A food blog from Chicago about keeping it simple in the kitchen
If you’re looking for a great site to discover new recipes as well as manage the ones you find, I’m a big fan of Yummly One of the cooler features is being able to scale recipes and up down by adjusting the number of servings. To make it easier to […]
The well known options around Asian cuisine in America are dominated by Chinese, Japanese and Thai restaurants. One unfortunate side effect is that the amazing food from Korea gets crowded out. My favorite Korean recipe is easily the workhorse dish of the country – the Pad Thai of Korea, if […]
By far, the most popular, and most requested recipe in my family for me to make at get-togethers is guacamole. Especially around the holidays, this is the dish I’m always asked to make in large quantities. So while there are at least a million basic guacamole recipes already on the […]
One of the first real sauces that I learned how to make was a red wine reduction…and I was instantly hooked. It’s a very simple sauce in appearance, but it’s quite complex in flavor and accompanies the flavors of cooked meats really well. To some, this may also sound like […]
If there’s one meal where you can’t go wrong and that everyone can agree on, it’s homemade pizza. Seriously, is there anyone who doesn’t like pizza? Here I’ve taken another favorite food, polenta, and turned it into crusts for these mini polenta pizzas. Mini Polenta Pizzas With some planning ahead, […]
If you have been wondering how to fill your home with the wonderful smell of roasted garlic, read on. This is a simple way to make roasted garlic in the oven and come away with a batch of garlic infused olive oil as well. It’s a great building block recipe […]
Wondering what to do with a SodaStream Carbonator, other than making a lot of fizzy water? Unless you have been successful at recreating the Coca-Cola secret formula, I suggest starting with something simple like this homemade ginger ale recipe. Ginger syrup for making a homemade ginger ale In this particular […]
New Years Day for me used to mean sluggishness and dehydration, now it has come to mean re-seasoning my cast iron pans. How about that for a bizarre tradition? My cast iron pans get quite a bit of use throughout the year cooking and searing various meats. While none of […]
Spinach, Potato and Chickpea Curry Everyone loves a great curry, but not everyone loves spending all day in the kitchen toasting spices and prepping vegetables. Somewhere between delivery from your favorite curry house and making your own Garam Masala (which everyone should do once), there must be a shortcut. Let’s […]
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Of all the tasty spreads, pasta sauces and dips one can prepare in the kitchen, pesto has to have one of the best time to value ratios. With a food processor/chopper, it is ridiculously quick to prepare and super tasty once finished. 10 minutes is […]