Dear readers, My brother-in-law is really great at making bread…like really great. He’s a little more adventurous in his cooking adventures than I am. Over Thanksgiving, he created one of the most amazing lowering contraptions out of a ladder and some rope to deep fry TWO turkeys and prevent any trips to the burn ward,…
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On No-Knead Dutch Oven Cheddar Jalapeno Bread
Dear readers, Bread is an area of baking that I have been VERY intimidated by for the longest time. I don’t know what it is, but the idea of kneading and rising and making sure everything is JUST right is a little more stressful than I like to be when it comes to cooking/baking. However,…
On Pan Con Tomate
Dear readers, This will be the last recipe of 2022, and what better way to end the year than with a new appetizer recipe from our annual Holiday Party? Inspired by the Catalan Style “Crystal” Bread at lil’ Ba-Ba-Reeba! in River North, I present a Pan Con Tomate. You can absolutely make this totally vegan/veggie…
On the Easiest Wonton Soup
Dear readers, It’s winter, it’s cold, and after being outside in the snow with my furry monsters, I get cravings for (drum roll) SOUP! I mean, Fall is the start of soup season, but I did a ton of soups this spring and wanted to hold off a little. But there is one soup that…
On French Bistro Salad
Dear readers, There is a new French bistro in my neighborhood called the Pomeroy, and I stumbled upon it when I decided one day on my way home after a music event one of our friends was singing in that I really wanted to a salad, but it was stupid late and I was tired…
On Creamed Corn & Potato Chowder
Dear readers, I know it’s spring time, but I have ANOTHER SOUP!! I don’t know why, but I have been seriously soup obsessed, and given a lot of times I make a couple new things every week, we’re just on backlog now. This one was really easy to make, can be totally vegetarian (skip the…
On the Best Tuna Salad
One of my favorite sandwiches of tall time is a good tuna salad sandwich, but specifically the kind of tuna salad with not a ton of mayo, any egg pieces, or just mushy tuna – it’s gotta be that big chunky kind of tuna (aka. fancy canned tuna). To find said fancy tuna, it’s not…
On Sheet Pan Fajitas
When a pre-ramble isn’t really necessary! 🙂 Sheet Pan Fajita Ingredients Taco Seasoning 1 tbsp chili powder 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tbsp onion powder 1/2 tbsp (or 1 tsp+, to taste) crushed red pepper Fajitas 2lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into thin slices 2 tbsp olive oil 1 lime,…
On Alex’s Pork Noodle Bowls
IT HAPPENED! IT FINALLY HAPPENED! My friend Alex & I finally got our FaceTime’s going and cooked together (catching up along the way as well), and it was so much fun and we’ve already been discussing what to make next, so I’m super looking forward to our upcoming segments together! And since this was all…
On Take-Out Noodles at Home
Let’s talk easy peasy lemon squeezy, and by that, I mean Chinese Take-Out Noodles at home courtesy of Bon Appetit Magazine!. No phone calls, no internet orders, half the price of takeout, a ton of leftovers, and just as easy as going through the process of placing an order and waiting around, and I can…
The Real Cooking Maggie 