There was a time when I was working full-time that I was limited to having friends over for dinner. Most of those dinners happened during a weekend. Now that I’m semi-retired one of my favorite things to do is to have friends over for a casual lunch. This week I invited a special friend to […]
Aside from burgers, steaks and beef stew, Classic Beef Stroganoff was one of the first beef dishes I mastered as a newlywed. My new groom grew up on a cattle and dairy farm. So finding a dish that combined beef and sour cream made my guy a happy husband. This is a true classic as […]
Today my mother in law celebrates her 88th birthday. She now lives in a nursing facility. Gone are the days when she would cook and bake for her family and friends. When I met her 34 years ago, she opened up a world of possibilities for cooking and baking. Her home library was filled with […]
A few years ago I came across this recipe on Pinterest. Instead of being a Pinterest fail, it turned out to be a Pinterest success! Paprika chicken and spinach with white wine, thyme, butter sauce is something I’ve made many times. It calls for just a few ingredients, most of which I’ve got on hand in […]
Nothing goes with ham and beans better than buttermilk cheesy cornbread. I grew up eating lots of cornbread. My Momma made it to go with southern fried catfish, hush puppies, white beans and anytime we had smoked ham. In my family you do not add sugar to the recipe unless you plan to serve it […]
Yep. That’s right, I said “Stoup”. I think I heard the term used by Rachel Ray as a way of describing a cross between soup and stew. Over the years I’ve tried many variations on ham and beans. I like mine to be a bit more like stew than soup. That’s how I ended up with […]
My goal was to visit at least 3 different places during Restaurant Week. Doing so gets you entry into a drawing to win a coupon to one of the featured eateries. So I settled on one of my favorite sushi places…Kampai. We have been there often and have learned that if you are in a […]
Who knew preparing a humble biscuit would evoke so many family memories for me? My parents grew up in Kentucky and Tennessee where biscuits were a staple of most meals. One grandmother made biscuits 2-3 times per day to feed her family of 9. The other grandmother served buttermilk biscuits with breakfast. Both grandmothers prepared […]
In deciding which of the 19 participating restaurants we would visit today, we looked over their menus hoping to find that they’d add some specials for the week. Unfortunately a lot of them are choosing to highlight some of their most popular dishes rather than give us something we’ve not had from them before. I […]
After several days of indulging in cheese, carbs, and other cream based good eats I thought I’d switch it up tonight. I wanted something that was low in fat, full of veggies, something with crunch and a little kick of heat. When I think of this my mind goes to Asian. Whether it’s Mexican or […]
Not much will get me to leave the house when it’s 12 degrees outside and windy as heck. But today is the first day of restaurant week in Columbia, Missouri. There were so many delicious and interesting options awaiting us…so we bundled up and headed out. Nineteen different downtown eateries are participating in the event. […]
Mid-Missouri, where I live, has been stuck in a deep freeze for weeks. I spent the last week working in Michigan where we experienced sleet, rain and snow. So as I was flying home gazing down on the frozen tundra I knew it would be time to prepare a meal for Alan that was all […]