BIZZY BAKES

This is the first Friday of the month and that means, INA FRIDAYS.......Wow!  This month is main dishes and I looked through many of Ina's delicious recipes until I came upon this Chili.  I had just baked some cutlets and wanted to make a sauce for them but it was more fun turning them into chili. You can make this as spicy as you want.  Since hubby does not enjoy spicy, I used a mild salsa.  Go ahead and choose a spicy one.  Add more red pepper flakes or cayenne.  Follow your instincts on this one. This month, the theme is main dishes.  I am going to include the monthly themes and I do hope, you would like to  join us.  Just link up.   APPETIZERS/DRINKS:  April, August, December SALADS/SOUPS/SIDES:  May, September, January MAIN COURSES:  June, October, February DESSERTS/OTHER:  July, November, March Today is the day after a Jewish holiday and here I am cooking for the Sab...

  I am back to making new lunches for myself, once again.  I wish, I could share with you, the feelings, I have about this.  It has taken the "eh" quality out of lunch and makes each time, I make it, into a mini occasion.  I have to think about it.  I have to purchase items for the recipes rather than work around what I have, on hand.  I want it to have some interest for you and I don't want it to be silly, like sharing how I put cheese on bread. In one way, this is easy because it is more fun than simply grabbing a slice of cheese and it is challenging because I am attempting to make a variety of food for the interest dimension. Today, I was looking at my cookbooks in order to find a recipe.  Ina Garten's,  How Easy is That? stood out.  It has been a long while since I used the book and probably as long, since I made an Ina recipe.  I saw a recipe for scalloped tomatoes and thought it was going to be one dish but in reading th...

When, I was younger, I thought that I was in control.   Sure, I believed in God but for some crazy reason, I planned and plotted and things worked out.  I patted myself on the back and took the credit.  The truth was, I needed to feel in control.  That kept me secure and safe.   That only works when life does not throw you a curve and I was thrown some difficult challenges that I could not control, no matter how much I tried.  I grew up then.  I realized, I had to live according to what is presented to me and I had to do the best I could with what was given to me.  You know, " When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade. "  Dale Carnegie How often do we hear that quote?  How often do we think about what it really means?  And....... how does it relate to corn pudding?  After all, discussing how to improve our lives sounds like it has little relation to Sagaponack corn pudding.  ( Sagaponack is a vill...