Boiled dinner is great, but nothing is better in the world than corned beef hash the next day.
2 cups, give or take, leftover corned beef, shredded into bit-sized chunks
handful leftover boiled potatoes, chopped so they are about the same consistency and volume as the corned beef
2 cloves (or more, whatever you like) garlic
3 bell peppers […]
Corned beef and cabbage is not Irish food.
It is Boston food. Boston Irish food. (Don’t believe me? Ask an Irishman if he eats corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day.)
Corned beef and cabbage is actually the basis of a classic New England Boiled Dinner, and around here an entertaining diversity […]
I love this recipe because it gives you two distinct dishes both of which my kids will eat, and both of which are really easy and fast to make but taste like they took hours. The first night, you do need to leave an hour for the pork to roast, but you don’t have […]
I have made a hobby out of deconstructing foods traditional to my heritage and updating them to be more flavorful and healthy.
Traditionally, Yankee pot roast is made by chucking a cheap cut of beef into a pot with vegetables and cooking the whole thing to mush. It’s tastier than it sounds, but it has […]
I don’t write my recipes down, and haven’t made this one in about a year. But here’s my best shot at it. I think it’s right, but I’m sorry if I forgot something. Let me know how it turns out.
Three-hour Red Chile Sauce
2 large bags dried ancho chiles*
4 large cloves garlic
1 […]
I spent three months in Mexico when I was 16, and developed a love of authentic Mexican food. It is flavorful, rich, spicy, and very healthy. The stuff you get in even the most high-end of Mexican restaurants in the Northeastern U.S. doesn’t really resemble the food I fell in love with down […]
This sounds complicated to make, but it’s actually very easy. It’s a good thing to make if you happen to be home, snowed in with two little kids. It involves very little prep, messes up only one pan, and sits in the oven for a while which warms the house and makes it […]
Lentil and bean recipes to come, but I just haven’t been craving them lately.
What I craved today was Spaghetti Carbonara. Which is very convenient because I am under orders to gain weight. (So far this preganncy is right on target with all the others. In no time I’ll be up 60 pounds […]
This is an old recipe of Gran’s. She always made the frijoles negroes from scratch — which is way better. I find a good quality canned variety works, though. The kids love this because it is flavorful but not spicy. It’s relatively light and quick to put together and healthier than […]
After a brutal work week, two children with colds and headaches, and the general malaise I feel in pregnancy, it was time to park it on the couch for a day. We’re watching movies, and drinking mugs of Sleepytime tea with milk and honey.
And, of course, we’re eating chicken soup.
I am passionate about fresh […]
