It’s too hot to cook. So I am taking inventory of my pantry, and I have found some things that every person should have in one that is well-stocked. Let’s start with oils and vinegars. Oils: I prefer peanut oil or even grapeseed and/or avocado for frying. Grapeseed and avocado oil double as good…
You’ll never open a can of tomato soup again after whipping this one up. I made it over the weekend along with grilled cheese (duh) but also some BLTs. Save this recipe for that day it cools off and you want soup and sammies. Roasted Tomato Soup Ingredients 3 pounds roma or plum tomatoes, cut…
Listen up, people. The time is nigh for the good watermelons. Chop, chop. Get one, grab some feta cheese and mint, and enjoy this little number. I whipped it up last week and liked it so much I made it again the next day. It’s perfect this time of year. Watermelon Feta Salad Ingredients 8…
I clearly have too much time on my hands. I spent my weekend making homemade enchilada sauce and smoking a brisket (full disclosure-husband did that), and I prepared these delicious smoked beef brisket enchiladas with the homemade enchilada sauce. Wanna give it a try? You can smoke the brisket in a smoker, or you could…
I have this thing about me. I like food. And I like talking to people on airplanes. I met the gal who owns this adorable culinary shop in Long Island, outside of Manhattan, a couple of years ago. She became my food bestie and when she posts recipes, you need to take them to the…
I’m about to put my husband in TV time-out. He only watches sports on TV, and I’m guessing that is where advertising agencies persuade unsuspecting lovers of athletics to eat tacos at fast food burger places. There is some dollar taco at a place that rhymes with Murger Ming which got my husband (and then…
Here is Lisa’s Recipe Procurement Tip of the Week: You will never go wrong with a Pioneer Woman recipe. With that said, I pulled up one of my favorite PW recipes, and I’m on my way to the grocery store now to grab a few things to make this. I gotta tell ya. It’s the…
Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well, it was necessary that I cooked a pizza on Saturday night. I didn’t have my tools with me, because we were at our lake house on Greers Ferry Lake. So I did what any red-blooded Arkansan would do – I went to Walmart. And of course, they…
This is the time of year, until about Labor Day, that I start complaining about the heat. Me no likey hot weather. I like sunny and about 68. The temperature being burning hot and 98 degrees makes me a crank pot. So my recipes during this time for Recipe Mondays at www.aymag.com will likely reflect…
I didn’t know there was a term for one of my favorite dishes. Olivetomato.com defines gemista as “vegetables, usually tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini and eggplant filled with rice (sometimes with ground meat) and baked in the oven.” The actual translation is “ones that are filled.” People, it’s summer. That means we have all the things…
