April 27 » It's imPASTABOWL

Girls? You think I'm sexy? You want to do me? Everyone loves a chubby dude! T-Minus eight days until I turn 30. I'll let that sink in a little. But mostly for me. Thirty. Just like a bad ABC sitcom. Alas on the upside: 1. Julie is still older than me. 2. Her mom and dad got me the pasta attachment for my kitchenaide Now ...

January 15 » A Simple Meal For a Late Night

Apparently I have to get back into the habit of posting about dinner right after eating dinner or I don't actually get it done. I've got a back log now of food to write about, so don't worry, I hope to have a bunch of stuff up over the next 24 hours. (I've got to unload a few photos off my camera as well.) One of the few things that I wish I could change when I cook is the amount of time it takes to ...

October 30 » Pasta with Turkey Ragú

Jet lag is a bitch. Two nights in a row not being able to go to sleep before two or three AM and then needing to be at work is a total pain in the ass, especially coming off the heels of a week long conference where you got used to being up until two AM west coast time. Why do you care? Because I'm tired. And when I'm tired it means something simple I can make with my eyes closed in 30 minutes including doing the prep and the dishes. It ...

October 16 » Leftovers Spaghetti

Tonight was one of my favorite things to cook: leftovers spaghetti. We had cauliflower, tomato sauce, chicken sausages and swiss chard still in the fridge from the night before. A quick stop at the supermarket on the way home got us some fennel, another onion, some artichoke hearts and a box of mezze-rigatone. Leftovers pastaSaúteed swiss chard Leftovers Pasta 1 bulb fennel, cut into batons1 medium white onion, frenchedleft-over cauliflowertomato sauce2 chicken sausages, slicedfour or five marinated artichoke hearts, well rinsed, chopped roughlyCouple of cloves of garlic, thinly sliced1 box ...

October 15 » Roasted Cauliflower

I love cauliflower. Like seriously love it. And it's not a recent thing — I was the kid who always loved to eat vegetables. Except for my mom's broccoli. *shudder* Anyway, I've been trying to figure out a way to get Julie to eat more cauliflower — she did not like it saúteed with garlic and olive oil; it was too crunchy. I know she likes sweeter things rather than more savory and I realized that the cauliflower at Green Symphony down the street from work was right up her alley. It's softer and sweeter and has a nice ...