Daily Unadventures in Cooking

This recipe was inspired by an old crockpot cookbook. Those old cookbooks can be so funny. Like, seriously, who could possibly go through that much cream of mushroom soup? I have changed pretty much every ingredient to a more natural form, kept the ketchup, and added mushrooms. This is most definitely North American Chinese food [...]

A delicious and easy braised short rib recipe, full of rich Indian spices.

This chicken tortilla soup is comforting, tangy and easy to make if you have a slow cooker or crock pot. Although it is not necessarily authentic, it is delicious and perfect if you will be out of the house for a few hours.

One of the funny things that sometimes happens in this blog-cooking world is trying to cook a classic that you have never tasted before. I remember doing it with the Orecchiete which were fabulous. As well as with a pot of Chicken and Dumplings that I was told weren’t quite right – they didn’t make [...]

Every Monday night I have a late meeting with our offshore team and so I try and get organized so I don’t have to cook (or eat crap) on Monday evening. Every week I have the best intentions, but usually this doesn’t so much happen and I end up eating one of Ichiban, takeout or [...]

You know when you throw something together and then it turns out really well? But you didn’t.. say pay attention to what you were doing? Well that is this one. It was a major success in the slow cooker, as far as Beef Stew goes it was perfect. But I didn’t measure anything and really, [...]

Inspired by my favorite lamb shank recipe with white wine, tomatoes and garlic this has been adapted for the slow cooker or crockpot.

This meal is actually from a few weeks ago as I have definitely fallen behind in my blogging. I recently decided to try and stimulate the half of my brain that is slowly decaying and take a medieval Literature course – very misguided. I am really enjoying it but it eats up a lot of [...]

This couldn’t be easier, really it couldn’t. I have done it twice now and both times ended up with the richest, clearest, easiest chicken stock I have ever made. With… wait for it now….. no skimming. I really do hate the skimming. You may also be Interested in the Following Recipes: Regular Chicken Stock Minestrone [...]

We had the most civilized weeknight meal on monday. Of course in our house it doesn’t take much to make it civilized. First of all dinner must occur before 8 and not in the 10pm region because of a culinary miscalculation. Secondly the meal should be fully balanced – or at least contain healthy portions [...]