16 Apr Wild Rice Cakes
I love cakes. Rice cakes, risotto cakes, crab cakes if it's a cake it's probably going to be good. You can pretty much make a cake (or patty) out of anything and it is a great method to use if you want to jazz up...
Author: MJ
03 Apr Huevos with Black-eyed Peas & Pork-It’s What’s for Breakfast.
I often don't eat breakfast and when I do I seem to like weird things. I am not a real big sweet fan in the morning. I am savory all the way. When I do make breakfast I tend to root around in my refrigerator...
02 Apr Spring Pizza
So the other day I kinda went crazy buying farm fresh produce at my local market. Everything was so beautiful I couldn't resist. So, even though I only went in for a couple of things I ended up leaving with gorgeous fava beans, fresh chickpeas,...
28 Mar Nancy Jo’s Eggplant Parm
Last night I made an Eggplant Parmesan recipe that I came across on the culinary website Food 52. The author, Nancy Jo, posted her Nonna's recipe and the picture was so tempting I couldn't resist trying it. I have written about Eggplant Parmesan before...
27 Mar Quick Sunday Pancakes
Lounging around on Sundays over a big homemade breakfast with family and coffee and the newspapers is a God given right. At least that's how I've always felt. There's just something so wonderful about that feeling of hanging with people you love and knowing you...
19 Mar Potatoes Au Gratin…For The Teachers
Last week was teacher appreciation week at my son's school. We love our teachers and our school so I wanted to definitely put some effort into our appreciation gifts. One of the other moms in our class organized a luncheon and everyone volunteered to bring...
21 Feb Guilty Pleasures
Ok, I have a confession. I took liberties with someone else's recipe. I couldn't stop myself. The thing is, I had been looking at this cookie recipe and I really really wanted to make them only I knew that they would need some tweaks to...
19 Feb Things I like
Ever since I was sitting up at 2am with only a dial up ( it's all they had!!!) to connect to the Internet I have thought that the www would be a game changer for the way people find recipes and think about and dialog...
17 Feb Miraculous Meatballs
"Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear." — Lemony Snicket (The Carnivorous Carnival) We luuuurve meatballs around here. I have so many different ways I make meatballs that...
16 Feb Comforting Chicken and Rice Casserole
We're having a bit of weather here in the North Bay of SF this week. It has been such a warm and mild winter that I was fooled into thinking Spring came early this year and we were going to just skip Winter and jolly...