What’s for Dinner? Picnic Salads!

In honor of the beginning of summer barbecue season (never mind that we had to cover the tomatoes last night due to frost warnings), how about two yummy salad recipes?
First, a variation on Mom’s standard, tuna macaroni salad.  This one went everywhere when I was a kid.  It was always on our holiday tables, too, [...]

What’s for Dinner Wednesday? I have no idea…

…but since we noted last night that we have a gigantic bag of croutons from Costco, it might be a good night for Giada’s Rigatoni with Red Pepper, Almonds, and Bread Crumbs .  This is simple, fast, and very tasty – especially with a sprinke of parmesan (’cause everything’s better with cheese).  Toast the almonds [...]

What’s for dinner Wednesday? Roasted veggies! (And a cool tip.)

My parents had a beautiful vegetable garden and we feasted on many varieties fresh veggies every summer, but when the ground froze, it was back to the Green Giant and dreary canned vegetables for the many months of winter.  Somehow my mom had the notion that even those canned (i.e., already cooked) vegetables needed a good long cooking to make them fit [...]

What’s For Dinner Wednesday: Pasta with Creamy Artichoke Sauce

[**If you usually skip the cooking posts, and I know who you are, proceed to the last paragraph for a Knitting True Confession.]
I’ve shared with you my love of pasta, and today I’m going to share one of my favorite pasta dishes of all time.   This recipe originally came from one of the early Moosewood [...]

What’s for Dinner Wednesday? Lentils!

I love lentils.  I love legumes in general, but lentils are especially great because you can cook them on the spur of the moment – they don’t require any soaking or long cooking.  In fact, the little red French lentils cook up almost as fast as rice, and they are great with a little curry [...]

What’s for Dinner Wednesday?

 
I don’t actually have an answer to that question (yet) but I’ve been pondering a new Wednesday gimmic, since I get nervous not knowing what I’m going to post about from day to day.  Maybe Wednesday will be a good day for a weekday recipe?
As you know, since I have made it public, I have [...]