How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to
This was supposed to be about doing a rotisserie chicken. But if you read the headline, and if you have any sense of foreshadowing at all, you've already figured out that's not what happened. As my daughter and I say whenever someone has a stupid idea on TV, "This will not end well." … [Read more...]
I don't know what I was thinking. I asked my older daughter what she wanted for dinner. "Steak! Duh." Mmm-kay. Well, we've done grilled, pan-fried, standing rib, prime rib. How many more ways are there to do steak? Ooh, kabobs. But it's January. And the weather totally sucks. I guess I'll have to do them under the broiler. What, you didn't know that anything you can do on a grill you can do under the broiler? Well now you know. … [Read more...]
Just a quick note about how I did one of the ingredients for my twice baked potatoes. I've done bacon bits before, but that was with prosciutto. I expected the bacon would have a lot more fat, but it turns out he bacon ends I used have no more fat than the prosciutto did. Bacon ends are a double win: leaner than regular bacon and cheaper, too. … [Read more...]
I wasn't there for a roast. I was very careful not to look at anything too close, so I wouldn't be tempted to buy it. Then I saw the sign above. And wasn't I just saying how I'm going to start using the crock pot more? They got me. Dammit. Middle one on the left, I'll be making it tomorrow. (The 23rd actually. I'm writing this on Monday.) Marketing lesson for the day: Don't tell your customers what you have. Tell them what they can do with it. Otherwise known as, "Don't sell features, sell … [Read more...]
It really drives me nuts when something comes out almost right. This had absolutely amazing texture, but the taste was ... Well, it was good. But after two days of marinating and several hours of cooking I was expecting something amazing. I'll be making it again, and I know what to change. So even though it's not my final version of this recipe, I'm not embarrassed to share it like I was with the fried rice. You can see the original, which I cut in half, at The Pioneer Woman Cooks. … [Read more...]
