Perfect Autumn meal, the sweet with the tart that make the sauce for this to be outstanding with seared pork chops for a dinner that won't leave you hungry.Pork Chops with Apples and Onions ~- Lucinda Scala Quinn -6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thickCoarse salt and freshly ground black pepper1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil or vegetable oil2 … [Read more...]
Chicken Butternut Squash Lasagna
Chicken Butternut Squash Lasagna ~- Skirt in the Kitchen -2 cups rotisseri chicken pieces3 1/2 pounds butternut squash, peeled with seeds cored out, cut into 1-inch cubes2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oilKosher salt and black pepper12 ounces Tofu4 ounces Feta cheese8 ounces Creme Fraiche 2 large egg yolks 1 cup shredded Romano cheese1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheeseGrated … [Read more...]
Potato Chowder
So nourishing, soup for the cold-- and as nourishing as it is for the soul, because it's old-fashioned like what Mom made, just a newer version of what potato soup always was. Like a good pair of shoes, an old dear friend, a car that never puts you down, soup is like that-- Comes in handy, is hearty, fullfilling in its own way... and takes you back home where there … [Read more...]
Stuffed Acorn Squash
Fanatical about Fall. Husband is looking forward to the season coming to a close, already, just so he doesn't have to eat anymore squash, pumpkin and sweet potatoes. Good thing I know his favorites to keep on hand for him, to give him a break. That is what happens when a man marries someone who was raised from the ground, from fertile dirt. … [Read more...]
Apple Stuffed French Toast
Is it breakfast or brunch or is it dessert? You decide now that it's yours. You make it any way you want it, any way you prefer it to be. That is one of the neat things about cooking and baking for yourself, not only for those around you, but yes, for you-- Why not be a bit self-centered now and then-- kidding, or not... Be a … [Read more...]
Autumn Medley
These compliment each other in a round-about way; not to mention, the nutrition factor in which you do not have to sacrifice taste for the sake of nutrition, for those of you who believe that eating healthy is a bland course of food drawn together claiming it not a delicious meal. These are Fall foods, some of many. And this is a delicious way of having your … [Read more...]
Harvest Cornbread (Sweet Potato-Zucchini Cheddar Bacon)
A different kind of cornbread that you can't resist trying, simply because it is out of the ordinary. Then, you can't resist trying a second helping because you liked the taste that your curiosity brought forth. The sweet potatoes are undetected; so is the zucchini, looks like jalapeno peppers-- but it's not. Any kind of bacon will do nicely in this; I used … [Read more...]
Green Tomato Pie
Got to be green... "Go green," is mostly what you hear these days. Why not go green in pie, green tomato pie that is sweet, not savory as red tomato pie can be and usually is. Hmm... but how about cooking a sweet red tomato pie while you're at it? I just might have to do that, as well. So here we are: Summer has long bid its goodbye, … [Read more...]
Hand-Down Spaghetti
With your dad's hand-me-down '70's yellow can opener that he gave you back in the survival days of your metropolitan era, open both ends of the tomato paste; carefully push one end out through the other end, easily plopping the thick paste directly into the 12" skillet of spaghetti sauce that your husband of his bachelor years taught you to do... and you just made it … [Read more...]
Daughter’s Zucchini Bread
How can I simply tell you how deliciously good this is, how much it catars to the tastebuds when you cannot reach out for a slice but imagine the wholesome quality of a bread that is no longer basic in every household; rather, souped up into a deluxe zucchini bread that isn't just a zucchini bread that kitchens in countrysides and in town and … [Read more...]