Author: The Tart

Fresh Chickpea Salad for People Who Don’t Like Salad

Fresh Chickpea Salad for People Who Don’t Like Salad

We were hit with a couple of unseasonably warm days over the last weeks, and I think I can speak for most people when I say that the last thing that I want to do on a 90°F evening is stand by my stove for 

Nanny’s Overnight No-Bake Cookies

Nanny’s Overnight No-Bake Cookies

I don’t know where this recipe originated.  One summer, when I was around 11 years old, my Nanny started making them, calling them overnight cookies.  Until that point, I’d never seen a white cookie that wasn’t slathered in some sort of icing.  My experiences with 

Pasta Carbonara – A Fast Dinner That Tastes Anything But Fast

Pasta Carbonara – A Fast Dinner That Tastes Anything But Fast

Before two weeks ago, neither of us had heard of pasta carbonara. We don’t make a lot of pasta here; we can never decide on what pasta to make, and one of us always ends up disappointed with the choice. Spaghetti? The Tart won’t eat 

Bacon and Blue Cheese Turkey Burgers

Bacon and Blue Cheese Turkey Burgers

One of our favorite meals in our household is turkey burgers. Like the chimichangas, our burgers are customized to each person’s tastes. The Beard tops his with tomatoes and onions and a smear of mayo and mustard, while I like to accessorize mine with mayo, 

Double Sauced Chimichangas – Smothered and Covered Pork

Double Sauced Chimichangas – Smothered and Covered Pork

We wanted Mexican for Cinco de Mayo this year, something other than just opening a box of Old El Paso, and we attempted to do it all weekend.  Saturday’s meal was mostly “meh” – enchiladas with a green sauce and cheese that defied the laws 

Mom-Tart’s Cheesecake – A Mother’s Day Special

Mom-Tart’s Cheesecake – A Mother’s Day Special

A few weeks ago, Beard and I were going through our recipe cards and combining them into one recipe box to make things easier for us.  As we skimmed through the box I inherited from my grandmother, skimming over recipes clipped from ancient newspapers, discarding