Beans and Rice for the New Year
I usually cook black-eyed peas and rice for luck on New Year’s Day, but I never really love it. The peas get mealy and the rice gets mushy when it’s mixed in together, so this year I decided to branch out and make a…
Making Something on the Last Night of 2013
I’m in the kitchen making pan-fried onion dip and pigs-in-blankets to help ring in the New Year mommy style, and raising my glass – Here’s to you and yours this New Year’s Eve! I hope 2014 brings you all you desire – Happy New…
Bacalao a la Vizcaina – Good Friday Salt Cod Stew {recipe}
I hope you all had a happy Easter! Wow, the weather was absolutely unbeatable this spring weekend here in the Pacific Northwest and we really got a chance to enjoy it. We kicked off the holiday weekend on Friday, dyeing Easter eggs and…
Happy New Year!
As I like to do on most New Year’s Days, I’ve made black eyed peas and collard greens for dinner. Folklore says that eating black eyed peas on New Year’s Day brings good luck in the coming year, and eating collard greens brings money…
Happy Independence Day!
Oooh, I almost forgot to post tonight! My project today was food for our holiday celebration – olive tapanade, Mediterranean bean salad, steaks and grilled corn. I got the recipe for the bean salad here – it’s Easy Mediterranean Bean Salad and it certainly…
Mother’s Day Entertaining, Part One
Today we had Bappa and Nana over for dinner for birthdays and Mother’s Day celebrating. I made a green bean salad from the Simply Classic cookbook (to go along with chicken and veggie skewers and white rice). I also updated the chalkboard entry table:
Pre Cinco Dinner Party
It was our night to host our parents’ group, and since its so close to Cinco de Mayo I thought it would be fun to have a Mexican themed dinner. We had tacos, rice, beans, chips and salsa and guacamole, and cupcakes for dessert….
Bacalao a la Vizcaina
Every year on Good Friday my husband’s family prepares Bacalao a la Vizcaina, a salt cod stew with tomatoes and garbanzo beans. Once we moved back to the US I continued with the tradition. My mother-in-law isn’t sure where the recipe came from, only…
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