As most of you know, I have a definite preference for one pot meals. I would not say I am incapable of multi-tasking, but when it comes to making dinner I like to avoid it when possible. Because we love homey, rustic cooking like stews, curries and casseroles, I am often able to convert my…
Spice Crusted Beef Tenderloin: How to Slide a Non-Conventional Holiday Meal past Your Conventional Family
Spice Crusted Beef Tenderloin is the perfect way to jazz up a traditional holiday meal–or any formal dinner. And if you can afford beef tenderloin for an informal meal, more power to you! I updated the photos for the Spiced Crusted Beef Tenderloin in January 2017. Affiliate links have been used to link to items…
Riojan Potatoes with Chorizo and Chile
I confess we had this as a meal–but it might be better as tapas. Not because it is not good enough to eat a big bowlful of it–oh it is–but because to me this is not a particularly healthy meal. The carbs completely outweigh the fiber and protein–and the protein is unhealthy flavoring protein (chorizo)…
Indian Sour Yogurt Stew With Double Potatoes & Peas
Sometimes I think my best dinners result in the hardest to write recipes. You know, me standing at the stove with 8 billion herbs, spices and aromatics beside me, tasting and tossing into the pot without regard for amount as it cooks. That is completely what happened here. The good news is, that means it…
South Indian Style Aloo Mattar by Tigers & Strawberries
As promised, I made the South Indian Style Aloo Mattar from Tigers & Strawberries almost instantly after reading about on Barbara’s blog. It was perfect timing for me–I am due to head to the big international and all things foodie grocery store (Jungle Jim’s) in the city this week, so I am running low on…
Potatoes & Chickpeas: Food That Is Good For The Soul
I have discovered that, second to Mexican/Latin flavors, Indian flavors are fast becoming one of the things I crave when I am sick. Hearty, warming, homey, soul food. No doubt my parents are staring at this in some confusion wondering how Indian food has come to be comfort food for me since I had never…
Potato, Pea & Lentil Hash with Indian Flavors
I am extremely comfortable with Southwestern/Mexican flavors. Which is not to say that I know everything there is to know about Southwestern and Mexican cuisines, because I do not, not by a long shot. But I make soups, tortilla casseroles, hashes, and just basically “invent” them on the fly. Today, while contemplating our choices for…
Potato-Chorizo Tortilla
We had one of those nights. One of those I-cannot-possibly-care-how-bad-these-photos-will-turn-out kind of nights. Obviously. C’est la vie. Ayway, my local used bookstore had a zillion copies of Anya von Brenzen’s gorgeous The New Spanish Table, all of which I resolutely ignored since my few attempts at eating Spanish food had backfired (this is more a…
Aloo Kaanda Bhajee (Potatoes In Sweet Onion Sauce)
I may have made a grown man cry tonight. I’m not sure–since he’s in Iowa and I have no proof–but John called while we were eating dinner from his conference and when he heard how our dinner went he was not so happy with us for making it without him. Which is ironic because this…