While out marketing a few days ago I came across three nice-looking tuna steaks, so I picked them up. In the same 24 hours I received an email with a wonderful-looking recipe for Asian tuna: a sweet and syrupy pan sauce with thick slices of shitake mushrooms in it. I...
Need a new way to prepare winter greens that are lingering in the fridge? Or do you have some frozen peas to use up and aren’t quite sure how to go about making something interesting with them because if you serve plain ol’ peas again you’ll be banished from meal...
One night I was trying out a vegetarian main dish and wasn’t quite sure how it would come out so I needed a stand-by, hearty side dish to fall back on in the event that it was a failure. Turns out the vegetarian loaf which included such ingredients as red...
Although this dish is a stew, it’s not so terribly heavy that it wouldn’t be fine to eat all spring long. On any cool night, or rainy day. For lunch or for dinner. With rotisserie chicken on the side or as a vegetarian dish. This recipe uses so many different...
This chili is a thing of beauty. By beauty I mean that the flavor of the green bell pepper transforms from an underripe, sharp, crisp bite to something soft and sweet. The ancho chili & crushed red pepper are balanced by the sweet potato and carrots. The mushrooms provide a...
These meatballs are awesome. They’re slightly sweet from the coriander and slightly spicy from the cayenne, and rounded out nicely with cinnamon and ginger and bay leaf. They’re very firm and hold together quite well. The sauce is thin as the meatballs are the stand-out part of this dish. We...
I believe that my statement after eating leftovers of this dish was “I just burned my soul”. So, yeah, it has a bit of heat to it. But the flavor is amazing, and the sensation of your gums tingling for a good 20 minutes post consumption isn’t so bad 😉...
Last week Kitchbitch had a guest chef, Neil. You see, I do the cooking about five nights each week. We go out to eat once or twice, and Neil cooks too. He selects his recipe, does the marketing for said dish(es) and prepares (generally on a Friday night since he...
…and all I have to have finished by Friday afternoon is: two batches of applesauce one sweet potato pie a few dozen mini corn muffins a bittersweet chocolate tart a dozen panna cotta one goat cheese cheesecake on molasses cookie crust, topped with honeyed cranberries a dozen peanut butter and...