Carrot Coconut Curry Soup might not be the recipe you were expecting to see the week of Christmas, but it might be the recipe you need. When life gets busy and crazy, I tend to
Baked Pork Chops with Cranberries is the perfect recipe if you’re looking for something a little different to add to your holiday lineup. It’s simple to put together and the cranberries add a nice festive
Chicken á la Crème or Poulet á la Crème, as Jacques calls it, is the first recipe I’ve tried from my wonderful new Jacques Pepin Cookbook. It is beyond delicious! My friend Cody gave
Yesterday my friend Larry was telling me about a group of people out in North Dakota or someplace who sit around and make up those “national days” of the year then put them on Twitter.
We’ve never done a TBT – Throw Back Thursday here at Idiot’s Kitchen but today is the day! I’m often asked two questions about this website: 1.) What is my favorite recipe? and 2.) What
Sorry that posting here at Idiot’s Kitchen has been a bit light lately. I have a couple of times in the orchestra season where my schedule gets completely crazy. This is one of those times.
Braised Pork Chops with Carrots is one of my favorite recipes from my dad. Both of my parents are good cooks and, aside from scarring me for life by refusing to buy me an Easy
Easy Carrot Salad! My mom used to make this when I was a kid and it was my job to grate the carrots. I never minded because whoever did the grating got to eat the
Quick Spiced Shrimp is a new recipe that resulted from writing this website and my love of (addiction to) cookbooks. Obviously to keep a cooking website going, I have to try new recipes several days
According to the calendar, tomorrow is the first day of Autumn. According to my thermometer, it’s still grossly hot where I live. Even if you’re lucky enough to get fall weather, chances are you still
I can’t believe that in the 5 years I’ve had this website, I haven’t posted this recipe for Chicken Milanese. It’s one of my favorite dishes and certainly in the top 5 chicken dishes that
Cream Cheese Bacon Poppers! Easy appetizer. Perfect tailgating treat. Tapas night tidbit. Saturday afternoon snack! These little nuggets of goodness have it ALL going on. I have never been one to deep fry things at
Salmon Roasted in Butter & Herbs is a perfect weeknight meal. You might be thinking it’s too complicated to make dinner like this when you’ve had a busy day on the go, but in this
Rosemary Lemon Zucchini Bread is the recipe for those of you in the grips of summer Zucchini Mania! My yard is too shady for a garden so it’s particularly annoying to me to have to
Roasted Potato & Asparagus Salad. We’re roasting potatoes for a salad! What a great idea. Wish I’d thought of it. I’m a huge fan of roasted potatoes (especially Smoky Roasted Potatoes) so when I saw a
