Yes, you heard right… It’s Cannelloni Time Y’all (BTW, I can say y’all. I’m from Kansas.) Anyway, my friend Karen was bragging that she was making fresh cannelloni from scratch tonight (bragger) and I admit, it made me really hungry. And it got me thinking, this is #meatlessmonday, I could do a meatless version that would […]
Month: September 2009
Fantasy Top Chef & Ceviche
Fantasy Top Chef and Cevice Fantasy Top Chef Okay, the scores for this week: Me: 12 Michele: 11 Josh: 10 Debbie: 9 Karen: 7 Elise: 7 Colleen: 6 Notice I’m still ahead? Yeah me, too. Actually being this far ahead is getting boring. Can’t anyone stop me? No?! Actually, I might be able to stop […]
The Best Meal I Ever Ate
Eating with Chef Jasper Mirabile Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have seen me mentioning a meal I recently had at Jasper’s in Kansas City, MO. Some of you may have even gotten the chance to see the picture I took of some of the amazing food Chef Jasper made for us. […]
2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative Recipe 12: Baked Rice in a Pumpkin
When Shawna Coronado sent me that image you see to your right and told me to make something with it for the 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative, I got really excited. See, I love pumpkin and I love to make savory meals out of it. And I knew, knew I could make a delicious dish […]
2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative Recipe 11 #meatlessmonday Homemade Creamy Tomato Red Pepper Sauce
Homemade Creamy Tomato Red Pepper Sauce Happy 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative and happy #meatlessmonday! Hopefully you are enjoying many a meatless dish tonight, but if you’re out of delicious meatless ideas have I got one for you?! This one is super simple and delicious. I was actually inspired to make it when eating at […]
Fish, Chips, and Le Grand Lemon Confit & Pumpkin Seed Aromatic Sauce
Sadly enough, this brings us to the end of our culinary explorations with Le Grand’s gourmet raw sauces. (If you are not familiar with Le Grand, you can see all my thoughts here. If you are familiar, then let’s get to cooking: Fish, Chips, and Le Grand Lemon Confit & Pumpkin Seed Aromatic Sauce There was […]
Cucumber Fettuccini With Le Grand Garden Pesto Sauce
So, for the past few days, we’ve been talking about Le Grand’s delicious sauces. (Read here for an introduction to Le Grand’s gourmet raw sauces.) Yesterday, we made braised meatballs in sun-dried tomato pesto, today we’re going to try something different: Cucumber “Fettuccini” with Le Grand Garden Pesto Sauce So I think in my intro, I said […]
Braised Meatballs with Le Grand Sun-dried Tomato Pesto
So, yesterday we talked about Le Grand’s line of gourmet raw sauces (you can see all my thoughts here). Now, it’s time to cook with some of these delicious sauces. So today, we’re going to make: Meatballs Braised in Sun-dried Tomato Pesto I actually got this idea from the Le Grand website. On the site, Le […]
Le Grand’s Amazing Raw Sauces
One of my tweeps, Jen Woo, approached me a while back about a company called Le Grand’s line of gourmet raw sauces, asking if I had ever tried them. When I indicated that I had not, a five-pack of sauces showed up at my door, just begging me to cook with them. I have to be […]
Fantasy Top Chef & Avocado Soup
Okay, sorry I didn’t actually post this on the day of the episode, but here are the scores for this week are: Me: 11 Michele: 9 Josh: 8 Debbie: 7 Karen: 6 Elise: 6 Colleen: 5 Again, I should be feel something (other than pure glee) about the fact I am in first place by […]