Recipe: Homemade Corn Tortillas
I found my tortilla press at my favorite grocery store for around $15. Why make your own tortillas? Try these reasons: 1) They’re fast and easy, especially if you get a designated tortilla press. As...
View ArticleRecipe: Mexi-Thai Fusion Delusion
What a fun combination of flavors and texture — and the drink? It’s Kombucha. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. Cross-cultural food marriages add spice — literally — to life, and this fusion of...
View ArticleRecipe: Creamy, Dreamy Corn Chowder
It’s creamy, dreamy, inexpensive, yummy, and easy. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art It’s soup season! Finally, after a summer of sweltering our way through quick stir-fries that don’t heat up the...
View ArticleRecipe: Sexy, Brooding, Dark Chocolate Muffins
Muffins are a great food for any time. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art Let’s face it: food is sensual, and lest you think that the kids can’t read this column, get a grip on the word “sensual”...
View ArticleRecipe: Peanut Butter Muffins
What a way to say “love” — a warm, homemade muffin. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. I love muffins. They’re fast, easy, inexpensive, and easily adaptable to any meal. If you’re facing the dinner...
View ArticleRecipe: Scalloped Potatoes
I used some blue potatoes in this dish — you can see them sliced, in the background next to the plate. Photo Credit Steve Henderson Fine Art The other day I was standing in the kitchen, staring at the...
View ArticleRecipe: Simple Breaded Chicken
Isn’t that Polish pottery something else? So is the chicken. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. In our house, boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts are fast food, because they take 20-30...
View ArticleRecipe: Kale That’s Worth Eating
It’s bright, green, and delicious. Kale, with Yukon Gold French Fries and baked fish. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. I chatted with a man the other day who announced that he had made kale a...
View ArticleRecipe: Sweet Italian CARROTS!
Learning to grow, and cook, your own food is a major component in Living Happily on Less, which I discuss in my book of the same name. Photo credit Steve Henderson. I have never been a fan of cooked...
View ArticleRecipes: Pumpkin Pancakes and Pumpkin Ice Cream
What a great way to incorporate pumpkin in your life! photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. With Thanksgiving kicking off the holiday season this week, it’s a given that this week’s recipe will...
View ArticleRecipe: Risotto Resztki (Leftovers)
Reposing on another of my Polish plates, Risotto is a soothing comfort food, both in the making and the eating. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. Risotto is an Italian rice dish, but I’m an...
View ArticleRecipe: Good Food
We hate to waste food, but since we couldn’t eat it, we played with it. It’s alarming how well it gums and sticks together. Don’t ask me how food imitation products made it into my breadbox and...
View ArticleRecipe: Easy Roasted Vegetables
It’s quick, easy, inexpensive, nutritious and delicious. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. As a writer who also runs the Norwegian Artist’s fine art gallery, I don’t have a lot of time to cook....
View ArticleRecipe: 5-Ingredient Pumpkin Soup
This tastes great with a salad and/or bread, but we’ve had it all on its own when time is short. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. “Oh yuck. I hate pumpkin.” Did you really just say that? My...
View ArticleRecipe: Easy Chai Tea
What takes the most about this recipe is figuring out which tea pot you want to put the finished beverage in. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art Chai Tea is not an unfathomable concoction that...
View ArticleRecipe: Shockingly Simple Spaghetti Sauce
Other than opening a can of prepared stuff with unpronounceable ingredients, it doesn’t get much easier than this. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. When I was a child, my dad was in charge of...
View ArticleRecipe: Soft Bread Sticks
Soft bread sticks are relatively fast and easy, and they don’t last long! Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. Generally, we eat around the dining room table — with place mats, no less! — but...
View ArticleRecipe: Pancakes
Pancakes are fast, easy, nutritious, and popular with all ages. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. Pancakes are pretty much the fastest food on the planet to make — and that’s without a mix. If...
View ArticleRecipe: Hot Chocolate — the Real Thing, Not the Powder
Hot chocolate — the real thing — is worth the 15 minutes it takes to make it. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. Those of us who grew up in the 1970s know that it was not an era of of high taste...
View ArticleRecipe: Cream Cheese and Raspberry Coffeecake
Yup, that frosting’s pink. That’s because I used raspberry juice as the liquid in the frosting. If you use milk or water, then the frosting won’t be pink. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. The...
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