Category: Monthly Roundup

Salads, Sandwiches and Sweets (Recipe Roundup: August 2012)

Some weeks it’s easier to cook than others.  I have a horrible habit of forgetting how to use a kitchen if I stay out of one for too long. After my wife and I returned from a five week honeymoon in Australia in 2009 it took me about that many weeks to  ’recover’ and make a dinner I was willing to share with company.   While my broccoli bake and [...]

28 August, 2012 // By : // 13 Comments

Recipe Roundup: Meatless Meals (July 2012)

I’m not sure where the month went, but with the 100+ degree weather we’ve been suffering through the thought of soup around the fire place is much more appealing than outdoor grilling.  At home, our eating has adapted to the heat with cooler, light meals like my personal pita pizzas, hot nutty cabbage salad and last night’s awesome felafel salad.   I enjoy the summer flavors foodie bloggers have been experimenting [...]

27 July, 2012 // By : // 3 Comments

Recipe Roundup (June 2012)

I tend to think that birthday’s are a big deal so in cooking, commemorating and cleaning for my wife’s special birthday over the weekend, I saw my oven clock display 2:00AM on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Friday night’s dinner for 12 consisted of hummus with meat, home-fried tortilla chips, grilled lamb with corn, individual potato kugels and bite-size meatballs was made complete with a two tiered chocolate fudge cake with a [...]

2 July, 2012 // By : // 3 Comments