Ham and Cheese Vegetable Chowder
The more I begin to flex my culinary muscle the longer my snooty nose seems to grow and the further I look down it onto the dishes that I once enjoyed. “Dump Cake? Oh please” I harrumph. “Cream of Mushroom Soup?! NEVER!” I gasp. “Velveeta Cheese, you say? What is this Velveeta Cheese of which …
New England Clam and Corn Chowder
I love’s me some clam chowda… trouble is… with all the cream and salt pork and butter… it doesn’t love me back. When we lived in San Clemente California we had a favorite restaurant by the pier that we would visit often. They had the best clam chowder there. I would order it almost every …
Hearty (crock pot) Beef Stew
Men love beef stew. Women do too… but there is something that happens to men when a big bowl of hearty, beefy, stew is placed before them. It’s almost primal. When I was preparing this for the masses (made enough for 40) one of our guys (Nate) came to visit. He just so happened to …
Thai Shrimp Curry Soup
Curry. Before I moved to Japan it never even appeared on my radar screen. Thai food was something that the Bohemian, bead wearing, waaaay too performance arty, “like hey man” flower power, Greenwich Village types ate. Oh and Thai people, who to the best of my knowledge are none of the above… unless some are… …
Tortellini Soup
Wednesday nights get busy quickly around here. On Wednesday’s we have our midweek Bible study at the house and so there are various chores that involve tidying up the house and there are dessert items to be made, the study to be prepared and dinner to be cooked. I have decided that Wednesday nights will …
New Mexico Style Green Chile Stew
I’m from New Mexico… The Land of Enchantment. It really is an enchanting place. It’s both a desert and a mountain state. Driving across it is mesmerizing as miles and miles of wild desert stretch from the road to the horizon. It’s surrounded by mountains so the view in any direction is a regal one. …
Taco Soup plus a bonus recipe
So dinner was upon me yet again and I had a plan (I menu plan so I always have a plan). Like many a night however, I didn’t feel like making what I had planned. Well, actually I forgot to brine the pork the day before (read recipes carefully people… I should have learned that …