Amanda strikes again. This time…it’s hand pies. So many pies. So little time. You know, as I’ve gotten older, the appeal of hanging out at bars has diminished greatly. Selling craft beer to bars for half a decade really sealed my distaste for the bar…
The Hills have poker night tonight so they’re having dinner with us. Amanda likes chicken that has no bones. I know, I’m working on it. In the meantime, I’m making chicken paprikash. It’s an old timey favorite that Hubs loves and I can easily swap…
Remember that jack o’lantern I roasted and squeezed all the water out of? I took that flesh and made a delicious pureed soup. You can, too! Around here, chanterelle mushrooms are in season, one of my favorite times of year for that reason. I can…
Is it already November? I’m just….what happened?! We just had Christmas like two months ago. I still have tomatoes on the vines out there. They are refusing to die and, frankly, I’m starting to get perturbed about it. I’ll just keep ignoring them. Amanda is…
One of my lifesaving tricks for meals was a whole chicken. With one whole chicken, I could make a slew of different things. I could roast it, serve it for dinner, and make a couple of things with the leftovers. Or I could roast it…
Oh, the recipes for all things turkey day. They are flooding the internet as I type this. Me? I start early….with Halloween. And a giant pumpkin. I roast the bejeezus out if it. Why? To collect all the water, of course. This isn’t any ordinary…
I guess there could be worse things in life than having too much shrimp. Like catastrophic flooding. Tornadoes. Horrific crimes. Well, this took a dark turn. The point is, I find myself with a ridiculous amount of poached shrimp that I need to find homes…
For all of this week I’ll be testing and prepping for the October 14th event. There’s only a few tickets left and I’m both terrified and excited at the same time. This will be a defining moment in the fledgling Basil & Sage private chef…
The quest to decrease the tomato problem in my kitchen continues. My friends are now turning down offers of free tomatoes because they also have more than they can handle. So what am I going to do today? Well, more salsa, for starters. And then…
I’ll be glad when I get to the point where I’m posting about recipes that don’t have tomatoes in them. In the meantime, I made this little side dish to go with some mystery beef we smoked up the other night. I had some leftover…