I’ve been looking for new recipes to try and the Bean and Potato Gratin in How to Cook Everthing caught me eye.  I love beans and potatoes and the idea of combining them sounds delicious.  I couldn’t find the recipe online, but I made the Leek variation. This recipe took a long time!  It was [...]

I bought a Food Network magazine to read on the plane home from Michigan because I was getting tired of my giant book about Thomas Cromwell.  My siblings laughed at me for buying a recipe magazine, but I’m the one laughing now because I found several good recipes, one being the Chile-Chicken Posole. I made [...]

I made this for lunch on The Day It Snowed (Friday).  I used the Chicken Noodle Soup variation to add protein and whole wheat spaghetti for the noodles.  It was perfect for a cold, wet day.  I’ll go ahead and share the recipe since I added stuff and scaled it down.  Here’s my take: Chicken Noodle Soup [...]

I made soup and bread for lunch on Tuesday.  Yes, it was hot outside, but it was stormy, so good soup weather.  Or, good bread eating weather, which is all the time. Chunky Vegetable Soup Something I like about this recipe is its infinite variations.  You can use whatever vegetables you have.  Here’s the way [...]

I knocked out two Bittman recipes yesterday: a soup and a salad. The soup reminded me of Fall and a tomato salad is more of a Summer recipe. Fun. Tomato, Mozzarella, and Basil Salad I needed to get this recipe out of the way before tomatoes go out of season. I wanted to do it [...]