Slow Cooker Chorizo Chili
I loves me some chorizo. Doesn’t matter if it’s the Spanish kind, scented with smoked paprika and cured (so it needs no additional cooking), or the Mexican kind, which gets its heat from chilies and is typically sold raw. Only problem for this formerly kosher fan: pork. Both versions are piggy. And while I’ll eat ...Keep Reading
Greek Stewed Vegetables
Given the sickness and the unbelievably addictive brown butter noodles and the curried chicken pot pie and the rainbow cookies, it’s been a carb-heavy month. Fruits and vegetables wallowed near the bottom of my priority list (hangs head in shame). No surprise, now I’m craving them—specifically, the silky, long-simmered vegetables found in the Greek restaurants ...Keep Reading
Curried Chicken & Sweet Potato Pot Pie
Can you believe how many sweets I’ve written about in the last few weeks? I weighed myself this morning and it ain’t pretty—up 4 pounds since Thanksgiving. Oof. So here’s something on the savory side, for when you’ve got extra piecrust lying around but don’t want to, y’know, pile on even more weight. The curry, ...Keep Reading
Parchment Paper Chicken with Sage, Brown Butter & Sweet Potatoes
We’ve got a pretty good division of kitchen labor around here. I do the majority of the cooking, while Stephen does the majority of the dish-washing. Harry, when he’s not too busy playing with his bazillion Finn McMissile toys (really, how many iterations of one vehicle can Pixar sell?), will occasionally deign to set the ...Keep Reading
Quick & Smoky Chicken Stew
Sometimes, I buy potatoes and forget to use them. And then a couple weeks later I stumble upon them, their creepy little eyes bulging out at me. Sometimes, things get really bad. If I catch them before a forest takes root, I take it as a personal challenge to find a way to use them ...Keep Reading
