Perfect One-Dish Dinners: Mocha Tartlets
Talk about bang for your buck. These are ridiculously simple and so very, very delicious. They require no baking and not only can they be made ahead but they must be made ahead. The recipe calls for assembling the tartlets in foil muffin cups but when I realized I…
Perfect One-Dish Dinners: Chicken Potpie
Yum yum yum. I made this and had my mom and her boyfriend, Rudy (my photography life-coach) over for dinner and everyone loved this dish. Special thanks to my neighbor, Jennifer, who saved me from having to make a THIRD trip to the store by hooking me up…
Off Topic: Granola
I made granola today for two of my favorite kids who are off to college for the first time this year: Jane at University of Vermont and Sam at Purdue. It’s hard to believe they are old enough for this step in their lives, particularly since Jane was the…
The Next Book: Perfect One-Dish Dinners
Pam Anderson is one of my favorite cookbook authors. She tends to steer you towards home-made and from-scratch but with empathy for the fact that no one is paying you to cook this stuff, so your time is limited. Just thumbing through this book I can tell it’s a good…
Off Topic: Creamy Skillet Penne with Mushrooms and Asparagus
I was thinking about my friend Susan tonight when I made this. She recently told me that she would love a cookbook with easy one-dish meals and lots of vegetarian options. Like us, she is not a vegetarian but would like to eat less meat, and I think there is a growing…