• chicken and broccoli stir fry 

    [Image description] What a miserable day today is. The howling wind, the rainy blowing sideways and yet it's off to work I must go tonight. I like to get my dinner done ahead of time and my kitchen cleaned...

  • looking ahead

    [Image description] I am getting addicted to my Wegmans and Whole Foods apps. I especially like my Wegmans app as I can create a shopping list and get a ballpark as to what my food bill is going to be....

  • beef goulash

    [Image description] I believe that I mentioned in earlier blogs, I received a cookbook, Lidia’s Italy by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianch Manuali, as a birthday gift last year. I selected...

  • what's new

    [Image description] The other day before work, I took out my Lidia's Italy cook book to see what other recipes my husband had selected for making. One of those was chicken cacciatora with eggplant. It's...

  • we haven't had that in a while

    [Image description] The other day my husband was making meals suggestions to me. After awhile one tends to get in a rut with meal preparation and you need someone to remind you of dish that has been taken...

  • new things for 2017

    [Image description] This past Sunday, a new season of America's Test Kitchen started. The show's topic dealt with the use of cast iron. The show suggested preheating both the oven and cast iron pan in...