Cooking tools I used to make this meal: Food Saver. My old one stopped functioning so I decided to try a heavy-duty one made to take hunting. I don’t hunt but I liked that you can do continuous food seals (up to 80 consecutively!). This is so great when I’m portioning out food from a […]

With Rosemary Parsnip Wedges and Garlicky Creamed Spinach……from Hello Fresh. The steak in this meal is way up there in our list of favorites.  Tender, juicy and very flavorful. Neither of us have ever had parsnips so this was kind of a fun thing to try. This is definitely a meal we will prepare again […]

Tonight dinner is brought to you by Hello Fresh. It was our first go with this meal-kit service. There was a lot of food. It was pretty tasty. Hello Fresh has the most attractive packaging. All the ingredients for a particular meal are placed in a pretty box (the meat is kept separate). Ingredients: 10 […]

We are experimenting with other meal-kit services and this was our first meal by Plated. Two thumbs up. Nice recipe cards with clear instructions and photos. Their website is very user friendly as is their mobile app. The meal was VERY delicious and there was lots to eat. Ingredients: 2 russet potatoes 6 ounces baby […]

…with Garlic Toasts & Summer Squash Salad… The Mister cooked again — thanks, honey! He also added a small serving of Orecchiette pasta. Ingredients: 10 ounces ground beef 1 small baguette 2 cloves garlic 1 lemon ( we used 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar) 1 summer squash 1 large bunch mint (we used fresh basil […]

The seared steaks, mashed potatoes with sautéed radishes and snap peas was most excellent tonight. The Mister fixed it all too! Well okay, I cooked and mashed the potatoes. Ingredients: 2 tri-tip steaks 3/4 pound Yukon Gold potatoes 6 ounces sugar snap peas 3 ounces radishes 2 cloves garlic 1 lemon 1 bunch tarragon In […]

We went out to dinner at one of our favorite places, Tsunami Sushi Bar, Wok & Grill. We normally get sushi but this time we went for something different. I had the Mongolian Beef (Garlic, Onions, Mushrooms, Scallions in Dark Garlic Sauce). Very delicious! I shared with him. The Mister ordered the Crispy Sweet n’ […]

Let me start by saying that Christmas dinner was DELICIOUS. I went to what used to be Brink’s Meat Market here in town but has become Pueblo Bounty and Yield, to pick up filet mignon for our special dinner. While I was in Wal-Mart the other day looking at their filet mignon I held a […]

The Mister and I had some errands to do up in Colorado Springs today and when we go there we like to plan on eating at one of our favorite restaurants up there. We tend to plan a lot of things centered around food — it keeps us fat and sassy. The pick today was […]

Inspired by an Alton Brown recipe I put meatloaf on the menu tonight. In a separate show, I  watched him grind his own meat so I incorporated doing that into the recipe. Ingredients: 5 oz garlic flavored croutons 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 onion, roughly chopped […]