Food & Dining

I wanted to whip something up for lunch that I could put into a flour tortilla, and came up with this, which was delicious:  chop up half of a sweet onion and mince two garlic cloves, and fry with a small

You know those grilled vegetables you have left over from dinner?  Make vegetable soup!  Chop them up and put them in the food processor, along with some broth, and puree.  You can adjust the consistency

I used to keep my salt in a cabinet and was always pulling it out to cook, which is a pain, but then I found the salt pig. Keep it by your stove so your salt is handy. Plus, it’s really cute.

Do you have basil growing like crazy in your garden, or did you buy a bunch of basil at the farmers’ market?  Make pesto!  Pesto is very versatile – you can mix it with pasta, spread it on

When my husband's away, and I want to make something for dinner that the kids will actually eat, I make "cupcakes" for dinner. Just take any Pillsbury refrigerated cannister such as dinner rolls

Have you tried sea salt? It just tastes, well, saltier. That means you can use less, if you are watching your sodium intake, or you can use the same amount and have lots more salty taste. McCormick makes a sea salt

The title says it all, Simply Recipes. Not much in the way of commentary, but good basic recipes with a comprehensive index.

This is a great cookbook to use with younger kids. It has good, basic recipes that kids will actually eat, and pictures of the ingredients and measurements so that they will understand how to put the dish together

Forget "30-minute meals" (which always take me 60 minutes, by the way). The New York Times has an article on 101 ideas for summer meals that you can make in 10 minutes or less. That has my name written

Forget fancy pasta recipes. I just made the most delicious dinner! Brown and season in your usual way 1 lb. of ground turkey (you could use beef). Add 1 jar of whatever pasta sauce you have in the house