One Dinner At A Time

Well, it's all over. Now that I know I can make buttermilk biscuits from scratch at home with very little effort or ingredients and achi...

I was very excited to use these crimini mushrooms tonight! They really do look like mini-portobellos, no? I don't know if I can write ab...

Or, what to cook if you live in Bon Temps, Louisiana , and you want a quiet night to yourself. First off, I will say that my roasted garlic ...

I got this wonderfully comforting recipe from Nigella Bites , and it is a delicious way to use up leftover mashed potatoes. She suggests usi...

Me and quesadillas, we go way back. I'm not sure when I started making them for after-school snacks, but it was pretty early on. Back th...

Last weekend, Wei and I drove up to the Baltimore/DC area for his brother's wedding. We had an excellent time celebrating and hanging ou...

These burgers are based on this recipe that I found on RealSimple.Com. I was pretty skeptical about using grated zucchini in burgers; how c...

Or, another in a series of cooking cheap meat that was on sale at Publix! Having never made spare ribs at home before, I needed some guidanc...

This afternoon found me scanning the Publix weekly ads online, trying to think of stuff to make for the week. Ground chuck was on sale, so ...

This recipe is both an "-ish" and a MacGuyver. I don't claim that it's actually Moroccan; I simply rummaged through the s...

When Wei and I first started dating, he made me fried rice. Hah, those were the days when he cooked for me . The fried rice was great, but ...

My apologies for the wordy title! I swear I'm not putting on airs. If I was pressed to name one, I would say that this is currently my f...

I love having roast chicken with potatoes for a weeknight dinner that feels like a feast. As long as you're not too ravenous to wait out...

Nigella Lawson came into my life when I needed her very much. I was studying abroad in London in the Fall of 2000, but living in a town in...

I got this recipe from a book that I found in the bargain section of the bookstore a couple of weeks ago, Perfect Chinese . It turned out re...

In an effort to cut down our grocery bill, I bought a big package of boneless, skinless chicken thighs, rather than our usual, more expensiv...

Hmm, let's see if I can remember how to do this :-) I can't make homemade pizza and not think about my father. He was very proud of ...

This is another dish from my childhood; my father used to make it often. Minute steaks, also known as cube steaks, aren't steak at all; ...

(Dinner for one) This might be my ultimate dish for solitary dining: it's fast, easy, somewhat decadent and full of garlic. Just what I ...

I have been wanting to make a good sesame chicken dish at home for a very long time, but it has eluded me so far. I tried one preparation se...