When school starts we all need to make a meal and reuse it for another. September is a month of contrasts. One day you feel cool breezes and a premonition of autumn while the next day summer returns and the kitchen becomes an oven even with air-conditioning. 1. Cold Thai Noodles with Chicken Our first […]
The weather has cooled as the leaves change to brilliant colors and fall. Once again we spend time preparing foods that take more time than a quick turn on the barbeque. Now when the kitchen becomes warm from baking or roasting, we are pleased. No worry about fainting in overwhelming heat in the middle of […]
If you’re like us, you’ve been there: You’re late coming home from work or the kid’s soccer practice. You’ve a million things on your schedule and seems like Friday will never come. You remember you forgot to take tonight’s dinner entrée out of the freezer to thaw. The last thing you want is to spend […]
Lamb is leaner than ever which is good news for our arteries, but bad news if you don’t cook it properly. Many thermometers and older recipes recommend an internal temperature of 180° to 185°F. However, because most of the fat on lamb is external, at that temperature, the meat will be tough and dry. For […]
During the holiday season, we often are just too busy to prepare dinner every night. Casseroles come to the rescue when you want to prepare a meal ahead of time or make sure that you have two meals in one. Our first meal is a favorite in most families. Here we cut down on fat […]