Posts Tagged as ‘easy’

May 3, 2008

Luxurious, Lazy and Thrifty – Poached Eggs

If you have a little vinegar, and a small pot, you can have the most glorious poached eggs. Do you need silky golden yolk slipping away from a firm white? Don’t get me started!

Poaching away. Happily.

Adorned with a stripe of salt and black pepper.

Digging in!!!
Lately, I have been thinking about lowering my fat intake by [...]

December 9, 2007

Mac N’ Cheese: Now, with White Wine and Spinach!

 
I haven’t actually eaten much mac n’ cheese in my life. But I think this will make your mom cry – it’s that good. Warm up your favorite saucepan. Throw in a pat of butter. Let that melt. Keep the heat medium. Toss a tablespoon of cornstarch and mix mix mix – don’t let this [...]

October 14, 2007

When the stars make you drool just like Pasta Fazool, that’s Amore…(about $.50 per serving)

Sometimes slow cookers can help you become magical – in two places at once. Yes, you can be hard at work in the kitchen and relaxing elsewhere, at the very same time. (mea culpa, no pix for this post.)
Pasta Fazool (Pasta e Fagioli)

3lbs of Swanson’s Lower Sodium chicken stock ($2.75);
1 lb dry kidney beans, soaked [...]

May 20, 2007

superstar salad dressing…shhhhhh!

With springtime, I’m getting into salads. Got this fabulous lemon-toasted sesame dressing at the store for three or four dollars. Not a huge bottle. Took it into my head to make something of my own. And, it is spectacular…well, you can try it and tell me what you think.
Superstar Salad Dressing

cider vinegar;
soy sauce;
nam pla // [...]

March 30, 2007

vegan pasta e fagioli: fabulous!

Alright, I regularly peruse the food-related postings to the What do I know? blog. And now, I and one of my vegetarian friends are eternally grateful for that blog’s Pasta e Fagioli recipe.
Leaving work one day, I frantically call my friend. Yes, yes, I’m late! I’m like the White Rabbit of Alice in Wonderland, [...]