Better Baked Beans

With back to back weekly snowstorms you can cook or clean. The former is more fun. Plus the latest 8-10 inches gave me a chance (an excuse?) to go through my recipe file. The root beer in the recipe caught my eye first, THEN I remembered its author, and my friend, Rick Rodgers gave itContinue reading “Better Baked Beans”

Getting Closer Carrots

A couple of years ago, my radio producer and I ate the best roasted carrots ever from The Little Owl – cooked with olive oil, almost black in color, we couldn't stop talking about them. Since then (actually before), I've been working on my glazed carrot technique (don't laugh). And while this recipe can't compare,Continue reading “Getting Closer Carrots”

Mixed Grill

Yes it was meat free Monday. No, I did not feel like going to the store. So we're going to consider this something like an Arnold Palmer, 1/2 lemonade and half iced tea. Except in this case it's a half vegan mixed grill (the other half is chicken). Skinless boneless chicken can take on flavorContinue reading “Mixed Grill”

A Mostly Meat Free Monday

Let’s preface this by saying, I really did not feel like cooking tonight. I didn’t want to make the planned stir fry. I didn’t want to celebrate meatless Monday. I didn’t want to leave the sofa or the bodice ripper that got delivered to the office among the cookbooks. That said, I got up andContinue reading “A Mostly Meat Free Monday”