For almost as long as the husband and I have been together, we’ve made pizza from scratch on the weekends. Our first pizza was made in my tiny post-college apartment and baked on a cheap aluminum pizza pan from Big Lots. He used a crust recipe he found online. We topped it with canned sauce, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Peppers’
Black Bean & Veggie Burritos
Though my husband and I aren’t vegetarians, we eat meatless meals several times a week. We do this partially for health reasons, partially for cost reasons and partially because vegetables are so darn tasty. I’m also biased in favor of them because I think food should be attractive. Veggies are generally prettier than chicken breasts [...]
Buffalo Chicken Burgers & Stuffed Jalapenos
Grilling season is here! Yesterday’s sunshine and warm temperatures had me dying to grill some burgers and vegetables for dinner. But, for the first grill meal of the season, I didn’t want to do plain old beef burgers. So I came up with these buffalo chicken burgers and cheese-stuffed jalapeños instead. Now I realize this [...]
Chiles Rellenos
When I was 17, I went to Mexico City with my Spanish class. I loved everything about it – the hotel overlooking the Zócalo, the pyramids, the sense of history, the colors, the energy and the food. While some of my classmates were happy with KFC, my mom I tried all sorts of new things. [...]
