Everyday Food for Busy People
Last month when I went to the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter test kitchens they fed us some delicious foods. Lots and lots of food. All made with ICBINB, of course.
Leave it to me to pick out the simplest idea to share with you. In a room full of cheesecake, stuffed mushrooms, truffles (I may still have to share those) and scones, I zeroed in on toast. I love simple, easy, manageable, effortless recipes.
Grab that tub of ICBINB and get ready to transform your morning toast. [Read more...]
Every family has their own version of the *right* dressing or stuffing or filling or whatever you may call it. For me, it just isn’t Thanksgiving without this cornbread dressing.
It has to have homemade cornbread. Not the sweet kind. Good country cornbread baked in an iron skillet. Bonus points if you use bacon fat to grease the skillet. It has to have celery and onion, of course. And it has to have plenty of ground sage. Lots of sage.
My favorite part of making the dressing, is tasting it for proper seasoning. Taste a little. Add sage and salt. Stir. Taste. Add broth and sage. Stir. Taste again. Perfect!
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
Have I mentioned how much I love our new grill? Oh yeah, I think I have.
The other day I was reading a post on The Happy Housewife about a panini party. That sounded good, but I don’t have a panini grill. I usually use the George Foreman, but this time I thought it would be fun to grill the sandwiches outside.
There’s nothing fancy or particularly special about this French toast. It’s one of those staple foods that nearly every household makes, but it’s also comfort food full of childhood memories. Crisp edges, melting butter and plenty of maple syrup make it a favorite. I add some vanilla and spices too. Add a cup of coffee and I could be happy with this for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
I’ve got a variety of thoughts on my mind today and since it’s Saturday, it seems the perfect day to share them with you.
1. I’m looking for a few good guest posters. If you think you’d like to write a post to share here on Eat at Home, send me an email (eatpoetry@gmail.com). You can share a recipe or other food related topic.
2. I have been doing some writing for the SC Johnson website in their Family Economics section. You can read one of my posts here. I’ll have others published over the next few months. I have been compensated by SC Johnson for this.
3. Completely unrelated to food – We’re planning a trip to Disney World in a couple months. One of my favorite sites to haunt is Disboards.com. I found this very cool interactive video linked over there. It’s a virtual day in WDW. Each park is included and you can “ride” many of the rides. Very fun.
4. I’m planning to do some cooking for our Disney trip this weekend. I’ve got 3 freezer meals picked out to make. We’ll pack those on dry ice. My mom is doing the bulk of the cooking though. She’s already got lots of food made and in the freezer. One of the meals I’m cooking is Spicy Garlic Chicken Pizza. I’m also trying 2 new dishes.
5. I eat cinnamon sugar toast for breakfast nearly every day. I admit to getting a little bored with it, but it’s so easy and it does taste good. What do you eat for breakfast?
I found this recipe in a Rachel Ray cookbook. She talks about eating these sandwiches in Paris. That sounds nice. I just ate mine in the kitchen.
I adapted her recipe a little bit. She says to use Gruyere cheese, but I couldn’t find any so I used Swiss. My kids called these “inside out sandwiches”, because the cheese is on the outside of the bread. When you grill them, it toasts to a flavorful crust. [Read more...]
Grilled cheese is a classic, a staple of lunches everywhere. I had never heard of putting tomato on them until we lived near Philadelphia. A diner there served them with tomato on their lunch menu. Yum! [Read more...]
Tired of cooking?
Grab a couple slices of bread and a few eggs. Heat the skillet. Add butter. Pull the middles out of the bread and put it all in the hot skillet. Crack the eggs into the holes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
I felt like a kid again when I had this for lunch the other day. Something about the homemade white bread, the big glass of chocolate milk and the individual cup of applesauce. It made me remember carrying my Holly Hobby lunch box to school. The same lunch box I hit Denny Rice with. Denny was a trouble maker. He knocked the head off my snowman. Our second grade teacher, Mrs. Shaum actually washed his mouth out with soap one day. Can teachers still do that?
Simple, delicious summer in a sandwich. Who doesn’t love garden fresh tomatoes? We’ve got several tomato plants growing in our square foot garden. I’ve been a little disappointed because they haven’t produced as much as I wanted. I’m not sure if it’s the weather (it’s been a cool, rainy summer) or our gardening abilities or a vile combination of both. We have managed to get a few tomatoes off the vines and I turned one into a tomato sandwich for lunch.
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