Dinner

Skillet Chicken Parmesan

Lately Dan and I have been eating a lot of mozzarella sticks, leftover takeout, and cold pizza. My mom’s birthday lunch kind of burned me out on the cooking front, and I haven’t been able to muster the energy to whip up anything blog-worthy. There were the glazed, grilled pork chops last Friday, but…I was hungry and didn’t remember to take pictures until the chops were a mere grease smear on our plates. Alas. Not that Dan ever complains about what I put into his stomach or anything, but I was feeling a little guilty last night after work. There was a time — not so long ago, really — when I painstakingly planned our dinners hours in advance and eagerly looked forward to...

Creamy Spinach and Mushrooms Stuffed Pasta Shells

Man, it’s been a while since my last post! It’s not that I haven’t been cooking — I have, I swear. Pork chops, stuffed chicken breasts, soy-glazed salmon, etc. I just haven’t been able to find time to take pictures/blog about it. I started my clerkship back in September, and then Dan and I moved into our new condo — between commuting to/from work, buying a car, furnishing the condo, and getting lost in our new neighborhood on almost a daily basis, I barely have the energy to wolf down my dinner before it’s time to fall into bed. We also adopted a kitten, so a lot of our time in the evenings is spent trying to buy her love with food and belly...

Yesterday was the second gathering of the Summer Supper Club, and it was Mexican night. After a long and painful week of bar studying, we needed the comfort of oozing cheese and guac and sour cream to help us unwind. So we blended up some mango margaritas, parked ourselves on my couch, and feasted on spinach & cheese quesadillas, enchiladas, 3-bean dip, homemade salsa, and apple-pie enchiladas (for dessert). The thing about quesadillas is that they’re delicious and easy to make. Dinner was set for 7:30, and I didn’t start cooking until nearly 7, but by the time everyone had arrived, I already had a huge pile of fresh quesadillas waiting on the table. Rachel Ray would be so proud! Not much to say about these quesadillas other than...

Thanks to Southern night with the Summer Supper Club, I’m getting my second guest blog. This post is courtesy of my good friend Karen, who made slow-cooked pulled pork for our feast. I’m writing the post on her behalf, because she is too busy with bar review class to type it all out (technically, I am too, but…whatever!), but all pictures were taken with her camera. ***************************************************************** Karen and I met in our first year of law school. In the three years that I’ve known her, she has repeatedly insisted that she can’t cook. She swears up and down that all she is capable of making is chili and jello, and given the choice between chopping some vegetables to make a sandwich at home or...

In an effort to make post-graduation-bar-exam-studying less painful, my friends and I have decided to start a dinner club and take turns hosting potluck dinners once a week. We call it the “Summer Supper Club,” and each dinner will have a different theme. Today’s inaugural dinner theme: Southern Comfort. So we feasted on pulled pork (which will be featured in a guest blog post soon), shrimp & grits, fried pickles (which I will blog about tomorrow), green bean casserole, biscuits, salad, and pecan pie. Mmm. I’ve never made grits. I’ve never eaten grits. I’ve never actually worked with cornmeal. But, all the recipes online looked fairly straightforward, so I wasn’t too worried. Just boil some water/stock and stir in cornmeal. Easy-peasy, right? Not exactly!...

Maybe it’s because it was the first thing I ever learned to cook, but fried rice is my ultimate comfort food. It’s what my mom made for me instead of chicken noodle soup when I was sick, and it was my go-to dinner in college when the dining hall’s food wasn’t cutting it. Some people crave hot and melty Kraft mac n’ cheese on a rainy day, I go for a big, steaming bowl of fried rice. Fried rice so easy to make, and it’s just chock full of all my favorite things to eat: eggs, rice, vegetables, and meat. It’s good by itself as a meal, or as an accompaniment to other yummy side dishes. And, just 2 cups of rice can make...

Why is the weather in New England so crappy? I’ve been in Massachusetts for almost two days already, and I have yet to experience anything but ominous-looking clouds, wind, and rain. The only upside to this crappy weather is that it gives me an excuse to cook creamy, rich, hot comfort food that would be way too heavy on a warm day. Dan and I weren’t feeling up to dealing with raw meat today, and he hates grocery shopping with me (I get too excited by all the food possibilities, apparently), so we stuck to the produce aisle for dinner. Spinach and mushrooms are a timeless combo, and great in cream-based sauces. “Don’t crowd the mushrooms!” OK, Julia. I didn’t crowd the mushrooms —...

When my friend Jill graduated (early!) law school back in December, she treated herself to a trip to Thailand. In between relaxing and sightseeing, she squeezed in a few cooking lessons, and brought back tons of awesome new recipes to share. At our most recent girls’ night dinner, she showed me, Emily, and Leslie how to make pad thai. I was pretty excited for this dinner, not least because this was my first time hanging out with Jill in about 4 months. What really sweetened the pot, though, was the fact that Jill is currently house/dog-sitting for a girl that works at Williams-Sonoma and has access to a kitchen stocked with all kinds of sweet cooking equipment. Just looking at the huge selection of...

I cook so much more when Dan comes to visit me. (He’s getting his masters in Boston while I finish up law school in DC). Most of the time I eat sandwiches or salads for lunch, and when dinner rolls around I just throw some taquitos in the microwave and call it a day. It’s just too much effort to cook for one person, you know? But I still like to read food blogs everyday and bookmark interesting recipes for later. This means that by the time Dan comes down, I’m bursting with energy to try all the recipes I’ve stockpiled in the intervening month. The most recent visit’s project = lasagna. (Oh hello!) This is a Tyler Florence recipe, and boy does it...

Grilled Sirloin, Roasted Potatoes and Tomato Mozzarella Salad

I have the best roommate in the world — she’s fun, she loves reality TV, she washes the dishes, and she has no problem being my culinary guinea pig. She also happened to give me a $100 gift certificate to Williams-Sonoma for Christmas, which I immediately used to buy an indoor electric grill. This little grill has opened up a whole new world of home cooking options for me. Good bye ugly, dry pan-seared meats. Helloooo grilled pork chops, hamburgers, and juicy charred steaks! Dan and I had big plans to make pasta from scratch, but then 5 o’clock rolled around and we were both feeling super lazy and under-motivated. So what could we make for dinner that’s fast and delicious? Steak! Potatoes! Salad!...

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