It was my wife’s birthday this week, and the requested dinner was Goat Cheese Enchiladas. Wonderful mix of hot and sweet (not unlike my wife). The tartness of the cheese plays great against the tangy, hot red sauce. It’s a crowd pleaser. But, to do it right, it takes a while. Everything except the rice […]
Category Archives: Cooking At Home
White Pie
Who says that tomatoes have to go on the bottom of a pie. They want to be seen, too. The herbs and other toppings, always showing off. Acting fancy. “Look at me, look at me!” Let the cheese do the heavy lifting for a change. Put it on the bottom of the stack. This pie […]
Focaccia, Two Ways
Focaccia is a great way to feed a crowd on the cheap. This weekend, we had some people over and I did two styles: artichoke, rosemary and tomato, caramelized onion. Both were topped with a generous amount of olive oil before baking. Another great focaccia feature is that it holds well. You don’t need to […]
Pasta In Three Steps
Five eggs, four cups of flour with chopped herbs. Let the dough ball rest in the refrigerator for an hour. I roll and cut the pasta with a bull-nose attachment on a KitchenAid mixer. Then drop it into a big rolling pot of this. Pretty easy pasta.
Slow Roast
By the heat of things, I could probably save time and money by cooking dinner on the sidewalk in front of our house. But, because of sanitation and grackle issues, I am sticking to my kitchen. Above is one of our main-stays: seared chicken which is finished cooking in a pan sauce of white wine, […]
Watch Out Little Girl!
Just in time for a holiday weekend that some people like to grill on, HEB beef recall: Raw beef briskets with plant inspection No. 969 (EST #969) with sell-by dates between May 12 and June 20. Raw beef inside skirt steaks in a Styrofoam tray with sell-by dates between May 4 and June 20. Hill […]