Let’s face it.  Summer cooking is boring.  Even though we hardly had a true summer here in the Denver area, I hardly did any of our cooking.  The husband did most of it, with plenty of eating out or ordering in, too. With the fall weather settling in, I start thinking about the crock pot [...]

Last Sunday, I prepared a new crockpot recipe for lamb shanks.  While they were delicious, the real star of the meal was the new brussels sprouts dish I made.  Here are recipes and pictures for both: Lamb Shanks in Tomato Sauce (adapted from The Gourmet Slow Cooker by Lynn Alley, serves 2) 1 tablespoon ground [...]

As requested, in Greg’s own words (except for a couple of glaring grammatical errors): 3 Alarm Chili, Slow Cooker Style This is loosely based off of “Kasvi’s Nuclear Chili”, which has apparently disappeared from the web, even though there are links to it. This recipe is for a 6-7 quart slow cooker, and will pretty much fill that [...]

We were inspired by my parents, who had a freezer full of chili, spaghetti sauce, and soup when we visited back in December.  We spent last weekend cooking: Onions, carrots, celery, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, peppercorns, water, and tomato paste yielded 56 ounces of vegetable stock.  Rachel’s stock will be used for flavoring couscous and [...]

(Thanks to Julia.   1. How do you like your eggs? In an omelette, please.  Mushrooms, Swiss, maybe artichokes too.    2. How do you take your coffee/tea? Coffee – with a splash of soy milk and a dash of stevia.  Tea – nothing.     3. Favorite breakfast food: French toast.  Le sigh.    4. Peanut [...]