been making my way through. The problem is that I’ve sick and tired and reheated […]
I’m always pleased when I can make several dishes from a single thing I purchased. It makes me fill thrifty, creative and frugal. This week a whole locally raised chicken bought at the Farmer’s Market is contributing to three dishes at my household. The first dish was a lovely rotissierre chicken that was rubbed with […]