When I used to go to Houston on business trips, one of my favorite meals was the Cajun sausage boudin with a wedge salad at Pappadeaux’s. Since boudin is hard to find in Richmond, when I visited Nick last week we made a large batch of boudin which we shared. We followed a recipe in Read More …
I frequently make Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake as a dessert for large groups. I recently saw on YouTube a recipe for “Texas Sheetcake for Two” on Whippoorwill Holler and decided to make it for Carol and myself. (As they confess in the actual video, this is really more of sheetcake for four.) It can be Read More …
Curried rice is an old-fashioned American side dish. I most recently made it to accompany Mishkaki-Style Steak with Kachumber – Sous-Vide . It was tasty and mild. The next time I may increase the amount of curry powder. We usually cook rice in a rice cooker which has a measuring cup which is about ¾ Read More …
When I was a child, my mother had a large vegetable garden, and we grew and ate some vegetables that I was not fond of, such as beets and the tops (or greens) of the beets. Carol recently made a vegetable dish for herself and had leftover about a pound of greens from the beets. Read More …
Shrimp creole is a classic New Orleans dish, particularly popular during Lent. We made this batch for Ash Wednesday dinner for 2 people, based on a recipe in Cooking up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. This is a good weekday dish since it is done in less than Read More …
Carol was looking for a sweet potato dish to accompany ham for dinner, and spotted a recipe on www.thepioneerwoman.com, which she made and liked. This will make 4-6 servings and will take less than an hour. 4 slices thick-cut bacon, chopped 6 scallions, chopped with light and green pieces separated 2 lb. (2 large) sweet Read More …
This is an idea from the LA Times for a weeknight dinner. It takes about 35 minutes to prepare and the quantities are for 2 people. The LA Times suggested serving it with steamed rice. I served it with a focaccia. Carol thought the dish was tasty but too heavy on the mustard. I think Read More …
After Carol made chicken soup for a sick family member, we had leftover 2 boiled chicken breasts, and Carol asked for curried chicken salad for dinner. This is how I made it, based mostly on the version in The Best Recipe by Cook’s Illustrated. This will serve 4 people. 2 cooked chicken breasts, diced 2 Read More …
This is the version of the Texas classic which Carol has been making lately for family gatherings. It has always been well received. It is adapted from a recipe in the NY Times and will serve 12 or more, depending on the size of the slices. It should be at least 2 hours in advance Read More …
At the beach last week, we had steamed crabs to celebrate Carol’s birthday. There were a few leftover crabs, which Carol picked, and I turned the picked crabmeat into a paté by adapting a recipe in an Outer Banks cookbook I found in our unit. The photo shows a 1/3 recipe (about 1 cup), based Read More …