Food development efforts
Growing up in Maine, lobster stew was always something we’d make with the leftovers from a lobster boil. We’d pick out the tiny bits of meat and cook the shells to make a rich stock. Our stew used this stock cream/milk, butter, onion and the lobster bits. Moving to Texas 15+ years ago lobster isn’t […]
Like many families, my family typically has turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes etc for Thanksgiving dinner. However, this year we decided to switch things up a little bit. Some of this was due to the fact that my freezer was full of way too much stuff and I needed to make room. However, it was also […]
Pasta is always a favorite at my house. So tonight I decided to pull out a trusted recipe for Pastitsio. For those you who don’t know about this dish. It is a Greek dish which has layers of pasta in a modified morney sauce and a ground meat and tomato mixture. The recipe is quite […]
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 […]