Sides, Sides, everywhere are sides… (Parmesan Mac ‘n’ Cheese)
As I mentioned in the title, this one just happens to be a Parmesan Mac 'n' Cheese. Delightfully simple, and deliciously rich – not to mention easy – it's a grand replacement for the Box, and has a lot of…
Uncle Olav’s Pasta Sauce Non-Recipe
Pasta sauce is amazingly simple, but for a lot of people seems really scary. There's a reason for this though – there is no recipe. I mean, I could tell you what I'm making tonight, but it won't be the…
Pasta e Fagioli (a fancy way to say noodles and beans)
Baby, it's cold outside! Which means that it's time to make something hearty. This is one of the family favorites for a cold Winter's day like today. It's warm, filling, and sits nicely in the stomach, radiating it's goodness throughout….
Fry All the Things!
Yesterday I put my deep-fryer to good use. I’d made some appetizer-like things since I bought it last week, but I hadn’t really, really done anything with it. Let me set up the scene for you – It’s Saturday night,…
Pesto-Tomato Salad
Last night we had a couple and their daughter over for dinner. We met on Google+ of all random places, and found out a while back that we live near each other, and have girls of compatible ages. Anyway, I’d been…
Pastafarians Rejoice! We have a new Meat Sauce!
Being a generally lazy person, I like making things for dinner that either (a) yield leftovers or (b) can be used to make multiple meals. And, really, what’s more easy and popular than pasta? Unfortunately, my pasta sauce is an…
Hamburger Stroganoff, aka “The Gray Glop”
I'm going to break my new rule of photographing every dish this time, because, well, this is not very photogenic. Quite honestly it's rather gray and dull looking. Thankfully, it makes up in flavor what it lacks in looks. Kind…
What’s better than fried chicken? Italian fried chicken! (aka Chicken Parmigiana)
I’m not going to lie – I cheat a little on this recipe. Given everything that’s involved, it’s just not worth making my own sauce. And really, any time sauce is baked, I’ve never seen an appreciable difference. I mean,…
It’s Tortellini! It’s Soup! It’s Tortellini Soup!
I've just got to say… I really don't know why I waited so long to try my hand at this. Soup is a wonderful thing on a cold night, especially something hearty. So, I'll just dig right in. This recipe…
Southern-style Macaroni Casserole
After bacon, the second food addiction we have around here is cheese. It only beats mayonnaise out by a hair, but there you have it. This deep-seated love of all things cheesy is probably what compelled me to figure this…