Chili is one of my favorite comfort foods. Whether it is turkey, beef, chicken, pork or veggie, I am a chili lover. I am also a chili with beans kind of gal. Sure, I can appreciate a beefy Texas style chili, or even a mystery meat chili served over a hot dog or […]
Pesto Tortelonni with Pancetta and Greens
Some days all you want to cook is something simple and easy. Something that tastes good, but only takes you a few minutes to throw together. This is that recipe. This is basically a one dish meal (if you don’t count having to cook the pasta beforehand.) And there are only 5 ingredients, some […]
Caramelized Red Onion and Bacon Quiche
Now that my daughter is in kindergarten, there are a lot more things that I am expected to do as a parent. She has homework, she wears uniforms, she has to be at school at a certain time vs. rolling into the preschool yard whenever I am damn well felt like it. I also have […]
Italian Bean and Grains Stew
The temperatures have finally come down from triple digits here in southern California, and it is soup and stew time! I recently wrote a guest post for the fine people over at Bob’s Red Mill, who make some of my favorite products. I have been a long time fan of their packaged mixed beans and […]