Category Archives: Comfort food

An Apple a Day

Today has been overcast and windy.  The temperature has hovered around 60 degrees but the wind and overcast skies definitely makes it feel colder.  With around 320 days of sunshine here in New Mexico, cloudy days are a rarity.  Days … Continue reading

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The Old Recipes

This afternoon I received an email from my mom asking me If I had a copy of a recipe from one of our neighbors in Thiensville, Wis. ( where I lived from 8th grade until I left for college.) The … Continue reading

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Everybody Wins!

Last night I made chicken pot pies.  The weather is beginning to turn warmer and it’s now or never if we want to get in one last helping of winter time comfort food. Usually I make pot pies with leftover chicken but … Continue reading

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The Yin and Yang of Potatoes

If you follow my blog at all you know I believe in the old adage “Waste Not Want Not.”  That means nothing goes to waste in my kitchen if I can avoid it.  Oh I have to admit there have … Continue reading

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Diner Food Part Two – Meat Loaf

Tonight we are having another diner staple – Meat Loaf.  I don’t eat meat loaf in diners; in my experience it is too dry.  George doesn’t eat diner meat loaf either – for the same reason.  But he loves meat loaf so we have … Continue reading

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Easy Meals for a Busy Week

The first two weeks of October are the busiest weeks here at the inn.  The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta draws 100 thousand people to the area – about 80,000 of them from out-of-town.  Needless to say, we are hopping here … Continue reading

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It’s Leftover Week

This week our menu consists of some of those good comfort foods you crave when the first cool weather appears.  Granted cool is relative.  With temperatures forecasted to be in the low 89′s were not exactly breaking out the long underwear.  But since it … Continue reading

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And the Winner is….

In my last post I asked you all to help me make a decision about which entrée to feature in my cooking class.  The results are in and winner is …. drum roll please… the smoked salmon ravioli.  Thanks to all who … Continue reading

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Soup and Salad

Well summer doesn’t seem to want to let go.  It has been in the mid 90′s all week, though it is in the upper 50′s in the early morning.  So while Labor day has come and gone and it is … Continue reading

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Short Ribs for Two

Last week I went to a bonus class at the Santa Fe School of Cooking.  The menu they were trying out included Braised Short Ribs, creamed corn, a tomatillo and poblano conserva and a lemon curd/filo dessert.  I decided I would try my … Continue reading

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