by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 14, 2008 | Featured, Food
I wasn’t feeling inspired by the recipe I had been planning to try for dinner last night…so I was thinking about doing a chicken & mushroom alfredo. When I went looking for a recipe online, I came across this recipe instead. Stefan isn’t much of an alfredo fan, so...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 13, 2008 | Entertaining, Food, Thanksgiving
Last year, I tried something new: brining a turkey. It’s a simple process, where you let the bird soak for 24-48 hours in a bath of spices. It will leave your turkey so moist and tender, it may end up completely falling off the bone when you go to carve it. The...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jul 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
On its own, this dish is a little bit bland. But we were trying to find a dish similar to what they serve in Miami at a restaurant called Pollo Tropical. This is not it but it was still really good. A much more Mexican flair than I expected. The original recipe calls...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jan 21, 2008 | Food, Freezer Meals, Mains
Being a Texas girl, I do not take the subject of chili lightly. I have very specific opinions about what should be in chili and its minimum heat requirements. We have been making chili pretty much since we moved here to Germany but hadn’t really found the “perfect”...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Oct 16, 2007 | Featured
October 16, 2007 by Tiffany 1 Comment (Edit) Last night we tried out a new recipe. We had a couple of friends over for my birthday and thought it would be nice to do some kind of seafood pasta. We found this one on allrecipes.com and really loved it. It packs quite a...