It’s a pretty awesome thing when morels just pop up in your back yard. It happened last year as well, but honestly, I didn’t expect that kind of luck twice. There were even more of them this year, which is super exciting. I’m not holding out hope for next year so as not to be disappointed. I know that I’m eventually going to have to learn how to actually find these guys out in the wild, but for now, this works….
Dal is a traditionally Indian dish that has a tendency to look a little different depending on whose home you’re in. It’s kind of like tomato sauce in Italy. Every family has “their” recipe and it’s the best one you’ll ever have, according to them, anyway.
These are the kinds of recipes that I love. They are rustic and homey and so, so comforting. I may not have any Mideast or Asian genes in me (but really who knows these things?), but I can still appreciate all the feels that this dish brings. It was a welcome comfort after the wild weekend and stressful week that happened last week….
Recently, quite a few people have requested a copycat recipe for Panera’s Southwest Chicken Tortilla Bowl. Considering that the copycat that I did for their soba noodle broth bowl has consistently been one of my top posts, how could I not oblige? Dear readers, I have heard you.
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I’m always looking for ways to use the odds and ends of things around the house. Whether it be scraps of yarn, give to birds or made into art, pieces of wood in compost, or kitchen scraps made into a meal. There are of course certain things I struggle with. Ham’s bones seem to be one of them. I always seem to end up back at pea soup.
Not that pea soup is a h…
Olive Garden’s Chicken Gnocchi Soup is easily one of the most copycatted (yep, I’m making up words again) recipes out there. Probably due to the fact that Olive garden is one of the US’s top chain restaurants, and it’s a freaking delicious dish….
