This is Marie, contributing a few comments about a pasta dish I made because the photo looked so lovely I could not resist making it as soon as possible. I really enjoy both asparagus and pasta, but had never thought to combine the two. Since the girlchild is also a fan of both, Grant put up very generously with the recipe. Continue reading “Asparagus Pasta” →

This is Marie, talking about a recipe that Grant found for “Chicken and Chorizo stew.” I liked the story behind it, that a woman with a child was trying to make something out of what remained in her kitchen after a week; as she mentioned, sometimes shopping with a kid is a breeze, and sometimes you have to escape before he has a complete meltdown over whether he can have one of the $6 toy cars that break in less than a week. Continue reading “Chicken and Chorizo Stew” →

This is Marie, contributing an article about a recipe that Grant was very enthusiastic about. I was a little dubious about this particular recipe at first, to be honest, despite its origin in the Penzeys catalog (we love Penzeys). For one thing, please note how many different variations on tomatoes are in it. I think there must be about at least a pound, in just about every format available except dried. And those could be added! For another, it’s a slow cooker recipe and I was thinking this was supposed to be spring. In Georgia, spring generally means two nice days followed by the immediate and vigorous onset of summer. However, this year’s weather being as odd as it is, it was plenty cool enough to take a slow cooker recipe and go with it. Continue reading “Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup with Penzeys Arizona Dreaming” →