Christmas Dinner: Spicy Spam Mac

If you've never been to Le Bistro Montage in Portland, OR, then you're missing out on  my favorite dish from their menu: Spold Mac.   The restaurant serves up a nice collection of Cajun foods and a variety of things drunk/stoned people need to eat in the middle of a binge.  Case in point: Mac and Cheese. The...

Turkey Tetrazzini (and a disgustingly rich dessert)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdEWIUgAE20/ I really need to get one of those pasta tuning forks like Jon Favreau uses in Chef when he makes the Pasta Aglio e Olio in a fun scene that just oozes sex; at least my plating would look better than it does above. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzpVmyzbYLg But that's not really necessary for this dish, because Turkey Tetrazzini...

Herbed Mushrooms and Polenta

So, eating on the cheap (and keeping it relatively healthy) is problematic, especially when there's a kid involved.  You got home from work, there's homework to finish up, a lot of dadding involved, and you want to make sure the food on the table is filling, tasty, and isn't just mac and cheese or some...