This hash brown recipe is one that your brunch guests will never forget! It's smoky, slightly spicy and it's a true comfort food. This is an absolutely ideal, comforting brunch dish that's full of rich and intense flavors and all kinds of contrasting textures. I can't express enough to you how incredibly delicious … [Read more...]
Smashed Potato Pizza Crust
This is a recipe that uses one potato, a little olive oil, salt and pepper, to make one brilliant pizza crust! When it comes to cooking, I know I toot my own horn from time to time -- but, I don't often call my creations "brilliant" (even if I'm thinking it). And while I don't want the horn to toot to loud, I'm quite … [Read more...]
Cuban Chicken Stew Recipe with Alcaparrado
This Cuban Chicken Stew has ingredients found in Alcaparrado, which you'll learn all about as you read on. It's a hearty, comforting stew that's bursting with delicious flavors.New culinary word or the day: alcaparrado. Have you ever heard of it? I hadn't either, until a few days ago when I read a Cuban recipe in the … [Read more...]
Spicy Cabbage-Potato Pancake Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day
Want to know how happy I am when I see a Melissa's Produce box at my door? So happy, that it's as if I'm one of my sons seeing an Amazon box full of toys. (Trust me -- that's happy!) Beautiful and green! That's what the most recent box was filled with. Gorgeous baby brussels sprouts, kale sprouts, leeks, and Napa … [Read more...]
Smoky Potato-Pickled Tomato Bites and Savory Cocktails
Greg Henry of SippitySup was one of the first people who welcomed me into the food blogging community a couple of years ago, just before I started Cooking On The Weekends. I loved SippitySup immediately, and it's no wonder that since I met Greg, he's had his first two cookbooks published: Savory Pies and Savory … [Read more...]
Individual Bacon-Hash Browns and Egg Casseroles
How pretty are these Individual Bacon-Hash Browns and Egg Casseroles!? While it's common to find hash browns, bacon and eggs on the same plate, it's much more fun to present all three in the form of an elegant casserole for one. You could have hash browns, bacon and eggs -- each one a couple inches apart form the other … [Read more...]
Curried Tomato-Potato Soup Recipe
Curried Tomato-Potato Soup is so creamy, rich and hearty -- you won't believe it's vegan! The warming spices in this recipe turn the puréed tomatoes and potatoes into a bowl of cozy comfort. An appetizer or main course, this soup is perfect for the cooler fall and winter months. After a whole lot of Valentine's Day … [Read more...]
Chipotle-Potato Mexican Lasagna Recipe {Gluten-Free}
It's the pretty celadon green casserole dish in these images that inspired this recipe. Though this isn't typically how I create recipes, I love when it happens. Normally I select the dish, pan, plates, etc., based on what I've cooked or want to cook. Not the other way around. My mother-in-law gave me this … [Read more...]
Rosemary Apple Potatoes – Pavé Style
I've been wanting to try a potato dish of this sort since I saw this gorgeous image on my friend Sara's site, Average Betty. Pavé is the French word for "paving stones," and it's the word that chef Thomas Keller uses to describe any such rectangular or square food preparation. Sara's Pavé (and I'm sure Thomas … [Read more...]
Cinco de Mayo Recipes: Spicy Pepper Jack Potato Pancakes
Last year at this time, Cooking On The Weekends wasn't born yet. I had just read an article in the LA Times Food Section about Sarah Gim of TasteSpotting. It said that Sarah would be speaking at Camp Blogaway -- a two-day camp packed with back to back sessions about all of the different aspects of the food blogging … [Read more...]
