I loved all of the enthusiasm for the October Kitchen Bootcamp challenge, so I won’t waste any time… Let’s get right to the next challenge! You might hate me for this one, but I decided that this month we will tackle the chapter on Fillings, Frostings, and Dessert Sauces (Chapter 38 in The Professional Chef)….
Do you ever find yourself in one of those moments where you just have no idea what to do next and you find yourself unable to do anything at all? That is exactly what happens to me when I am trying to plan meals for the week. Especially when I don’t have a lot of…
I have hosted Thanksgiving dinner at my house for the past couple years. This time around, I have the year off. Yellowdog (our yellow lab, in case you were wondering) has to remain “calm” and is not allowed to play with kids, other dogs, and relatives for the next few months until she has fully recovered from her knee surgery. So, that pretty much means that there will be no big get togethers at my house for a few months, either.
That doesn’t mean I won’t be cooking, though! I plan to make a side dish or two, and of course I’ll be taking some sort of dessert. I will also be traveling with my handy dandy meat thermometer, which I believe is the key to a perfect Thanksgiving turkey. Whether it’s my kitchen or my mom’s, there’s no better place to be on Thanksgiving day!
I don’t know how it happens, but I seem to always be busy. Every week I think that “next week will be the week where things slow down.” And, one of these weeks, that’s going to be true. I’m sure of it! However, this is not the week! After a week in Cape Cod and…
It’s already June… Can you believe it? That means that it’s about time that I wrap up the first month of the Kitchen Bootcamp challenge! Because of the holiday on Monday, I decided to extend the challenge a bit to give everyone who was interested a chance to participate. So, I will be posting my…
The first summer after we were married, my husband and I bought a grill… It quickly became our favorite way to cook whenever the weather was nice. Sadly, that grill died last summer. It had a nice life in our back yard, and we got lots of use out of it… But, there was no…
I had a 6 pound can of peeled whole tomatoes in my pantry. Don’t ask questions… It’s a long story that involves a trip to a price club store and lots of exclamations like “Wow, that’s a huge can of tuna!” or “Check out the size of that bag of chips!” Long story short, the 6…
