Creamy Slow Cooker Stroganoff and Strawberry Bread

July 9, 2010

I’ll make this short for all of you who, like myself, are trying to fit 25 hours of living into a 24-hour day. First, if you don’t have a slow cooker, buy one. Don’t be afraid to leave the house with it on and don’t attempt to make anything fancy in it. The slow cooker […]

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Chicken Saag with Cucumber Raita

July 6, 2010

Just when I thought my food rut couldn’t get any deeper (you may have noticed my lack of posts), our CSA, Rare Earth Farm, delivered its first box of the season. How easy it is to forget the ease and joy of cooking after the harsh winter and cool spring of northern climates. But the […]

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White Bean and Tuna Salad with Lemon Pepper Dressing

July 2, 2010

When you travel, what do you remember afterward? I remember the food. I have a better memory of eating quiche Lorraine for breakfast on a bench by the Seine in Paris than I do of seeing the Mona Lisa in the Louvre. Of course I remember the big-name sightseeing highlights, but I also remember the […]

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Sausages, Peppers and Onions and Elderflower Syrup

June 25, 2010

You couldn’t have asked for a better day for a cross-country trip in Ireland. I made the three-hour drive from the east coast to the Midlands under a brilliant blue sky with warm sunshine beating down, passing roadsides covered with wild daises, buttercups and poppies, tractors pulling trailers of turf in the bogs of County […]

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Pasta with Tuna, Tomatoes and Olives

June 21, 2010

Last Tuesday was one of those days that turned out to be warmer than predicted (not that I’m complaining!), so much so that whatever it was that I had planned to cook that night, I suddenly didn’t want to anymore. Add to that the fact that I had a plumber and a loss adjuster in […]

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Buttermilk Roast Chicken and Curried Quinoa with Coriander and Cashews

June 17, 2010

Of course I picked the warmest day of the year to roast chicken. But what could I do? The chicken had been marinating overnight and the only other dinner option involved a takeout menu. Happily, the chicken was worth the effort of hauling a fan up from the basement. I love make-ahead recipes and this […]

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Beef Tenderloin with Three-herb Chimichurri and Sweet Potato Wedges

June 14, 2010

Chimichurri is what all the cool kids are eating now, according to Saturday’s Irish Times. I made this three-herb chimichurri a few weeks ago, inspired by the herbs I got from Living Flavour last month, so I’m feeling very smug and ahead of the trends. Chimichurri is usually only made with parsley, but this version, […]

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Homemade Pizza

June 11, 2010

When you make friends in the virtual world of blogging, it turns out you can have a virtual party too — an online pizza party, in our case. A few Irish foodies were chatting on Twitter last week, a few pizza craving comments were casually tossed around and before we knew it Sarah had taken […]

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