A Hungry Bear

chicken legs smothered in gravy

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

After all the turkey we ate last week, you’d think the last thing I’d be craving is more poultry. But, chicken legs are a great way to save some money and balance out the grocery budget. This recipe, from November’s Food & Wine magazine, has a nice bacon and tomato-based gravy that tastes [...]

pastitsio: greek pasta & lamb casserole

Monday, September 7, 2009

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I’ve been saving this recipe in my binder since late last year, when I saw it in the December 2008 issue of Gourmet. As I’ve mentioned before, my mom is a little obsessed with Greek food (her name is Yia-Yia, not grandma!), so whenever I see an interesting Greek dish I want to make [...]

linguine with summer succotash

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

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Seeing Food Inc. (twice in the past week) has made me more grateful than ever for our recent discovery of fresh vegetables delivered from a local farmer - and also more inspired to try a vegetarian dinner every now and then. The sauce for this dish is simply pureed fresh corn, with all the [...]

pork chops with tomato-peach compote

Monday, July 20, 2009

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This is a really quick and easy way to use up some of the local fresh peaches, heirloom tomatoes and vidalia onions in abundance right now (there’s only so much peach cobbler a girl can eat, even for me). I made it with braised collards and kale - it was a southern meal, with [...]

grilled halibut and vegetables provencale

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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My little container herb garden is growing like crazy these days, and I’m finding more ways than ever to incorporate them in unexpected ways (see this Bufala Negra drink for an unconventional way to enjoy basil). This recipe for grilled halibut and vegetables with fresh herbes de Provence caught my eye, as a way [...]

1 rotisserie chicken, 2 dinners: mexican salad

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Here is the salad we had with the second half of the shredded rotisserie chicken meat last week. Over a bowl of naked mixed greens and baby romaine, I put some cubed queso cheese, chopped avocado, diced onion and a bit of sweet corn (the frozen bagged kind, thawed and drained). For the [...]

1 rotisserie chicken, 2 dinners: greek salad

Monday, May 25, 2009

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You can either call this a lame post (it’s not a recipe), or it might be helpful since it’s a good emergency meal idea to keep in the back of your mind next time you don’t have time to cook. Either way, it’s just something that we’ve been doing a lot of lately and [...]

guacamole revisited

Monday, April 13, 2009

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I’ve made guacamole on AHB before, and while I still stick to my original recipe of no-recipe-at-all, I’ve been making it more often recently and found a few new tricks that make it even better. So just in case you don’t have your own non-recipe down pat, let’s review this one.

chicken eggplant cacciatore

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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Growing up, “cacciatore” basically meant stewed tomatoes and chicken. I never questioned its authenticity, I just knew it was boring veering on unappetizing. It wasn’t until I was searching for something to make with chicken thighs (the second healthiest cut of chicken next to chicken breast, and 1/3 the cost!) and eggplant when [...]

lamb and eggplant shepherd’s pie

Monday, March 16, 2009

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I’ve wanted to try more greek recipes since my parents returned from sailing around the Greek islands. My mom became so enamored with the food and the culture that she actually decided she’d be called “yia-yia” instead of some version of “grandma” when my niece was born. And still here I’ve sat, cooking [...]