I'm learning through my adventures in the kitchen that you can't give up on a dish. You need to slowly muster up confidence and continue to test out different versions of the same dish. Yes, it seems repetitive and boring and a big time suck but, when you're dealing with young kids, sometimes just a slight change in ingredients will create the desired result. In my case, it's two thumbs up from smiling braced and toothless faces. And, that's exactly what happened when I baked another sweet potato recipe. Admittedly, I knew that anything … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Sweet Potato Casserole
November 21, 2011 By 6 Comments
With Thanksgiving only a few days away, it's logical to start planning and cooking from your holiday menu. Whether you're the host(ess) of the evening (which I've never been) or whether you're simply bringing a dish (that's me), Sweet Potato Casserole should be on your hit list. In fact, I've never been to a Turkey Day feast that didn't offer sweet potato "something" as a side dish. I decided to attempt to bake a sinfully sweet Sweet Potato Casserole with a nice struedel-like crumble on top. Lucky for me, I had a meeting Friday at Chelsea … [Read more...]
Slow Cooking: French Onion Soup
November 18, 2011 By 14 Comments
For my inaugural weeks of slow cooking I've tried beefs, spreads, chicken, sauces, chili. The only obvious absence to my crock hit list is a soup. And, the first soup that came to mind is French Onion Soup. Since I know my cooking venture focus group is my 6 and 9-year old kids, I figured the hardened cheese crust should be an easy bribe to get them to at least try the soup. When I was a kid, that's the only reason I ate French Onion soup. Soup isn't part of their daily diet. How many young kids do you know who would opt to take their time … [Read more...]
Slow Cooking: (Baked) Apples
November 14, 2011 By 5 Comments
I loved the week of slow cookery so much that I'm continuing my love affair with my crock pot this week too. Over the weekend, when reaching in the fridge for some homemade apple butter, I realized that we had finally depleted our handsome supply from our harvest trip back in October. However, I was still eager to try a new apple-based recipe and Mom's Baked Apples came to mind. Actually, my ears were really perked when I read a recent blog post a few weeks earlier called "Baked Apple Methodone" over at Foodtrainers, I specifically … [Read more...]
