I finally got around to trying a recipe from The Pioneer Woman's blog. I picked an easy one to test, the Mushrooms Stuffed with Brie. They came out almost perfectly. I let them bake a bit too long and the brie kind of liquefied. It didn't matter though., They were delicious. Also, I substituted spinach (1/2 cup chopped) for parsley because Brian hates parsley. For the recipe, with mouthwatering photography, click here. You will enjoy them and they are super easy. Trust me.
For Valentine's Day this year I cooked a dish that reminds me of home like no other. It's a family recipe that my Mom knows by heart and my Dad gets on special holidays. Spareribs, sauerkraut and dumplings: Here's my plate before I started inhaling it. Not everyone likes it. I didn't like it until I was an adult and came across a very similar dish in the Czech Republic. I craved home-cooked food at the time and I instantly became obsessed with the dish. The tricky part about the recipe is that it wasn't really written down. My Grandmother, Anita, wrote a copy for my Mom a long time ago but my Mom has since changed parts to simplify the recipe. This is the recipe that my Mom told me and I adjusted on my own. For the Dumplings: These are the dumpling when they were boiling, as they start to get done, they float to the top of the water. 3 c bread crumbs (about a half of a loaf dried on a tray for a day and broken up in a food process...
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