In Main Dish on 2009-06-15 at 4:28 pm
Likely the first recipe I ever learned, Macaroni and Cheese is one of my favourite comfort foods. My parents insisted that from a fairly early age both my sister and I had to cook dinner some of the time. By high school, we contributed at least one meal a week each.. sometimes more since we were home much earlier than they were (and whoever made dinner didn’t have to do dishes. Big motivation.). However, for many years my parents had to “suffer” through meals of mac & cheese or tomato-soup-from-a-can and grilled cheese sandwiches.
I can still remember a time when I didn’t know how to make even this. I somehow read the recipe wrong and thought I had to cook just the butter and flour for 5 minutes (Don’t do this!! It ruins pots!!). Despite that, this is a really easy recipe to make - almost as easy as kraft dinner and tastes much better. This is a variation on Basic White Sauce.
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In Main Dish, Mexican on 2009-05-12 at 11:05 am
Although it may seem like an odd presentation, the mexican lasagna that my sister made turned out not at all strange and quite a bit yummy. It’s basically a recipe for chili, but layers with soft tortillas and cheese in (what I believe to be..) a perfect ratio. She warns me that her amounts might be a bit off, but the overall idea has been captured here. Happily, it shouldn’t take as much time as a normal lasagna as there are no noodles to cook.
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In Main Dish on 2009-03-31 at 7:15 pm
The amazing thing about these veggie burgers is not that they imitate meat, in fact they don’t really taste like meat at all. However, they go very well with normal burger toppings, they taste great (even meat lovers agree!), and they freeze well for later use. This recipe was received from my friend Jessie Pomeroy around the time I became vegetarian, and although I am now back to eating some chicken this is still my favourite burger-type meal.
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In Italian, Main Dish on 2009-03-08 at 11:08 pm
My mom’s lasagna recipe is mostly based on one from the “No fad, good food, five dollar a day cookbook” that I believe my parents have had since their university days. The book itself shows a lot of wear and appropriate food stains. Over the years, it has been very reliable for tasty and cheap food ideas. My mom’s interpretation of it has completely spoiled me for store-bought lasagna.
This was my first time making it for myself, and unfortunately about 5 minutes after this picture was taken, I was trying to carry the lasagna to my friend Katy’s place and it slipped from its handles and dropped on the floor… exploding bits of lasagna everywhere. I managed to save most of it, but it wasn’t winning any prizes for looks. It was delicious, though!
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