Coconut Macaroons

Easy recipe alert!!  I cannot bake to save my life, so I love recipes where I can pretend like I can bake.  The recipe says to bake for 20 minutes, but I had to bake it for 22-25 minutes to get it golden brown.  Let it cool and dip in melted chocolate to make it extra yummy!

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/coconut-macaroons

Yummy House Cafe

Tucked away in a quiet neighborhood, near Children's Hospital in Seattle, this place makes the best chinese comfort food.  The crispy noodles, salty fish fried rice, seafood hot pot, salt and pepper pork chops, etc, always tastes great and comes out piping hot.  It's a little house of a restaurant and the owners are also the chef and waitress.

Stews and such

When Joe's face lighted up at the mention of stew recently, I knew that I had to make it for dinner.  I love any recipe where I can throw everything in a pot and forget about it (yes, I grew up on Ronco infomercials - "set it and forget it").  Throw together meat, veggies, broth, maybe wine, and spices, and an hour or so later, you get a yummy pot of stew.  I followed the recipes loosely and substituted many recipe items with veggies/starches I had on hand (yams instead of potatoes, etc).  The possibilities are endless!  

Here are some stews that I've made in the last few weeks:

Beef Stew Recipe

Moroccan chicken stew recipe

White bean and chicken stew recipe

Classic beef stew where I used short ribs instead (I braised it separately)

Moroccan chicken stew

White bean and Chicken stew