On Twitter someone was talking about making cinnamon toast as a comfort food. In this time of stress everyone needs a little comfort, even if it’s something as simple as cinnamon toast. Generally cooking is a comfort to me but I haven’t had the energy at the end of the day lately. Yesterday I made a flatbread pizza that was amazing. I love trying new recipes. What are you cooking? Photo by Jason Tuinstra on Unsplash #Cooking #workfromhome

Have to give a double thumbs up to the Paprika Spiced Pork and Sauerkraut Stew. This turned out amazing even if I didn’t have egg noodles to go with it. It made a ton of stew that I’m going to have to nibble the rest of the week. I tweaked the recipe in that instead of marinading the meat for 24 hours I cooked the entire thing in the oven on very low heat over night, from about 6 pm until morning. I added the sauerkraut this morning and left it to bubble away until lunch. I w

Image by Stuck in Customs via Flickr I just put the chicken into marinate. Cannot wait to see how this “Ranch” Chicken comes out. Should be good. Will update with how it goes. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/01/ranch-style-chicken/ #Chicken #recipe #Ranch #Poultry #Cooking

Yesterday I made Date and Walnut bread. It turned out amazing, moist and wonderfully chunky with date and walnuts. I used the recipe from Martha Stewart‘s Cookbook. Honestly, I hate her show and the way she speaks down to everyone around her but the recipes are sound. 2 cups flour 1 cup walnuts 1 cup dates 1 cup milk 1 egg 3/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp baking power 1 cup sugar 3 tsp melted butter Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl; add sugar. Stir in oats

Dutch Oven Hash Browns. Think I found dinner. I have a cup of pico and two potatoes I need to use along with a cup of spinach that needs to be used. This would be good. I can add some feta and Italian ham to really kick it up. #Cooking #hashbrowns #recipe

I took the below recipe for Mexican Lasagna and tweaked it for what I had in the fridge. OMG, was this amazing. I ate it for breakfast, lunch and dinner one day this weekend. Really going to have to do this again. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/08/cooking-with-pastor-ryan-delicious-mexican-lasagna/ My version: I omitted the mexican rice since mine was taking forever to cook. Alternate the layers however you like, this is just how mine turned out. In a greased cassero

The last two weeks have been bad, however I am climbing my way out of the pit. I have restarted my diet and am starting a new exercise regimen today.  Sadly, the concert we were planning to go to this week has sold out but we did get tickets for the huge one in April so at least some good happened. Planning my next attempt at the potato lasagna this week. Been surfing for unusual lasagna recipes and found several that gave me good ideas. Give them a go if you are interested.

I have gotten a lot of comments about the Potato Lasagna I attempted last week and thought I would try and clear up a few things. My favorite comment so far was “Why the hell did you make Potato Lasagna?!?”. Well, I saw a post that used scalloped potatoes to cover a meatloaf and immediately started thinking of what ways you could use the cheesy potatoes  in other recipes. I have been seeing potato pizza and frittatas and decided that you could make scalloped potatoes with sau

Image via Wikipedia Potato Lasagna I hate when I have a recipe flop. It was a great idea that could still be great with some tweaking. Ingredients Potatoes, peeled and sliced into thin rounds. I used a mandolin to do mine. Tomato sauce Feta Diced tomatoes, I used canned with green peppers and onions. Parmesan, shredded ricotta cheese Mixed Italian cheese, shredded chicken, diced pancetta ham, diced diced, frozen spinach Herb de province I alternated the ingredients with layer