When my husband leaves or is out for an evening, I make girly food and invite my friends over. Sometimes this looks like piles of fruit, cheese, crackers and snacks. Sometimes it looks like things with mushrooms or things that are meatless. Recently, it looked like tortellini in wine sauce ...

We are on a constant quest to use up the summer's bounty that graces our counters. I recently told a friend that I felt bad that some squashes were "languishing" in my fruit and veggie bowl, and vowed to not let it happen again. I'm tossing tomatoes, peppers, zucchinis, onions and corn into ...

I'm not saying I'm going Paleo. I'm not even saying I know what Paleo is. But I am saying that I've known for a long time that for many of us, particularly me, carbs = unsightly bulges that grow and grow. This does not often deter me because tortellini. Pizza crust. Homemade crusty bread and ...

I am using ground turkey more and more in my cooking, but I'll be honest: I have to be fairly creative about it. Mr. Meat and Potatoes and his progeny are getting better at knowing when I've sneakily subbed turkey for their precious ground beef. The best applications for us are ones wherein the ...

I've been in a cooking rut for oh, say, four years. Part of that is my fault and is directly linked to "I am too tired to try very hard" after work and part of it is linked to "I am tired of making things my family will not eat or even try." But even the laziest cooks eventually need a little ...

Summer is not over, people. You might be feeling a bit "grill fatigued" at this point, but there are new things to do on your outdoor stove. Or, at least, they were new things to me. My neighbors do a great job of bringing exciting new things to my attention every summer as we try to get ...