Feeling Kneady

I was doing a little planning ahead today, making some rolls in advance of a meal delivery for Son of Matt and Air In later in the week (3M was born on Christmas Eve), and went back to the November Daring Baker Challenge: potato bread. I love this recipe, in case you couldn’t tell. [...]

Warm Comfort for a Cold Night

Sorry to have slipped off the edge of the Earth (we live in Illinois, of course it’s flat!). I didn’t mean to abandon you for so long. We ate some New Year’s leftovers and I haven’t been generating anything spectacular — meatloaf and mashed potatoes, egg rolls that were originally intended to be [...]

Super Simple Spuds

I make these pretty often. They frequently accompany the citrus chicken in meals for new parents and I serve them with beef, lamb, pork, crab, just about anything. The kids love them (not only b/c there’s sugar in the seasoning!).
Wash the spuds and cut into quarters, eighths, strips, cubes, whatever you want.
Place in [...]

Recipe of the Day — Praline Sweet Potatoes

Saturday I wanted to try to recreate MN’s spicy lasagna but I was without internet access and I know now that I missed out on many of the ingredients so it’s not too surprising that it didn’t turn out the same! But I was concerned the kiddos wouldn’t like it so I also [...]