Making Simple Food Pretty.

October 16, 2008 Karen De Jabet

Dinner doesn't have to be complicated to taste good, and it doesn't have to be difficult to prepare to look good. Sometimes the only difference between a dish prepared at home and one in a restaurant is the look. (And that wonderful little fact that you didn't have to prepare it....but that's beside the point!)

Keys-Style Citrus Chicken.

October 14, 2008 Karen De Jabet

Hubby and I made this last week, and loved it. We did find the recipe needed one addition though. Drizzled honey over the plated dish makes it perfect. I'm not sure how "Keys style" adding the honey is, but it's so needed.

Yogurt Cream & Berries, Cuban Coffee Chili, Steak Soup and Pumpernickel Bread.

October 5, 2008 Karen De Jabet

So, this week Hubby and I have made many wonderful things...and I've been putting off posting about them. For no good reason really, except that I had other things come up to keep my attention. In any case, I'm back now, with yummy food to share.

Butter-Sugar Crepes.

September 30, 2008 Karen De Jabet

Hubby and I made this recipe for brunch. It would have been for breakfast, but I forgot about the 1/2 hour chill time. Oh well. They were delicious! We topped them with whipped cream and enjoyed them while watching The Office.

Kabobs and a "Bento Lunch".

September 30, 2008 Karen De Jabet

Ok, so here's lunch for Hubby and me. We actually had fruit, salads, and juice! (Ok, the juice wasn't that great...it was Crystal Light, which uses fake sugar. Blech!) Hubby tried out his new bottle of buffalo sauce, which oddly had some cheese mixed into it, so it was a bit thick, but he dubbed it passable and now has a bottle to keep at home.

Pierogis.

September 26, 2008 Karen De Jabet

One of the foods my husband introduced me to, back when we first started dating, was the pierogi. (My mom probably had made them at some point, but I just don't recall.) My first memory of them was being over at a mutual friend's home, and his dad making them for all of us. I was so disappointed to only get three! They were large, and very filling, but so good I just wanted more. Since then, we've bought the frozen variety at wal-mart, and have been satisfied, but when I came across this recipe for Quick Potato Pierogis, I knew we had to try it. We varied it slightly, and will change it more in the future, but as for now, here's how it goes together.

Chicken Tetrazzini.

September 23, 2008 Karen De Jabet

For lunch today, I was inspired by a website I recently came across, adventuresinbentomaking.com, (now http://www.aibento.net/). Bentos are packed lunches, and mine was clearly not, but the goal of making a beautiful meal is the same. This is my first attempt, but it was fun to do, and fairly easy, so expect to see more.

Great Aunt Mary's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

September 22, 2008 Karen De Jabet

Alright, I am willing to make these cookies for anyone, but I consider them one of my few family recipes that stays with me. I love to make them, and they're fairly quick, but they call for a lot of ingredients. Thankfully, I keep most of them on hand, so it's not difficult to whip them up in a pinch.

Because the recipe is so large, (it calls for a pound of butter, among other things,) I always make a half recipe. Even then, I have to place my hands over the edges of the bowl when the mixer's on to keep it from overflowing.

I made these for the women's retreat I went to this weekend, and they were a hit. I brought fifty cookies, and came home with the broken pieces of about five cookies.There were around thirty women at the retreat, so I figure that was pretty good.

Now, I am definitely cookied out. Maybe some bread next?

P.S. My hubby is fantastic. Tonight he made me a salami sandwich, when I was perfectly able to make one myself, because he's sweet and I was being lazy. MMM...hubby sandwich...