Two Nights of Dinner, Part Two: Salmon Cakes with Dill Sauce

I really do love this concept. Make dinner one night, use the leftovers to make a new dish the next night…brilliant, especially when you are only cooking for two people. This was the first night, so the salmon cakes combined those ingredients, added in some bread crumbs and egg whites, and voila! Truth be told, … Continue reading »

TWD: Quick Classic Berry Tart

I will confess that I am one of those people who has issues with pastry cream. I don’t know why really, it’s not like I’ve had a string of awful experiences with it. In fact, I generally stay away from all recipes that involve custards or creams or pudding-like things. But I’ve had mini-tarts like … Continue reading »

Two Nights of Dinner, Part One: Maple Glazed Salmon with Warm Wheat Berry Salad

I am starting to love Sunday night dinner. Sundays are the rare days when there seems to be plenty of time to actually shop and prepare, without the rush of dashing home from work, being starving, and trying to decide what you can whip up in about 3 minutes before you start to shove the contents … Continue reading »

TWD: Burnt Sugar Ice Cream

I’d like to go ahead and subtitle this “Heaven in a Dish.” This just might be, hands down, the best ice cream I have ever made. No, seriously. My roommate and I had a bite and both of us looked at each other and said, “Ohmygod…this is ridiculous.” And it was even easier than I … Continue reading »

Ceviche!

I don’t really know what started my recent fixation on ceviche – you’d think perhaps it had something to do with the rash of Cinco de Mayo related posts and recipes that I’ve seen, but it started way before that.Per my usual, I probably read about two hundred different takes on how to actually make … Continue reading »