A food blog from Chicago about keeping it simple in the kitchen
I love quinoa, and I love salsa, but never had I thought of combining them in the same dish until attending a Chicago media event to preview upcoming menu items at the Corner Bakery. One of the dishes they served was a quinoa salad made with a corn and black […]
Farro is one of those grains that I normally pass over in the bulk section, opting instead for the old stand-by’s like brown rice, quinoa or Israeli cous-cous. How foolish I have been. And then one day, there was this huge bag of Farro at Costco tempting me with promises […]
If you’re looking for a great site to discover new recipes as well as manage the ones you find, I’m a big fan of Yummly One of the cooler features is being able to scale recipes and up down by adjusting the number of servings. To make it easier to […]
Have you ever finished off a spiral cut ham and wondered how to turn it into an amazing soup? That was me after the holidays. Use leftover ham and a pressure cooker to make ham stock and then a pressure cooker ham and lentil soup. If there’s one great comfort […]
Hasselback Potatoes are a great way to use a large quantity of potatoes and feed a large crowd. It’s also a visually stunning dish that will look great, served in the cast iron pan, directly to the table if you’re serving up family style. In this case of when I […]
Before two kids were in the house, there was a lot more time to plan out and prepare a weeknight dinner. So finding ways to cook something everyone likes (e.g. pizza), that’s healthy and kid friendly….and can be ready in under 30 minutes is a never-ending quest. Oh, one more […]
When it’s Winter and it’s freezing cold outside, who doesn’t want a warming cup of soup? French Onion Soup, like Chicken Noodle, is one everyone can agree on. The trick is, there really aren’t any shortcuts to French Onion Soup. You really need to take the time to cook down […]
We can’t go to a Tapas restaurant without ordering at least one Tortilla Española. And it turns out that there isn’t a lot to it. Just 3 ingredients: eggs, potatoes and onions. Though somehow I’ve never really been able to make it as good as they do in a restaurant….until […]
For a couple of weeks this summer, our CSA was delivering a crazy amount of fresh sweet corn each week. And since there’s only so much corn on the cob we could eat, I sought out a good corn chowder recipe. As I was also snacking from a huge tub […]
You may wonder why in the world you would need corn stock. It never occurred to me either until I set off in a quest to make an excellent bowl of corn chowder and was struggling with getting enough corny flavor. The first batch I made was with water as the […]