|
http://www.girlgonegourmet.com
Girl Gone Gourmet focuses on home cooking using fresh, in-season ingredients.
My long hiatus from cooking led to some serious cravings for home-cooked comfort food and what is more comforting than lasagna? The thought of pasta, a rich sauce and oozy ricotta and mozzarella cheese all baked together was enough motivation for me (read full article)
Some might find cooking for one depressing, sad, and, overall, difficult, but I find the experience the exact opposite. I think it's liberating, inspiring and very easy-- much easier than cooking for two or more people. I recently made dinner for jus (read full article)
It's becoming a trend, this whole "take my lunch to work"thing... Are you getting tired of hearing about it? I hope not because I really want to tell you about this orzo salad. I made a batch on Sunday and packaged it all up in individual s (read full article)
Just when I thought I was going all healthy on myself, after making this and that earlier in the week, the weather took a turn and brought us a dusting of snow and chilly temperatures. You know it's cold when it looks all blue outside. When it (read full article)
A common thread among a lot of easy weeknight dinners is that they usually have four main components: pasta, meat, veggies and sauce. Using those four main components and switching up the ingredients leads to an endless list of dinner possibilitie (read full article)
One of my New Year's resolutions is to take my lunch to work most days of the week. This commitment requires a bit of planning so I decided this past weekend to make a hearty soup and freeze it in individual servings so it would be easy to pack it an (read full article)
I feel like I'm breaking the law by posting this recipe for meatballs. Everywhere I look there are healthy recipes designed to help one detox after the holiday season. I feel like a rebel bucking the system and thumbing my nose to those who think we (read full article)
I've decided that turkey pot pie should be the gift to give for 2009. I really think that this savory, comforting dinner could be the next Tickle Me Elmo or Nintendo Wii or whatever 'of the minute' product is out there this year. Seriously-- I'm not (read full article)
While strolling through the park one day, I found myself preoccupied thinking about a recipe I had read earlier that same day posted on one of my favorite blogs, Memorie di Angelina. This particular recipe's tastiness potential held my mind hostage a (read full article)
This is a tale of three 'firsts' and it all started with bok choy. Yes, it's true, I have never cooked with bok choy and, to be honest, if it hadn't shown up in our CSA basket this week I might never have cooked with it. The bok choy's arrival, (read full article)
Left to my own devices this past weekend I spent most of it curled up reading My Life in France by Julie Child. After turning the last page late Saturday I found myself so moved by the book that I set my sights on roasting a chicken for Sunday-- a Fr (read full article)
When we were in Telluride, CO, after riding the gondola up one side of the mountain and down the other, we ate at a little restaurant called Poacher's Pub. It was there that Dan ordered some seriously good chili mac and I haven't been able to get it (read full article)
This lasagna has a secret. If you serve this lasagna to guests upon a first glance they may think that it's nothing special, but once they bite into it they will discover the special secret hiding inside, which is garden fresh pesto. When I set o (read full article)
There are some meals you can always count on to make everyone happy. At our house spaghetti night, taco night, and pizza night rotate frequently through our menu plan. For spaghetti night I usually make the same ground beef meatballs, so this week I (read full article)
Every once in a while I get really brave in the kitchen. Case in point: we got some pluots (a plum-apricot hybrid) in our CSA basket and, to be absolutely honest, I had know idea what to do with them. Sure, I could have just eaten them as is or maybe (read full article)
Imagine you are driving home from work thinking about the ribeye steak you want to make for dinner. It sounds really good, but you're tired and don't want to make a big fuss of it so you decide to just grill the steak and maybe do a simple side salad (read full article)
A few weeks ago we got our first eggplant in our CSA box and I was very excited to put it to good use in the kitchen. I decided to fry it, which turned out to be a big mistake. My efforts in breading the pieces and frying them in my cast iron skillet (read full article)
Yesterday I spent a few afternoon hours working on something for an upcoming post and, before I knew it, it was time for dinner and I had no idea what to make. I had two uncooked, frozen hamburger patties, leftover from another recipe, and some roast (read full article)
Our free membership allows you to rate and review recipes, manage your private recipe box, submit your own recipes, and more!
