http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog You Have To Eat, So Learn To Cook & Eat Well Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:11:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chicken Pot Pie My girls love chicken pot pies and I’m embarrassed to say I don’t make them that often. There are a few good commercial brands on the market that we pick up at the market but when I look at some of the ingredients on the label I realize ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/chicken-recipes/chicken-pot-pie-recipe/ Lentil Stew Serves 4 I adapted this dish from a recipe I found in one of my Food & Wine magazines. I don’t know about you, but it seems like I’m finding more and more “quick & easy” recipes available in cooking magazines and cookbooks. I think more and more people are ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/side-dish-recipes/lentil-stew-recipe/ Fish Sticks Recipe Have you ever looked at the ingredient list on a package of fish sticks? There are so many unpronounceable ingredients that it's a little disturbing. And often the first ingredient in minced fish. That means it has been pressed into stick shapes and held together with some kind of ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/seafood-recipes/fish-sticks-recipe/ January 31, 1922 - January 16, 2012 My Dad passed yesterday just a couple of weeks shy of his 90th birthday. He loved to cook and was not "reluctant" at all to try new ideas in the kitchen. He tried Chinese, Italian, French, but without much success, although his burgers and ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/all-about-cooking/in-memory-of-my-dad/ Leftover Short Ribs This is the perfect time of year to prepare braised short ribs in you Dutch oven or handy crock pot. The cooking magazines are filled with recipes for short ribs and there is no shortage of variations available. I have a recipe for Crock Pot Short Ribs as ... http://www.reluctantgourmet.com/blog/meat-recipes/leftover-short-ribs/