Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea
These smelled yummy as they were cooking, but the final product was just okay. For me, these veggies were an excuse to consume massive amounts of sour cream.
It wasn’t pretty.
The dish is pretty simple. You cut a small green cabbage into wedges and [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea
We had mixed reviews on this dish. I really liked it, but Bryan didn’t. He thought it was bland and kinda boring. I added a lot of salt and pepper to mine and thought it was quite tasty.
You take ground turkey and mix [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea
No pictures of this dish because, although it was tasty, it was ugly. White fish with white sauce on white rice? Nope, not happening.
O’Dea says that even people who don’t like fish will like this recipe. I believe her. You begin by mixing [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea
So when I told Bryan that I was making baked potatoes in the slow cooker, he laughed at me. I was a little skeptical myself, because, come on, baked potatoes in the slow cooker? Why not just microwave them?
I’m still not convinced that [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea
This was . . . okay. I think this is one of those dishes that is better prepared the traditional way, quickly stir-fried.
You start out by stirring together soy sauce, white wine, cider vinegar, sesame oil, garlic, brown sugar and crushed red pepper [...]

Currently cooking out of Make It Fast, Cook It Slow by Stephanie O’Dea
After buying a slow cooker for this dish, I found myself looking for more slow cooker recipes. Like most other people, I like being able to throw a bunch of ingredients in the pot and let it cook all day with me lifting [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
I have to confess, I’ve never made biscotti. I don’t like crunchy cookies, and I abhor soggy things, so a crunchy cookie that you dip in coffee . . . well, ugh. But I needed one more recipe out of Baked, and I wanted something [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
For me, lemon cakes are either great or gross. There doesn’t seem to be much in between. Fortunately, this cake lands firmly on the great side. In fact, this might just be my favorite recipe out of Baked.
The cake part of this creation is a [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
I’ve made this recipe four times with four different results. While the cakes tasted okay, none of them were exactly what I was looking for. The first time I made this recipe, the cakes spilled out over the pans and then collapsed, like little volcanoes. [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
I was feeling pretty lazy on the day I made these, so instead of making the tart part of this recipe, I stopped after the butterscotch pudding part. And I don’t think I missed much (except maybe lots of extra work and dishes).
I don’t eat [...]