Double Duty Food: Basic Beef
Posted on September 9, 2008 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, beef, dinner, leftovers, pasta, pizza, quick and easy, sauce | 2 Comments
I love - LOVE - the ease of food that can do double duty. For instance, a roasted chicken like the one mentioned on the Everyday Food blog today can be Sunday dinner, Monday chicken tacos, Tuesday chicken and rice and Wednesday chicken salad. Talk about a blessing for a busy, harried mom — or [...]
Read More..>>Snapping Photos, and Easy Slow Cooker Beef Brisket
Posted on May 8, 2008 - Filed Under beef | 4 Comments
All of my cooking, photographing, and posting about our food has really caught on . . . with Will. The boy doesn’t miss a thing, I tell you.
I whipped out the camera to quickly catch a shot of the beef brisket before sitting down to eat. His little eyes lit up when he saw the [...]
Beef with Broccoli without the Guilt
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under beef | 2 Comments
Here in the Cucina Bella household, we are pretty big fans of Chinese food. It only takes a passing mention of Chinese food to get us debating about ordering it — take Chinese New Year. Cate mentioned that she had to order her Chinese food dinner and I couldn’t get to the takeout menu fast [...]
Read More..>>Adventures in Tenderizing Steak: Part 1
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under beef | Leave a Comment
My husband loves a good steak. I think if he had his way, we’d be eating steak every single night. In fact, we did eat steak every night for a bit early on in our courtship.
But, let’s face it, good steaks are a little pricey to have often. And when you have kids to diaper, [...]
Barbecue Beef and Potato Stew
Posted on January 14, 2008 - Filed Under beef, soup | 3 Comments
It’s funny how things change as you get older . . . As a child and a teen, I used to jump with joy at the prospect of snow. There was so much fun from the falling flakes - snow days, sledding, snowball fights … But when I got up this morning and saw my [...]
Read More..>>Spectacular Ginger Soy London Broil
Posted on January 3, 2008 - Filed Under beef, marinades, meal planning | Leave a Comment
On New Years Eve, we had a fun visit from an old and dear friend of mine, and her family. Then we ate Chinese food (Shawn’s tradition) and rang in the New Year watching The Next Food Network Star (I think I want to be the next star!). On New Years Day, Shawn had to [...]
Read More..>>Sign of the times? Italian Panko Steak
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under beef | 1 Comment
Maybe it’s a sign of the times or something. When I was grocery shopping recently, I picked up a box of Panko crumbs and bought them. Only later did I realize that they were in fact Italian panko. Italian panko?!? They lacked the light texture of regular Japanese panko and were considerably larger, thicker, etc. [...]
Read More..>>RECIPE: French Dip Panini
Posted on May 16, 2007 - Filed Under beef, dinner, sandwich | 1 Comment
So yesterday was the first time I ever tried a Rachael Ray recipe. I know, she’s been huge for several years now, but I managed to remain under the radar … or something. Anyway, this French Dip Panini was amazing. I made a few changes: I added salt and pepper to the sauce, caught [...]
Read More..>>RECIPE: French Dip Panini
Posted on May 16, 2007 - Filed Under beef, dinner, sandwich | 1 Comment
So yesterday was the first time I ever tried a Rachael Ray recipe. I know, she’s been huge for several years now, but I managed to remain under the radar … or something. Anyway, this French Dip Panini was amazing. I made a few changes: I added salt and pepper to the sauce, caught [...]
Read More..>>French Dip Panini and Caprese Salad
Posted on May 15, 2007 - Filed Under beef, salad, sandwich | 6 Comments
Dinner tonight was a pretty quick combination of recipes. First, I threw together Rachael Ray’s French Dip Panini (with a few minor modifications). Then I whipped up a two-minute caprese salad (which coincidentally is a perfect inclusion for Sweetnicks’ ARF/5-A-Day Tuesday).
Honestly, I dare say this is the first Rachael Ray recipe I have ever made. [...]
