You can tell I really love Asian food. I make a lot of it. Last night I needed something quick and easy so I went to my “cheating” sauces which I talk about in the,”Yes, I’ve Cheated” post, and pulled out a bottle of Trader Joe’s Thai Yellow Curry Sauce and some frozen raw shrimp. I [...]
Close your eyes and picture this…poached chicken breast, roasted cauliflower, mashed potatoes…got it? Appetizing? Not really…look again, it’s an all white meal. Our pupils dilate when we see someone we love. It’s a physiological, uncontrollable response. Do we have the same response with food? I think so.We experience food with all of our senses and [...]
OK, I’ve been feeling a little bit guilty since “Marinade, Marinate, Macerate, Oh, Behave!” I told you that all I do to make really great Mediterranean grilled chicken is use olive oil, lemon, garlic and herbs. Well, that was sort of true. But what really makes the chicken incredible is the Greek Seasoning I use. [...]
Growing up, I was a tom boy. I preferred playing football with the boys on the cul-de-sac to Barbies. My dad taught me how to throw a spiral and was so proud when I joined the girl’s football team in junior high as a running back. I loved spending weekends watching football with him and [...]
On a recent trip back East this summer, Emma, my 16 year old got a quick lesson in economics. We ate out three meals a day. Mid-way through the trip, she noticed that some of our “cheap” meals weren’t so cheap. “I don’t understand it,” she said, after we went to an inexpensive sandwich [...]
I was never fond of oatmeal as a kid. I’m not sure why, but once I tried McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal*, I figured it out. Rolled oats, have a texture akin to wallpaper paste. Those little packages of ‘quick’ oatmeal that you make with boiling water? Worse. And so sugary sweet, what’s the point? [...]
