Spaghetti Squash Latkes

Sometimes when I don’t know what I want for dinner, I just start opening cabinets, and searching through my fridge for inspiration. I had brought up some of our canned tomatoes so I knew I’d be making a tomato sauce. In my search, I stumbled upon some old potatoes that had started to sprout. My

Burger & Fries

I have been craving a good burger for about a week now. I took some ground venison out of the freezer when I originally got the craving, and was then promptly inundated with various forms of takeout and togo foods. Not one of them was a juicy, cheesy, burger. So today I took that craving

Dinner for Two

Tonight we venture into the realm of fancy food and silverware, a place where trash pandas usually feel out of sorts and uncomfortable. Tonight, we take back the high class food, and bring it down to our level, so that we might better devour it! At it’s core, creamed spinach is a simple dish. Tonight

Baked Mac ‘N’ Cheese

Mac ‘n’ cheese is just such a comforting dish. It wraps you up in its warm, cheesy, tastiness just like a snuggly blanket. Which is of course where I ate this delicious meal on this cold winter night. Snugged into warm and fuzzy blankets with a big steaming bowl of home cooked food is exactly

Spicy Ramen

It’s ramen time again. I wanted something easy for dinner, and I already had some delicious tonkotsu broth ready to roll in my freezer. Having broths ready to go like this makes ramen prep so easy. All you need once you have a flavorful and developed broth is some noodles and tare. Tare is one

Pumpkin Chili

I hope you’re all ready for soup season. It’s hard to resist making a big steaming pot of soup when the days are as cold as they were today. If you’re like me though, you often run into the problem of not having any broth on hand to make that soup you so desire possible.

Meat and Potatoes

Sometimes a nice simple dinner is just what the librarian ordered. I’m usually not much of a meat and potatoes trash panda. I am often quoted for one time asking my mother, “where’s the third thing” when presented with a dish where the corn and carrots were pre-mixed. Since childhood, I have supported a wide

Best Damn Chowder on MV

It’s winter in full force today. With beautiful flurries of fluffy snow, and cold air that makes me wish for a warm fireplace and a big hearty bowl of soup. Well my wishes will be granted today as I’m geared up and ready to cook some of the best damn chowder on Martha’s Vineyard. The

Trash Shepherd’s Pie

It’s time to revisit a favorite, but in a whole new light. Sometimes I go to the store and buy proper ingredients for the dinner I want to make. It’s glorious, and I feel so adult when I succeed. Most times, I embrace my Trash Panda nature and use whatever I can get my grubby

Pasta Carbonara

This is one of my simple and easy meals, that has way more flavor than the preparation would imply. At it’s core it’s just hot cooked pasta mixed with a slurry of parmesan, black pepper, and eggs. I classed this one up with some carmelized garlic and onions, plus a lot of peas for some