Roasted Garlic and Onion with Shrimp

Roasted Garlic and Onion with Shrimp Sherry asked me to cook something, and I said, “But we have nothing to work with.” She knew better and invited me to figure out something. I roasted most of the vegetables in a dry skillet. Toward the end, I did drizzle...

Pork, Cabbage and Hominy Stew

Pork, Cabbage and Hominy Stew This was going to be a version of green chile and cabbage dish Sherry loves so much. But I didn’t bother to look up the recipe, and just winged it. This is what happened. I don’t have a slow cooker big enough to hold it all,...

Wilted Kale

Wilted Kale Sherry picked up a bunch of Kale, and I had no idea what to do with it. Let’s just say it wasn’t something we saw much of in the Byrd household when I was a child. Turnip greens, mustard greens, collards? You bet. But Kale? I don’t know....

Shrimp with Sweet Potatoes

Shrimp with Sweet Potatoes Sherry said she wanted a snack, so I threw this together in a hurry. I already had the creamed sweet potatoes in the fridge. So I just quickly pan fried some shrimp in butter; warmed the sweet potatoes in the microwave; then topped the...

Onion Sauce for Pasta

Onion Sauce for Pasta Had some extra onions on hand so I decided to see if I could find a recipe for an onion sauce to go over pasta. It’s on the stove right now. Note: Not finished yet, but the long slow cooking really reduces the volume of onions. I started...

Red Beans in the Crock Pot

Red Beans in the Crock Pot We have a routine we fell into around here for making chicken stock over the weekend; we time this not because it’s a weekend, but because our solid waste visits on Tuesday mornings. (Yes, we make cooking decisions based partly on what...