When chuck roast is on sale it’s a good day to “feed the freezer” with some shredded beef. A 3 1/2 pound roast results in about eight 4-ounce servings. It can be reheated easily for quick week-night suppers.
Continue readingYes, I made up the name. Typically, hedgehogs are beef meatballs rolled in soaked rice. The rice expands in the cooking to make a spikey surface like a hedgehog. These hedgehogs are oblong meatballs made of ground turkey with Italian sausage spice … Continue reading
Several principles underly my approach to developing recipes for the work-at-home cook. The recipes in the previous post for flavorful, pre-cooked chicken incorporate some of these. 1. Work-at-home cooking should be frugal. Even if you are a small household with little … Continue reading
Stock up on bone-in chicken breasts when the family packs are BOGO (buy-one-get-one) and you can stock the freezer with flavorful, pre-cooked, pre-cubed chicken for chicken salads and other quick meals. How often have you found that the chicken in … Continue reading
The “Basil Fairy” (my next door neighbor) left a lovely pot of basil on my front steps and ground turkey was on sale this week. With a bit of lemon and 40 minutes in the oven, this resulted in several … Continue reading
Here’s a formula for turkey meatballs with sufficient flavor and bite to stand up against most any sauce you put with them. Tonight, we had them with peas and rice flavored with mushrooms, shallots, curry powder and yogurt. I’m looking … Continue reading
I’m still on the hunt for meals that can be thrown together on “teaching nights.” A few weeks ago, boneless chicken breasts were on sale so I decided to try a pre-cooking experiment.“Chicken & Rice Base” is a meal-sized bag … Continue reading
Phew! I found that little slip of paper I had written the roasted red pepper sauce formula on! Red bell peppers were 89¢ each at the Piggly Wiggly today so it’s time for another freezer-stocking project! Freshly roasted red peppers … Continue reading
Another semester of teaching at supper time is fast upon us so it’s very fortuitous that lots of meat sales are going on. I had already bought a fresh roasting chicken at one store yesterday but today found both pork … Continue reading
My next door neighbor, the one who keeps me supplied with basil, offered me some fresh figs from the tree at her family farm. They were fresh and ripe and ready to be made into a sauce. Figs with balsamic … Continue reading
