1926. Comte Cheese Crackers

Snacking is a multi-cultural, and a multi-billion dollar industry. While store-bought goodies are often designed to make you addicted to the product, I can safely say that this homemade savory cheese cracker is among the best I've tasted and is just as addictive (without any of the chemical and synthetic nasties).

1925. Butternut Squash Tortellini Sausage Soup

You know how some salads are a meal in and of themselves? Like a steak salad complete with fried chevre and croutons? Definitely a meal and not a side.

1924. Vanilla Honey Sable Cookies

Sable cookies are a form of shortbread biscuit, a treat baked with butter, sugar, and flour as the main components, without any leavening agent.

1923. Croque Monsieur

Europe is blessed with beautiful nature and wonderful weather, but the mentality is so frugal and economical. As a result, they have a knack for making a big deal out of the most simple and ordinary things.

1922. Chinese Ground Beef Broccoli

Two recipes ago, we had a 30-minutes, one pan Mexican dish. Today, it's almost the same but with a Chinese flair. This is a one pan Chinese beef broccoli.

1921. FMF Mini Muffins

FMF is the acronym for freshly milled flour. Because of the processing conventional white flour goes through, I cannot in clear conscience claim that FMF recipes will work in exactly the same way with mass produced flour. 

1920. Mexican Skillet Casserole

This was a hearty one-pan meal that the entire family enjoyed. All elements are there: meat, rice, vegetables, all very well seasoned. 

1919. Hot sauce

While online grocery shopping the other day, I accidentally ended up with a bagful of green chili. The recipe I had gotten it for required only two chilies, so I decided to process the rest into a tobasco alternative of homemade hot sauce. 

1918. Date Molasses Chickpea Oat Cookies

My sister bought a small packet of delicious but overpriced cookies, which had the list of ingredients clearly printed on the packet. This led me to trying my hand at replicating it, using experience as educated guesses as to the measurements and method. 

1917. Qalya Mosul

There was an Iraqi cultural fair not long also and it was there that I tasted my first qalya. It is a very basic, very delicious dish hailing from Mosul, in northern Iraq. The main ingredients are lamb fat, boneless lamb chunks, onion, and a dash of date molasses.