Recession Recipes

There is nothing better than cooking up a huge vat of soup over the weekend and having an arsenal of lunches in the fridge so you barely have to cook during the week. This Winter Minestrone is packed full of vegetables, but isn’t some sissy soup. Instead it has nuggets of carrots, lots of greens, [...]

It has been a long week since we last posted with the website getting hacked and my computer getting a nasty handful of viruses that had Carlo pulling out what is left of his hair. Plus we had some friends in town, which meant we ate out and drank a lot this past weekend. So [...]

We both really like middle eastern food, and one of our favorite cookbooks is from the restaurant Moro in London, which melds together Middle Eastern, Spanish and Moroccan food wonderfully. As we’ve been trying to eat more vegetables lately, I searched through it for some good, moreish veggie recipes, and found one for Turlu Turlu, [...]

On Friday night, Carlo and I had a quiet night at home with a nice bottle of wine and we spent the evening cooking together. Our original menu included some bbq ribs, but upon defrosting the frozen ribs, they smelt a bit suspect so we quickly defrosted a pork tenderloin to grill instead. The [...]

Here is the recipe for the Plum and Walnut Crisp that ended our meal with my parents last week. I had planned on serving homemade ginger ice cream with the crisp, but despite my best efforts with my brand new ice cream machine, the ginger custard would just not freeze. I think I will have [...]

My mum and dad came out for a visit last week, and I took them up to Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon National Parks for a few days in Utah. The night before we left on our Utah road trip, I cooked dinner for my parents and Carlo. On the menu was Spicy Pork and [...]

Meatloaf is one of those truly American dishes that I didn’t eat when I was growing up. In fact, the only time I ever really eat meatloaf is when we are in San Francisco and have lunch at ‘wichcraft, where I order the truly incredible meatloaf sandwich with cheddar, bacon, and tomato relish on a [...]

One of the most interesting things that has happened while I’ve been working on Recession Recipes is connecting with old friends and new friends who are as obsessed with food as I am. I love getting emails from them telling me what they are currently enjoying to eat or getting family recipes.
A very old friend [...]

This tasty Tyler Florence recipe for Roasted Hatch Green Chile, Black Bean, and Chicken Enchiladas takes an ordinary roasted deli chicken from the supermarket and turns it into a spectacular Mexican treat. Everything else in the rest of the recipe is made from scratch, aside from the tortillas, so not having to worry about roasting [...]