Broccoli and Potato Soup: guilty pleasure from Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain but one can only imagine what goes into the soup to make it so rich and creamy. My guess is a ton of sodium and fat because it makes everything taste better but if you’re the person making the soup its hard [...]
Read more →I’ve always been a ‘meat and potatoes’ kind of girl so when I received Bon Appetit’s February issue in the mail, I went weak in the knees. Soups, stews and enough meat dishes to feed an army. The first one I tried was a hard apple cider pork stew. Check out the recipe here. I [...]
Read more →Last week the JP Crows gathered to spend some much needed time in the kitchen and to celebrate our friend Robin’s Birthday. Robin brought forth an interesting ingredient to the dinner planning discussion: Black Beluga Lentils. None of us had cooked with them before so we scoured the internet and decided on this recipe: Black [...]
Read more →It’s astonishing how inexpensive whole chickens are at the store compared to just buying the breast. When I saw the opportunity to spend a dollar more for the whole bird (a small one only about 3 1/2 pounds) of course I went for it. Roasting the chicken was a great way to use up a [...]
Read more →The season of perpetual illness is upon us, kicking off this season for Billy is a hefty dose of laryngitis. Who gets that? To commemorate his birthday, the germs of all-hallows-eve have stripped him of his newly renewed (thanks to bilateral endoscopic surgery of the sinuses) voice. How will I nurse this birthday boy back [...]
Read more →I always try to keep stock on hand in my pantry. It’s great for soups, and it’s a healthy alternative to using cream when making sauces. I lean towards vegetable stock for most dishes just because its very neutral and it makes things easy when I have vegetarian friends over for meals. For the amount [...]
Read more →This here is a guest post from my friend Alanna. She loves to CAW, cook, eat, and talk about it. When my boyfriend asked me what I wanted him to bring home from his vacation in Barcelona, I told him that when he saw something that made him think of me then that was what [...]
Read more →One vegetarian, the other not so much. Quick and Chunky Noodle Soup Soups with broths scare me off because of the time constraints. HOWEVER, I figured out a way to make a tasty chicken noodle soup in less than an hour and a half, though it of course tastes better the next day. 1 whole [...]
Read more →I know I should be reflecting and writing about the recent CAW visit to California, but I just can’t. I am way far more excited about the soup that I just made, than reflecting upon things we all did. Although, I will, I promise. Eventually. While Billy is away enjoying the sights and sounds of [...]
Read more →I got a call from my pops this weekend: “Hey Holl, Lobstah’s only $3.99 a pound!” Its moments like this when I realize how much I love being in Maine during the Summer. Where else could you buy a fresh lobster for cheaper than a pound of sliced deli ham? My personal favorite way to [...]
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