Chocolate Pudding

Tonight I made some chocolate pudding for dessert from Cooking Light. As you can see, it received rave reviews from Jack.

It's made with bittersweet chocolate chips, and the creamy texture was definitely worth the 20 minutes spent stirring the milk mixture.

Soup Spoon Cafe

We just had an amazing lunch at the Soup Spoon Cafe in mid-town Lansing. Located right next to Bancroft Flowers, the cafe is a tiny little place that specializes in local food and daily soup specials. I had a half BLT with Avocado and a cup of Rice and Ancho Chicken soup. Delicious. Brian tried the Greek Chicken Wrap with the same soup and Jack had grilled cheese. We finished the meal by sharing a bowl of bread pudding with spiced caramel sauce. We will definitely be returning again, and next time we plan to try a "flight" of soups. And I have a feeling we'll be getting the bread pudding again.

Chicken Milanese With Tomato and Fennel Sauce

Source: Giada at Home (Food Network)

Recipe: Chicken Milanese With Tomato and Fennel Sauce

Rating: 4 out of 5

Recommended: Weekend Meal

Although I have never eaten fennel before and was admittedly thrown off by the raw licorice flavor as I chopped it, the cooked fennel was delicious and a wonderful tangy accompaniment to the crispy chicken palliard. I served the meal over brown rice.

Brian loved it, and I willingly ate the leftovers the next day (high praise from me). Jack seemed to enjoy the chicken and loved the tomatoes and fennel. A good meal for all three of us.

Why another blog?

I've recently started using more online recipes, especially from Food Network, but also rather than storing my Cooking Light recipes in a cookbook it is often easier to simply pull them up online.

My purpose with this blog is to leave a record for myself (and anyone who chooses to read it) of how the recipe tasted, what Brian and Jack's reactions were, and what adaptations I made to the recipe.