by TT Jr. on May 14th, 2012 | Recipes, Spreads & Sauces
I love bagels. I just love them, specifically toasted. And with cream cheese. They are so delicious when they are still hot and the cream cheese starts to melt on them. My favorite flavor is salt bagels, and they are delicious with plain cream cheese, but sometimes that gets a little boring. So, I decided to make a vegetable cream cheese to see how it tasted with my mom's yummy salt bagels. It tasted like heaven on a hot bagel. The sweet crunchy carrots with the tangy, slightly spicy chives against the salty, hot, soft, crunchy bagel is incredible.
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by TT on March 15th, 2012 | Spreads & Sauces
I know I've written about it many times, but I thoroughly adore Tapas Mondays. Even though it means not eating dinner until after 9:00, it is such a wonderful way to start the workweek. The kids are in bed, working on homework, or entertaining themselves on a different floor of the house. The dining room is lit by candles, and my husband and I sit down to a delicious dinner and some prosecco.
Many of these nights involve a fair amount of cooking. While the kids eat their dinner, I am working on that night's menu. However, sometimes there are
by TT on May 12th, 2009 | Main Dishes, Recipes
My husband and I cook differently. He tends to choose his ingredients in a more spontaneous manner, while I make a plan of what I will use. I prefer to measure ingredients, and he likes to approximate. He adds many spices to dishes, while I choose one or two to flavor my creation.
Nonetheless, or maybe because of our different approaches, we work together well while cooking. However, this past Sunday I merely was a spectator, as it was Mother's Day. While I didn't want to give the appearance that I was being a critic, I wanted to watch him make
by TT on May 9th, 2009 | Healthy Cooking, Recipes, Side Dishes
Planning our menu for a mid-week dinner, I had decided on a pork tenderloin and broccoli, but I needed one more dish to complete our meal. Although some sort of potato or rice dish would work, I was looking for something lighter. I also wanted to make a dish that would add some color to our plates.
Lacking inspiration, I decided to peruse the produce department of our grocery store. Spying the squash section, I chose a butternut squash for our dinner. I love butternut squash but tend to use it most in fall and winter. As we hadn't eaten it
by TT on May 7th, 2009 | Appetizers, Healthy Cooking, Recipes
When I was working on this Monday's tapas menu, I wanted a veggie dish that would compliment our Greek theme. Zucchini seemed to be a prevalent ingredient in Greek menus that I reviewed. As both of us like zucchini (and the kids generally don't), it was a great veggie to use for our adults only meal.
I decided that it would be fun to use the zucchini for a fritter sort of dish. However, I am not a fan of frying which means that I had a problem, as fritters are fried dishes. So, what I decided to do was make
by TT on May 5th, 2009 | Appetizers, Recipes
It's been a few weeks since we had Tapas Monday at our house. Between business travel and family obligations, we have not been at home together on a Monday night recently. So, yesterday I was quite excited to plan our dinner. With a freezer full of meats from a recent shopping trip, I decided to create a theme out of the meat I chose.
After checking out my options, ground lamb seemed like an excellent starting point. Lamb makes me think of Greek food, which led me to wondering what fun appetizer I could make with a Greek theme. So, rather
