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Honey Sesame Chicken
My New Takeout Fakeout: Honey Sesame Chicken My husband and I aren’t super big into eating out. We’re pretty conservative with the way we spend money (that’s a polite way of saying sort of cheap), so extra things, like restaurants and ordering in aren’t really our thing. Even after a long day of working, I […]
Guinness Beef Stew
A New Way to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: Guinness Beef Stew In my quest to find new alternatives to corned beef and cabbage, I have created this beef stew with Guinness, an Irish stout. Stout? I generally don’t drink, so I have no idea what that means. I think I have had a sip of […]
Ham and Leek Quiche
The Quiche Basics My mom sense really kicked in after last week’s recipe, chocolate peanut butter cup bars. They were delicious, but not exactly nutritious, and I’m feeling a little guilty – like I should be feeding you better. Which is why today, we will be making a super easy and delicious ham and leek […]
Beef and Broccoli Ramen
This week we experienced both spring and winter. New York has a hard time making up its mind like that. At present, we are immersed in winter, and as we reach the end of December, it looks like the cold will be sticking with us for quite some time. The chill air and the early […]
Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce
I will go to very great lengths to avoid crowds. I live next to a giant mall (I can literally see the lights from my bedroom), but I only ever order things online. Groceries? Target run? Only very early before most people are out. Not surprisingly, then, I’m not willing to wait in a long […]
Philly Cheesesteak Quesadillas
As I write this post just a couple of days after Thanksgiving, we are still drowning in turkey. We have a really small family, so something more the size of a large chicken would probably do, but an 11 pound turkey was the smallest I could find. As you can imagine, that makes for a […]






