I’m baack! I know, I know. It’s been months. But when I say we’ve been having life here at the house, I mean we’ve been having LIFE. Way more than I can get into here, but just know I was thinking of y’all and feeling guilty for not posting and not cooking. I *still* am not getting much cooking done, so since I don’t have any new recipes to share with you, here is one from Rouxbe.com.
Are y’all familiar with Rouxbe Online Cooking School? …

Sorry it’s been so quiet lately, but we’ve been having a lot of Real Life at our house. Vehicle accidents, kids in trouble at school – you name it, we got it.
 
Consequently, comfort food is the dish of the day!

I find that pasta is like a backup singer. It supports the star without being in the spotlight, fills in where needed and makes the show complete.
 
Sometimes, the backup singer becomes the star, or maybe even better. Such as the chili flavored pappardelle I found recently at World Market!

I recently signed up with the Barefoot Bloggers, just in time for their 1 year anniversary! This group tries out recipes by the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten, twice a month. I figured this would be a fun way to try some new recipes that I might not otherwise choose.
 
The first May recipe was chosen by Kate of Warm Olives and Cool Cocktails, and it’s one that’s right up my alley – Tuna Salad. Tuna Salad, you’re thinking? How boring! Not hardly.

Like just about everyone else, I love fried foods. They’re just so crispy, savory, and delicious! But I don’t love frying them.

What do you do when you want something quick and easy, there’s not much in the house, and you don’t want to go out?
 
Pantry Raid!!

Some of the best recipe happen by chance. An ingredient needs to be used up, so a recipe is found or created to utilize it. Or, everything needed for a recipe isn’t available, so creativity happens at the last second. Many times, those recipes end up being great!

Better late than never, right?

On a recent week night, after eating dinner, we decided we wanted something sweet. Something that was really dessert, but didn’t take a long time to put together. We had a movie to watch and we wanted to get to it.
 
So, I jumped onto the Food Blog Search (see box in the right hand sidebar) and typed in “quick dessert.” A whole bunch of things popped up, and a few items down, I found Millie’s Quick Dessert Cake. Not only did it, indeed, sound very quick, but it used canned pie filling – of which I have several I need to use up (how is it that I have several, I ask you? I never use them! Why did I buy them? I don’t understand). So, Quick Dessert Cake it was!

Reading this article about the Kitchens of the Future, there was only one kitchen that jumped out at me