Just call us road warriors. We have spent 30+ hours in the car over the past two weekends, not including our long weekday commutes. But our recent road trips to Michigan and Massachusetts were well worth the miles! First up: We headed to Ann Arbor for brother BJ’s graduation and the 60th birthdays of Mom [...]
Germans like meat almost as much as they like beer. In fact, on the morning of our Oktoberfest party, our fridge was stocked with five pounds of pork for schnitzel, two pounds of elk for goulasch, three types of wursts, and two packages of bacon. And keeping cool in the garage were three cases of [...]
Taking a break from regularly scheduled programming today (a.k.a. road trip recaps) to share two recipes from this past weekend. (Also debuting a new printable recipe feature! See below.) We hosted two sisters, two nephews, and two dogs for three days. We played Bananagrams and read books and ran around the playground and watched Avatar. [...]
In addition to serving a creative twist on a traditional British dish at Andrew’s going away party, we also wanted to serve one familiar to everyone. We considered fish ‘n’ chips, but settled on bangers ‘n’ mash. Some guests who have tasted authentic bangers ‘n’ mash declared this one to be much more flavorful. It’s [...]
(We watched Anne Burrell prepare a similar meal on her Food Network show, “Secrets of a Restaurant Chef.” Our version was pretty tasty, though probably best for a cold winter night!) Ingredients chicken breasts marinade of your choice EVOO sliced onions sliced mushrooms potatoes butter cream 2-3 peeled garlic bulbs rosemary leaves Directions Marinade chicken [...]
Ingredients 4 – 4 ounce fillets tilapia salt and pepper to taste 2 redskin potatoes 4 tablespoons butter 3 cloves garlic, pressed 4 fresh basil leaves, chopped 1 large tomato, chopped 1 cup white wine Directions Preheat grill for medium-high heat. Thinly slice potatoes and place them side by side on a large piece of [...]
Ingredients 4 tablespoons EVOO 2 portobello mushroom caps, gills removed, cut in half and thinly sliced 1-10oz. container shitake mushrooms, thinly sliced 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces salt and pepper 1/4 cup flour 1 large yellow onion, chopped 4 garlic cloves, chopped 4 medium red potatoes, thinly sliced 2 celery ribs, [...]