Month: November 2013

On a whim, we picked up a couple of small filets at the grocery store, and I pan seared them for us. The last time I tried cooking steak this way, it ended up burned on the outside and raw on the inside, so I looked up a recipe this time. Turns out that my… Continue reading Seared Steaks

Emboldened by our recent home-cooking successes, I decided to try my hand at baking a yeast bread. Now, I’m a huge fan of down-to-earth old fashioned European crusty bread, so that’s what I set out to find. I ended up choosing this recipe, not really paying attention to how many steps it was and how… Continue reading Crusty Bread (First Attempt)

We were originally going to make a chicken-stuffed pumpkin, but didn’t end up having any bread ready in time. Rather than put dinner off until about 10:00 at night, I improvised a chicken stroganoff based on my family’s beef stroganoff recipe. I had a previously-cooked chicken in the fridge (using this recipe), so I used… Continue reading Chicken Stroganoff

This is a bread recipe we’ve used a few times when we want to bake a loaf while the rest of dinner cooks. It’s very amenable to substitiutions and flavor alterations, and it comes out dense, moist, and flavorful. * 3 cups flour * 2 tsp baking powder * 1 tsp salt * 1 1/2… Continue reading No-Rise Herbed Dinner Bread