Monthly Archives: May 2016

Don’t Hurt Yourself

Posted on May 30, 2016 by cookinginsens

I enjoy cooking, so when I don’t want to cook, I don’t. I never want to associate this wonderful past time with drudgery or, eek, housework 🙂 Still, everyday is different, dependent on whether I want to be challenged by an … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Cooking, Food and Wine, Recipes, Salad, Seafood | Tagged appetizer, avocado, cooking, food, food photography, recipe, Seafood, Shrimp, stuffed | 11 Comments

Flanken Beef Ribs

Posted on May 27, 2016 by cookinginsens

I like beef ribs. It must be a Texas thing. My Mom prepared the beef short rib cut, the large, Neanderthal slab cut and my favorite, the flanken beef rib cut. The flanken is meaty, cut horizontally across the rib … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Chinese, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, side dish, Vegetables | Tagged asian, asparagus, beef ribs, chinese, cooking, flanken, food, food photography, grill, recipe, stir fry | 18 Comments

I’m Still Here and I Cooked

Posted on May 25, 2016 by cookinginsens

No matter what my issues are, there is always one thing that will send me resentfully shuffling to the stove; severely neglected refrigerated vegetables. It is shameful the way I will meticulously paw over fruit and vegetables ( I learned that from the French) … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes, side dish, Vegetables | Tagged cooking, easy, food, food photography, quick, ratatouille, recipe, smoked pork chops, Vegetables | 12 Comments

Beef and Vegetable Stew

Posted on May 11, 2016 by cookinginsens

I had some “Black Angus” beef in the freezer and decided to do a simple beef stew. A Honesdale cattle rancher friend of my husband told him that the designation of cattle as Black Angus can be quite broad and … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged beef, cooking, food, food photography, recipe, stew, tajine | 12 Comments

Australian Lamb with Herbs and Pasta

Posted on May 5, 2016 by cookinginsens

Our American children spent most of their childhood and adolescence traveling and living in foreign countries. Their tastes have always been sophisticated because, other than the occasional “boite” of Spaghetti-Os, they ate what we ate and were taught … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged Australian, cooking, food, food photograpy, herbs, lamb, lamb rack, pasta, recipe | 18 Comments

Southern Comfort

Posted on May 4, 2016 by cookinginsens

I grew up eating enormous meals from the Southern region of the United States, consistently overcooked; grayish green beans with ham hocks and “Irish” potatoes, “hard” fried cat fish, roast beef cooked to pieces in the oven with carrots, onions and … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, mushrooms, onions, recipe, smothered, steak | 11 Comments

No Child Left Hungry

Posted on May 2, 2016 by cookinginsens

Today my son texted me from work to ask if I was cooking lunch. He sounded hungry and I immediately had these irrational pictures in my mind of Biafra. So even though I had a session at the doctor’s this … Continue reading →