It’s the week after Memorial Day. Which means you can wear white without subjecting yourself to sartorial ridicule. And you’ve broken that long stretch after President’s Day with no 3 day weekends. And reasonable people start thinking summer! Grilling! Beach Volleyball! (apologies to my Australian readers. I have an admittedly northernhemispheric outlook here). The weather [...]
Entries from May 28th, 2009
Your Mama’s Pot Roast
May 28th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Beef, Pork, Lamb, Main Dishes, Make Ahead, Quick, weeknight dinners
Simple Meets Sublime — Roast Shrimp with Broccoli and Cauliflower
May 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Main Dishes, Recipes, Seafood, weeknight dinners
I think I may have mentioned this before, but my weeknights are awfully busy, what with getting home late, getting dinner on the table, spending some quality tickle time with my daughter and getting her to bed at a reasonable hour. To make life easier, I plan and shop for the week’s meals each Saturday. I sit down with my multiple cookbooks (for inspiration!), a blank piece of paper, and try to envision what my week will look like. I always factor in one or two nights of incredibly quick meals in case I have to work late, and I try to use up the more perishable meat or produce early in the week. Despite having an army of cookbooks and magazines and blogs at my disposal, I often find myself returning to the same old standbys – stir fries, soups, salads, made with chicken or beef or vegetarian. It’s hard to think outside the box when it comes to weeknight dinners – I want reliable. I want easy. And so I get into a rut.
That’s the way the Rhubarb Crumbles
May 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · Baked Goods and Desserts, Make Ahead, Quick, Recipes, Spring
Rhubarb is a prominent part of my culinary psyche. When I was growing up, my great grandmother had a rhubarb patch in the back of her house, and whenever I would visit we’d cut the stalks, cook them with sugar into a gloriously pink and viscous mass, and eat with a spoon. When I was in college and studying abroad in London, I discovered the unique joys of rhubarb jam, and now every time I am in England or France I pick up a few jars of the stuff, which doesn’t seem to be available in the United States.
