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I made Thai Pork Lettuce Wraps and garlic brown rice for dinner and OH HOLY THAILAND MOSES was it good.
First, the wraps: they came from America’s Test Kitchen (free registration required) and they were amazing. Every crazy step in that recipe, from toasting rice and making powder out of it to freezing chunks of pork [...]

This is a short week for Hubby and me. We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary on the 28th, and so my in-laws are taking the kids AND the dogs and Hubby and I are taking a trip to Quebec City. Our menu for the week is three nights long with a planned night for takeout or [...]

This weekend I tried a new dish for dinner for Hubby and me, and it was so fast and so good, I am going to add it to the week night menu options.
I was searching for recipes with beans and sausage, since I want to eat as much fiber as possible, and I wanted to [...]

This week I’m traveling to the Chicago Romance Writers Spring Fling conference, so I only need dinners for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. So inspired by Angie, I did a weekly menu on the Google calendar I share with Hubby – which makes it easier for both of us since he’s crazy busy this week [...]

This is a recipe I discovered three years ago, when I used to subscribe to the Betty Crocker Dinner Made Easy newsletter, and got dinner ideas delivered to my inbox. Now, my inbox is so overwhelming I don’t get fun stuff like that anymore.
I usually keep tortillas, cheddar cheese and a large bag of [...]

So after much reading and fun with cookbooks, I’ve decided on the Passover Seder II: Electric Bugaloo menu. Behold – and thank you for all your suggestions and ideas!
In addition to the traditional matzoh, charoset, horseradish and assorted other Seder-y type foods, we’re serving:
Matzoh Ball Soup: using the Cooks’ Country recipe (Login required, I’m sorry!) [...]

This is one of the first recipes I ever posted on my personal blog four years ago. At the time I posted it, it was one of Brianna’s favorite meals even at only 1 1/2. Four years later? It’s still one of her favorite meals, despite the fact that she won’t eat some of the [...]

Last week I got a pork loin on sale at the grocery store, but had no idea how I was going to cook it. Since I hadn’t done any pre-planning, I really didn’t have time for marinating so I put out a desperate call to my Twitter followers: Do you have a good recipe for [...]

I admit that this is a recipe I made up myself. Years ago, when Josh and I were first dating we used to buy a kit in the refrigerator section that made the best Mexican casserole. Although, since they discontinued making it, perhaps we were the only ones who thought so. But we so often [...]

I mentioned I was making chicken bog this week and Gail asked in the comments what it is. It’s something I had never heard of until I met my husband, and had it in a meal at my in-laws house. Josh likes it, and it’s a good alternate use of chicken (or leftover turkey) so [...]