Pork

If there is anything my husband enjoys more than football, it’s football food.  I decided to make him mini corn dogs – however, I learned a valuable lesson.  Um, you should always buy all beef hotdogs.  Turns out I bought the cheap “chicken and pork” variety, so while he enjoyed the coating, don’t skimp on the dog, okay? 😀 Corn Dogs – this is enough...

I saw Lori’s blog post where she had pumpkin oats and I was a tad bit jealous because my local store had a sign where the pumpkin should be that said “coming soon!”  I hope we don’t have a pumpkin shortage this year.  Otherwise how will I make my pumpkin scones with spicy glaze I’ve been craving once the weather starts to cool? So I...

This summer seems to be slipping through my finger tips.  School starts next week, and we’ve only got two weeks to go before Labor Day.  I told Tony that I wouldn’t be surprised if we started seeing Halloween candy in the stores soon! So my unofficial WI has me at 161, which is still down 12 pounds but I need to kick it into high...

I was reading Nicole’s blog the other day and she made a potato crusted quiche.  What?!  You know I am the queen of crustless quiche.  Without a crust I can add more cheese. 😀  Her question of the day was what is your favorite quiche.  Hands down mine is spinach and goat cheese.  The biggest problem with ordering quiche in a restaurant?  The damn onions!...

I had totally forgotten that I had tried to make baked paczki (“poonch-kee”) two years ago, until I saw that post got 100 hits yesterday!  They were just okay, but I may have to try them again next year. 😀 Since I didn’t do anything traditional for fat Tuesday, I had to drool over my friend Jacky’s shrimp etouffee – holy cow does it look...

I’ve been trying new recipes in an effort to use up some of our fresh herbs.  Thyme is one herb I don’t use fresh on a regular basis, but I am loving it.  A little goes a long way though! I found a recipe in Bon Appetit Every-Night Cooking Cookbook I have that called for braising the pork chops in a lemon-thyme sauce.  I do...

Yesterday’s lunch was so good!  You’ll have to wait to see my breakfast though! 😀 Breakfast was a zucchini frittata – the bottom layer being sliced canned potatoes, then 4 ounces of shredded zucchini, topped with1 egg, 1/2 cup of egg whites and 1/4 cup reduced fat Colby cheese.  I put it in an oven safe frying pan and baked it for 30 minutes at...

My plan was to make a cauliflower gratin as my side dish, but I had SLIM pickens for cheese – I need to fix that pronto!!   I was on tastespotting, and saw someone made fried zucchini, and I was sold.  I did use whole wheat bread crumbs though! 😀 I had to laugh when I saw a comment on my previous post about colored pens...

Lunch didn’t hold me until dinner, so around 3:30 I snacked on these: I am slowly getting used to these unsalted, not roasted almonds – although I do prefer the salty ones! 😀 Hannah was my soux chef, fixing the dry rub while I got the cheese sauce going for the cauliflower.  No real recipe here, just a little of this, little of that. this...

The glaze (really more of a mop!) couldn’t have been easier: While the roast seared on the hot side of the grill, I put the asparagus on the cold side for a slow cook. My cheese ends that I bought came with a delicious piece of Parmesan cheese: While I had time while the roast cooked, I ended up making both my lunch and dinner...