Meatloaf.  It’s what’s for dinner.  Or so I told my family.  They weren’t thrilled at the idea, the husband having flashbacks of dry, tasteless meatloaf, and the children having flashes of television shows where meatloaf is the enemy of child-kind.
But the rule is ‘you have to taste it’ at my house, so they did.  And [...]

Ahhh, it’s March.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen a time when people were more sick of winter.  Did you ever think there could be too much snow?  And the disastrous things going on with the Earth – I know we are all praying that they will come to an end soon.
In my area we [...]

I’m not really that outdoors-y.  It’s not that I don’t enjoy being outside – I love to sit outside in the sun, to take leisurely walks, read on the porch – you’re getting the idea, right?  When it comes to hiking through the woods or sleeping in a tent, I’m just not into it.
I have [...]

What mistake do you make in the kitchen most often?  Omitting ingredients, forgetting to preheat the oven, or maybe not setting the timer?  I’ve made all of these more than once, but I find the thing I do more than these is trying to cut a recipe in half, and forgetting by the end of [...]

Just a little chill in the air and I start pulling out the ‘big pots’.  And they stay filled with everything from chili to stew to beans to greens.  Being able to throw it all in and let it go gives a lot of satisfaction when fall finally arrives.
Cheddar Corn Chowder from The Barefoot Contessa [...]

It’s pure magic when a recipe has just the right combination of flavors that when mixed together create an explosion in your mouth.  The Barefoot Contessa’s White Pizzas with Arugula does exactly that.
In this recipe, the Barefoot Bloggers‘ second pick-of-the-month by Andrea of Nummy Kitchen, you begin with a relatively quick and easy [...]