Oct

20

Slow Cooker Recipes: Chicken, Beef, Pork

Posted by Annie Mueller

October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Don’t shun the slow cooker (or crock pot, whatever you want to call it.) I love chopping, dicing, peeling, sauteeing, stirring, blending… but I just don’t always have time to spend an hour or so in the kitchen doing all that great stuff. There are slow-cooker days every week. If I don’t figure that out [...]

Oct

5

Mom’s Chicken and Dumplings

Posted by Annie Mueller

October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This is, for me, the ultimate comfort food: thick, creamy sauce covering soft, home made dumplings and juicy pieces of chicken. It beats mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, fettuccine alfredo. It’s the best of come-on-home Southern cooking. This is the recipe from my Mom’s book, verbatim. I think she copied it from her Mom’s recipe [...]

Oct

2

Roasted Turkey with Herb-Garlic Butter

Posted by Annie Mueller

October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I don’t roast turkeys very often, and hardly ever in September. But last week my freezer, which contained a turkey, stopped working overnight, so in the morning I had a fully thawed turkey on my hands. What to do, what to do…?
Time to practice up for the holidays, turkey-lovers. After this, I’m thinking that I [...]

Nov

28

An easy pasta dinner :: on the light side

Posted by Annie Mueller

November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

There’s nothing easier or yummier than a good pasta dish on a cold almost-winter night. This one is light and lemony and feels good going down. It’s a refreshing change from the heavy Thanksgiving fare and it features one of my latest obsessions—Artichokes!

I recently discovered that I really like artichokes. I always thought [...]

Oct

5

There’s a New Comfort Food in Town - written by erika

Posted by Annie Mueller

October 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

Ahhh… Spaghetti Cake. This recipe is a favorite in our family for many reasons. For one thing, the name—what’s not to love about “Spaghetti Cake?” And the ingredients for this recipe are commonly found in the fridge on any old random day when you have yet to plan anything for dinner. There is also a [...]

Aug

29

I Heart Gourmet Magazine

Posted by Annie Mueller

August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I recently broke down and got myself a subscription to Gourmet magazine. It was time to break the habit of buying them here and there or getting them from the library because there’s just too much good info. in there.
Gourmet is definitely just that–Gourmet and for me, that means that sometimes the recipes and articles [...]

Aug

28

I can’t stop eating the corn.

Posted by Annie Mueller

August 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It’s peak corn season around these parts and honestly, it’s hard for me to stop myself from eating like, 3 ears a day. Because I totally could. I love that Butter and Sugar variety. It’s like candy–truly. This combined with my late-pregnancy “could eat around the clock” situation means that I’m in real danger [...]

Aug

18

An easy summer dinner

Posted by Annie Mueller

August 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment

One of my favorite things on the grill is shrimp. I love shrimp anyway, really. I’m like Bubba from Forrest Gump. “Shrimp kabob, shrimp salad, shrimp creole. . . “ I like it all —and seafood in general.  But on the grill is really how shrimp is best, I think, so I recommend it as [...]

Aug

7

Tofu sticks! No, really, they’re good!

Posted by Annie Mueller

August 7, 2007 | 1 Comment

I like tofu a whole lot, so, I thought, maybe there was a chance my kid would, too. Turns out I was right. But he only likes it one way—battered and fried. What’d I expect, right? Well, at least he’ll eat the stuff.
Here’s what you do—

Jul

27

Bam!

Posted by Annie Mueller

July 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

I can’t help it, I do love Emeril. It’s been a couple years since I have seen him on a regular basis, however. We quit cable TV. Partly because I couldn’t keep myself away from the Food Network. And, though I want my kids to grow up with a love of food [...]

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