updated: “you STILL can’t spell…” chili

Four years ago, we were watching the 2005 Notre Dame-USC game (infamous for the “Bush Push”… cheaters) with some friends and I made a pretty good batch of chili, which I posted on the blog last year as part of the Wedding Gift Recipe Series. We were going to make a batch yesterday for this [...]

“I’m so sick (of my dissertation)” beef and lentil soup

I held off as long as I could, but I finally had to include my dissertation in the name of one of my dishes. Today was one of those great writing days… you know, the ones where you think that banging your head on the keyboard will produce better results than you staring at the [...]

potato smash soup

My good friend Kelly shared this recipe with me long ago, though it used to be called “Mashed Potato Soup”. It was renamed by someone at one of the potlucks we took it to, and the name stuck. Though we haven’t made this vegetarian dish in a while, it’s one of our favorites, and [...]

WGRS: “Can’t Spell…” chili, reblogged

I first posted this on our personal blog, and decided to reblog it here in honor of the OSU-USC clash of the titans this Saturday. I first made this recipe on 10-15-05, the day of the legendary ND-USC game, when Reggie Bush cheated and pushed Matt Leinhart over the goal line at Notre Dame Stadium. [...]

kare-kare

Ok. So, the last few recipes I’ve posted have been for game-time foods, and I hope y’all have been enjoying the NCAA tourney. I’d just like to give a shout out to Davidson, this year’s Cinderella team, that made it to the Elite Eight by defeating the Wisconsin Badgers. Though I was cheering for Wisconsin [...]

le creuset cookware

Hi everyone,
I know it’s been a while since anyone’s posted – sorry about that. Today, I thought I’d write about one of my favorite tools in the kitchen, which is my cobalt blue Le Creuset Dutch oven:

Now, shhhhh, don’t tell anyone, but I happened to pick up this awesome piece of cookware at a Le [...]

cold and flu bustin’ chicken and dumplings

Good old-fashioned comfort food that sticks to your ribs. This is a nice recipe to make for a friend who’s feeling under the weather! Be sure to check out the short cut at the bottom if you don’t have a lot of time to make this.
Ingredients:
Chicken and broth:
1 tbsp oil1 medium onion
chopped2-3 cloves garlic
chopped1 tbsp [...]