Dinners for Two and a Half
Swedish Meatballs
It seems meatballs are having their moment in the sun. Or should I say in the oven, or on our plates? Much like the fatigued cupcake has proven, you know when New Yorkers start lining up in droves for something, it’s a thing. Big or small. Swedish, Greek, or Italian. Nestled next to a heap...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Lomito Sandwiches
One of my first far away adventures was to Chile. Just after final exams wrapped in my third year of university, I flew standby with my two besties to go visit our other bestie in Santiago. Of all the sacrilegious crimes, I was a vegetarian when I went. Yes. To the meat capital of the...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Vietnamese Prawn Sandwiches
Okay, let’s get the disclaimer out of the way. I know she’s easy to hate. That her new cookbook, My Father’s Daughter, has been the butt of a joke or two. The famed foodie mash up twitter star Ruth Bourdain wrote “I just got Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookbook, and I have to say it’s very...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Pork Chops in Mustard Cream
It seems unlikely that I have made it through three plus decades without ever having tried a pork chop. Growing up pork tenderloin was on repeat in our family kitchen, and lamb chops made regular appearances, but the pork chop was a no show. It’s only this year that I’ve learned to love the pork...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Parmesan Crusted Halibut
I was going to write about some meat, but somehow the ever enduring guilty Catholic in me couldn’t bring myself to post about a slab of flesh on “meat free” Good Friday. Remnants of my youth. So poisson it is! This beautiful golden crusted fish is one I turn to often. With halibut fillets on...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Turkey Meatballs and Spaghetti
I like meatballs. I like spaghetti and meatballs. Most of all, I like dinners that I can put some time and effort into once, and enjoy a few times. On weeknights I try to be ambitious with dinner, but there are few things I love more than having a tasty, homemade, fall back plan. This...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Slow Cooker Butter Chicken
I bought a crock pot. Somehow if it wasn’t already official that I’m a mom, I feel that this makes it so. I hate the words…crock pot. Yuck. Somehow though in all its humdrum-ness, it’s hard to deny that the slow cooked rendering of meat is delicious in its many incarnations. I figured butter chicken...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Peanut Sauce with Cold Noodles and Chicken
My new life with baby means that many hours are spent snuggling with her sleeping peacefully on my lap, which equals many hours of iPhone entertainment in form of celeb trash gossip, fashion and design blogs, and my favorite food blogs. David Lebovitz is at the top of my foodie reading list. Through him, I...
Dinners for Two and a Half: Vij’s Kitchen Staff Zucchini Soup
I am cooking again. Every night. Meal planning. Grocery list making. Eat Local First Good Food Box ordering. Racing. Now to get back to writing before this blog loses the sugar to its cream! Life with my sweet baby is joyously busy, and cooking good quick meals has never been more important. So as meals...
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