Taking leftover ingredients that you may have from other dishes and creating a new dish or using these ingredients in a different presentation is called cross-utilization. The science behind it comes from the restaurant industry. It is a way to ensure that every feasible amount of food products purchased are used and not wasted, and […]
Roasted Carrots and Mushrooms with Thyme Recipe
February 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If your family, like ours, is ready on occasion for something different from the “same ‘ole, same ‘ole” when it comes to your side dishes, this Saturday Evening’s recipe, Roasted Carrots and Mushrooms with Thyme, is one you may want to try, especially if you like carrots and the flavor of Thyme. This was the […]
Poor Man’s Stir-Fried Rice Recipe
February 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This Saturday evening’s recipe, Poor Man’s Stir-Fried Rice, is yet another “open up the cabinets and use what’s available” creation. If you have followed our blog for any length of time, you have probably realized that our family loves rice in its many forms. We also love Asian flavors of any form. This dish is […]
Marinated Lentil Salad {Published by Yahoo! Voices}
February 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is a recipe The Lucky Wife adapted from one she had been given by a former co-worker. I am not a big fan of salads, but this is one of her favorites. And it was also a recent request by The Well-Fed Son, who is only 5 years old. We’ve never seen another young […]
Sauteed Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta Recipe
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This Saturday Evening’s recipe, Sauteed Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta, is actually one we tried with our 2011 Thanksgiving turkey. We had grown tired of the more “traditional” menu selections, so we decided to find some new recipes to try. The Lucky Wife surfed the net, and this was one of the recipes she discovered. Now, […]
Gullah Cuisine Recipe: Okra Rice
January 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This Saturday evening’s Okra Rice recipe brings you a Gullah Cuisine classic. Gullah Cuisine is characterized by cooking with what’s available, which happens to be how this recipe came about. I literally looked in the fridge and cabinets, found these ingredients, and threw together what I had. In a perfect world, I would prefer to […]
Brussels Sprouts with Lemon and Walnuts {New Year’s Resolution Diet Foods}
December 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Happy New Year’s Eve! With the new year upon us and dieting and weight loss being a popular, if not the most popular, New Year’s Resolution people make, we decided to serve up some Brussels Sprouts with Lemon and Walnuts today, a perfect New Year’s Resolution diet/weight loss food and one of The Lucky Wife’s […]
Crock Pot Stuffing: Day 28 of The 100-Day Countdown to Christmas
November 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
With Christmas just a month away (!!), we thought a great crock pot recipe would be ideal, something you can plan to have ready for your Christmas meal with limited time and effort. Erin, of EKat’s Kitchen, brings us her Crock Pot Stuffing, in 5 Reasons You Should Make Crock Pot Stuffing This Year: I […]
Fruit Salad with Cool Whip and Cottage Cheese Recipe {Thanksgiving}
November 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
This Saturday evening’s fruit salad recipe, made with cool whip and cottage cheese, has become a regular part of our Thanksgiving menu the past few years. The Lucky Wife adapted the recipe from a cookbook a good friend of ours published years ago. Our Thanksgiving menu this year included just a couple of what would […]
Gourmet Sweet Potato Classic Recipe {Thanksgiving}
November 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This Saturday evening’s Thanksgiving recipe, Gourmet Sweet Potato Classic, is one we discovered on AllRecipes.com last year. It’s delicious and is really more like a dessert than a side, because of all the sugar in it. We actually leave out the white sugar, since it already has brown sugar in it, and it is sweet […]
Apple and Sausage Stuffing/Dressing with Walnuts
November 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
(Updated photo taken November 2013, shared also here with comments about this being the best Thanksgiving stuffing ever.) This Apple and Sausage Stuffing/Dressing with Walnuts recipe begins our focus this month on Thanksgiving. The Lucky Wife never cared for stuffing until the first time I made this several years ago. Since then, she has requested […]
Apple Sausage Pilaf with Pecans
October 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Fall is my favorite season. I love when the weather turns cooler, the leaves begin to change colors and fall from the trees, and I get to enjoy warm foods like soups, hot chocolate and apple cider! Not long after we started our Feast of the Ages series, for which we have yet to serve […]
