Growing up in Little Saigon (Garden Grove/Westminster, CA), I have had my share of pho, the traditional Vietnamese noodle soup. I’ve never attempted to make this soup. I will…
It’s lunch time. I am hungry. No leftovers to eat. Open the fridge. Stare. Close the fridge. Stare out the window while I scan my brain with my mind’s…
Enchiladas are a rare treat for me. Tortillas are not on my approved ‘to-eat’ list, so I save them for special food occasions. I have to do this because…
To this day, I can’t eat ‘red’ enchiladas at most places. There is something about the taste of these sauces that is off to my palate. Homemade sauces have…
Keeping with my desire to not waste my food, and having just made “leftover” Marinara, I wanted to finish up my Parmesan Polenta from the same Italian Pot Roast…
A few days ago I made an Italian pot roast with mushroom sauce. When I cooked my roast, I wanted my broth to be extremely flavorful. I’ve learned over…
When I first moved out onto my own (in what feels like a thousand lifetime’s ago now), I had a roommate who loved cooking as much as I did. …
Sunday. Pot Roast. It’s as American as apple pie. This week I decided to mix it up a bit and make an Italian seasoned pot roast. Mushrooms were on…
Finally, after getting tired of hearing polenta this and polenta that on cooking programs I decided to give it a shot. I watched American’s Test Kitchen on PBS and…
Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore ~ Classic Italian American dish of chicken, onions, peppers, and mushrooms in an herbed tomato sauce. This is one of those dishes that Mom2 made…