I got home totally exhausted after a day spent in the hot Texas sun collecting donated school supplies for Stuff the Bus and decided what I really needed was an easy prep way to cook the chicken sitting in the fridge. I grabbed a bunch of rosemary from the garden and headed inside to create [...]
Sounds like an odd combination, but these eggs are delicious!!!
1tbsp butter
1 apple, peeled and sliced into thin slices
4 eggs, beaten slightly
Melt butter in frying pan over medium heat.
Saute apple slices until they start to brown and are soft.
Add eggs to the frying pan with the apples.
Scramble eggs.
Serve warm.
Saturday morning breakfast. Mmmm… We had these with Ellis’ delicious apples & eggs, some crispy bacon and of course, Community coffee.
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup unsalted butter (1/2 a stick), cold and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup raisins
3/4 cup of lowfat milk (I use [...]
1 bag fresh spinach
1 large, ripe tomato, diced
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt & pepper
Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large nonstick frying pan. Add garlic and saute for about one minute. Be careful not to cook the garlic too long or it will be bitter. Add the spinach and saute until [...]
4 medium potatoes (tonight I used red, but any kind will work), chopped into 1″ pieces with skin on
1 to 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp kosher salt
Optional: fresh chopped herbs (I often put about a tablespoon of fresh, chopped rosemary in as well.)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Toss the ingredients together in a bowl [...]
Tonight I had a 1.5 lb package of chicken breasts and a request for fried chicken, so I thought I would try doing it in the oven. It turned out so juicy and moist! I highly recommend it. I served the chicken with some small roasted red potatoes and sauteed spinach.
1.5 lbs of chicken breasts [...]
I threw this together last night based on ingredients we had around the house. It was adapted from a recipe for Chilaquiles Casserole from Eatingwell.com. It was a huge hit at our house! Alden asked me to make it again on another night soon. It took about 10 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes in the [...]
Well, this is it! I have been saying for over a year now that I was going to start a cooking blog to track my recipes and I have finally done it. I will be using this site to post new recipes and kitchen experiments so that anyone interested can try them, too.
Here’s to healthy, [...]