I feel like I need to write something heartfelt, personal, and profound about my original recipes.  “It was really good!” or “Yummy!” just do not seem to really sum up the way I feel when I make and eat food.  Especially when I put something into my mouth that I consider wonderful.  It just does not…

Here’s the definition from Cookthink:Strata is a bread pudding-like layered comfort food casserole made with eggs, cheese and stale cubed bread (or sometimes hash browns).(The strata is assembled ahead of time by layering ingredients in a casserole dish and chilling overnight or for 8 hours before bringing it back up to room temperature and baking….

la·sa·gna [ lə znyə ] To hear the pronunciation, install Silverlight la·sa·gnas Plural NOUN  1.  pasta dish: a dish of Italian origin consisting of alternate layers of pasta sheets and filling, especially alternating pasta, tomato sauce, cheese, and usually ground meat, baked in the oven. Various other sauces or fillings may also be used. 2.  sheets of…

Super Bowl Spread Ever year, for about the last four years, I have attempted to make the perfect Chili.  I usually follow recipes I find on the internet.  The outcomes have always been pretty reputable.  I have never kept records of past years chilies, but I plan to from now on. This year I decided…

This was something I, literally, just threw together.  And it worked!  I guess I am having a hard time letting go of all of that Holliday comfort food.  I dream about it. And, it is just too cold here in South East Idaho right now to be swayed in other culinary directions. Maybe it is…

I love, and really depend on, one dish meals. When I am at the store trying to come up with one, I try to come up with ingredients that can stand up on their own and will not get lost in the shuffle.  Also, I am going for fast and easy when I come up…