Bread Pudding Recipe

Bread Pudding Recipe

The Betty Crocker site Bread Pudding recipe

Thai Beef with Chiles and Basil Over Coconut Rice

Thai Beef with Chiles and Basil Over Coconut Rice

This is really good and super easy.  I do it with mild chiles or if I don’t have them, I just use a 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes.  This dish works with beef, pork, or turkey. I use a rice cooker for the coconut…

Layered Chicken Chile Relleno Casserole

Layered Chicken Chile Relleno Casserole

This is a really good casserole dish, easy, flavorful, and the whole family loved it.  We’ll be having it again.  It’s from the Weary Chef web site, I really like Andi’s blog.  http://wearychef.com/layered-chicken-chile-relleno-casserole/ 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 large poblano chile,…

Asian Beef and Slaw Wraps

Asian Beef and Slaw Wraps

This was on a package of ground beef.  I hesitate to call it a recipe.  Bottom line is the family loved it. 1 lb lean ground beef 1/4 cup chopped onion 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 3 cups chopped cabbage or broccoli slaw 1/4…

Dinner, 8/21, Homemade Pizza

Dinner, 8/21, Homemade Pizza

Two, actually.  Cheese for the boys, pear, Gorgonzola, arugula and parmesan for us. Expect a full post on this soon…

Homemade Chocolate Syrup

Homemade Chocolate Syrup

My kids like an occasional chocolate milk and we sometimes have chocolate syrup on vanilla ice cream.  We usually buy the “chocolate flavored” syrup from Trader Joe’s.  I remembered an Alton Brown show about cocoa and decided to make my own syrup. The recipe is…

Meals 8/14, Dinner at the In-Laws

Meals 8/14, Dinner at the In-Laws

B: Pancakes, scrambled eggs L: Hot dog, salad D: Dinner at the In-Laws, thanks Hilda and Wally!

Random Pictures

Random Pictures

Just some random photos from the last month or so.  Send me any cool/interesting/funny food or beverage-related photos and I’ll include them in the next Random Pictures post. This one was actually unplanned.  I was making an omelette and and had just halved the avocado…

Recipes on Bite, Sip, Repeat…

Recipes on Bite, Sip, Repeat…

What kind of recipes are you going to find here? I feel that cooking, like life, has to have balance. Some days it’s about getting dinner on the table in “30 minutes”. Some days it’s about taking the time to cook the challenging recipe from…

Like we *need* another food blog?

Like we *need* another food blog?

Food blogs. There’s a ton of them. Some good, some bad. Some start well and then fade off. Way too many entries like “Wow, I just noticed it’s been six months since I blogged, I really have to get going”. Some blog about restaurants or…