I polled the people for suggestions for this week’s Try It Tuesday and got a resounding reply that it should be Chinese food. Mason more specifically requested Chicken Teriyaki. I served it with good old fashioned steamed white rice and a vegetable stir fry mix with noodles. This Try It Tuesday met with great delight. […]
Tonight’s dinner was based on a suggestion from Mason to try kohlrabi. I’m not sure where he heard of this vegetable but he named it without missing a beat. Kohlrabi’s one of those vegetables that I needed to Google before shopping. I recognized it as soon as I saw it but it does not regularly […]
Last night while the speech tournament was going on, our family was eagerly awaiting the arrival of Sophia and Laynie to Evansville. Sophia charmed us from the start. This morning Laynie left us to go to Saint Louis for a business trip until Friday. Yes, we are getting the privilege of having this baby all […]
This week the challenge was burgers. Now, while we in our family have been eating burgers for quite some time, they have basically been of the plain variety. Mason decided that he wanted to try a cheeseburger garnished with lettuce, tomato and pickles. While we could have easily made burgers at home, sometimes a Try […]
Today’s Try It Tuesday was thanks to Walker’s wish to expose Mason to Mama’s Kitchen. This is a unique dining experience. To call it a restaurant is to elevate its status a bit. Mama’s Kitchen is a hidden gem located in our local international market. Inside the store, there is a small nook with a […]
Look! It’s eating his finger. Crab legs have been Mason’s request for a few weeks but I just wasn’t sure where to go here to get them. There was the option of buying them at the international market and making them at home but sometimes a restaurant improves the likability of a dish. Off to […]
Mason didn’t skip a beat when I asked him what he’d like for Try It Tuesday this week. Coconut shrimp sounded pretty good but I had to narrow it down. Shrimp in a coconut sauce? Shrimp with coconut flavor? Was the shrimp supposed to be wet or dry when it was served? I probed further […]
Walker selected quiche for tonight’s dinner. I thought a meat version might be a good entry point for this meal. I used this recipe to prepare an Italian Sausage Quiche. I served it with sautéed mushrooms and spinach, vegetable crudité and bread. Everyone enjoyed this meal so this one will definitely make it in the […]
Walker loves our Vietnamese Restaurant. A friend of his treated him to dinner here and he has been talking it up. With Mason’s current enthusiasm for trying new things, he suggested now is a good time to introduce Mason to it. First up were the spring rolls. They wrap shrimp, rice vermicelli and fresh herbs […]
While I will win no awards for my foodie pictures on this post, I did hit the jackpot with tonight’s entrée: Chicken Cordon Bleu. There was a bit of debate about why the dish is named as such but after a bit of sleuthing, we learned that cordon bleu means blue ribbon. So chicken cordon […]