A friend of mine recently won a chili cook-off at a Chicago breast cancer fundraising event. He shared the recipe which came in first out of 40 competitors (not bad for his first cooking competition!). It seemed quite non-traditional and intriguing for a chicken chili given the use of sweet potatoes so I decided to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cooking’
Spicy, sweet chili
Posted in comfort food, cooking, tagged comfort food, cooking on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Satisfying, meaty vegetable bolognese
Posted in comfort food, cooking, tagged comfort food, cooking on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weekends ago we had a few friends over for a casual dinner. I had the others bring appetizer, dessert and wine so I was only in charge of the main dish. There was just a few of us but one strict vegetarian and two carnivores. However, I wasn’t about to make [...]
Simply delicious chicken
Posted in comfort food, cooking, tagged comfort food, cooking, organic on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the past couple of summer we have been ordering wonderful pasture raised, premium chickens from Pete and Jen’s Backyard Birds. A few weeks ago we took one out of the freezer to roast. I love roasted chicken but don’t have a recipe which has always worked well for me. This time I decided to [...]
Cookies with a kick
Posted in cooking, snack, tagged cooking, snack, sweet on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Even though I am sweet tooth sometimes I crave something not overly sweet, but with a little kick. I love the sweet and savory combination! With just such a craving I was browsing dessert recipes and came across Mexican Chocolate Cookies from the December 2007 issue of Cooking Light Magazine. I am not much of [...]
Special delivery
Posted in comfort food, cooking, tagged comfort food, cooking, Indian on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This weekend I visited some friends of mine who just had a little baby boy. Of course I couldn’t go empty handed, and as the baby has been getting all of the attention recently, I decided to make some food for Mommy and Daddy. I made some simple Indian ‘comfort’ food. [...]
Latest favorite snack
Posted in cooking, snack, tagged cooking, snack, sweet on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As you will learn, I am quite a sweet tooth! So much so that I still sweeten fruits that are perfectly ripe. My latest sweetening technique was introduced to me by one of my dear friends who happens to be a pastry chef by training. She mixes brown sugar with sour cream [...]
