Right now, Texas is very cold and very wet. Of course, it’s winter, but sometimes, we have winters that are as warm as any spring day. Not this year. This weekend was no exception. Gray days, rainy, extremely cold — days and evenings meant for snuggling under blankets in pjs with furkids, eating warm comfort…
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God bless us, Every one! — Yule Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding
First let me say to my readers, I hope that you’re all having a blessed Yule and a Happy Hanukkah! It seems as if we’ve made it another year around the sun (or just about, since we still have New Years to get through). I imagine we’re all pretty stuffed from all the holiday party…
Sometimes you feel like a nut: Almond Chicken (with jasmine rice)
I love Asian food. I could eat at Chinese restaurants almost every single day if I had the money and someone who wanted to eat at them with me that often. As seen on Geek Girl, I’ve tried to make many Asian-style dishes at home, and I’ve succeeded in not only making my tummy happy…
No snakes were harmed in making this St. Patrick’s Day dish — Mustard baked chicken & roasted veggies
Just a quick post in honor of the day. I don’t even have a lot of photos from it, but it was such a quick and easy meal that a lot of prep photos weren’t needed. Since I’ve been cooking so much, I wanted to find something different, and I decided to check out my…
You may be an undigested bit of beef : Rustic beef stew pies
The holidays are upon us. In America, we just celebrated Thanksgiving (as well as Hanukkah for those who celebrate it), and this means leftovers. So many leftovers. At this time, there are always posts throughout the internet about what to do with leftover turkey, leftover ham. At Yuletide, my tradition has been to do roast…
Adaptation is the key to survival: Beef with Broccoli
When a friend posted this recipe to Facebook, it was specifically for making this excellent dish in the crockpot. Now I have absolutely NO PROBLEM AT ALL with crockpot cooking. There are several meals I like to make involving my crockpot. However, I wanted to make this on the stove in my new “every day…
Burns’ Night Feast: Chicken and Mushroom Pie, Kailkenny and Blueberry Tart
Tonight was a first. After years of somewhat obsessing about the poet Robert Burns because of a Torchwood PBEM roleplaying game, I finally pulled out the stops (for a poor graduate student living at home with her roommate, dog and roommate’s cat) and cooked my first Burns’ Night dinner. Now, I know that the traditional Burns’…
This might be the prettiest meal I’ve made: Trout in wine-lemon sauce, Cajun roasted potatoes and buttery almond asparagus
I know it’s been a few weeks since I posted something, but I keep forgetting to take my camera into the kitchen. I will do better in the future, though I will warn that once school starts, I won’t be Geek Girling on Tuesdays-Thursdays (unless we have a class that’s cancelled) because between homework and…
Happy 4th griller: Chipotle lime sirloin steak, baked potatoes, corn and garlic bread
I have discovered that I love grilling. I’m sure there are several tricks I could learn to improve my grill-fu, but I think for a beginner, I’ve done really well. So when Kass and I decided to grill steaks and potatoes for July 4th, I told her I wanted to try the chipotle-lime marinade that…
Quick and Easy: Honey chicken (served with jasmine rice and Brussels sprouts)
I was looking online for something different to fix tonight with the two chicken breasts that I pulled down and thawed on the thawing tray (formerly called a Miracle Thaw). I didn’t want to do the same old same old, though honestly, some of those ‘same olds’ will need to be fixed so they can…
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