Creamy Chicken Stew with Mushroom and Potatoes

September 09, 2012 by Monica in Chicken, Dinner, Family Cookbook, Main Courses

I’m embarrassed but not very surprised to admit that I’m the worst blogger ever.

Books and other bloggers tell you that to run a successful blog consistency is rule #1. Not a huge strength of mine.

But, my 9-5 job, and other projects outside of the Internet has taken time away from Sweetbites, not because I’m not cooking – I am, in fact, my “Things to post” folders is packed full of photographs of dishes and baking that I have accumulated in the past weeks ready to find companionship with words. Words that I have to make time to put down on paper so I can show it off to you guys.

It seems that when I do have time, I’m so tired mentally that find myself staring at the screen with so much to say and not a single way to organized those thoughts to start typing them up.

Cauliflower Gratin

September 03, 2012 by Monica in Baking, Dinner, Family Cookbook, Savory, Vegetable

One of my favorite vegetables is cauliflower. I love it raw, grilled, steamed, sauté and au-gratin, which is my favorite way of preparing it and eating it!

But then anything that has cream, cheese and goes under the broiler will have me for life.

Just like I been craving corn for the past several weeks (and no, there is no baby in the oven) I started to crave cauliflower too.

So in no time, I made sure to include a nice cauliflower head during my weekly grocery stop.

Tuna Crustless Quiche - Bouchons au Thon

July 25, 2012 by Monica in Dinner, Main Courses, Quick Meal, Seafood

Besides cooking the next thing that I love to do is read. When I was younger, I would have my nose in a book pretty much every chance that I could get, which was pretty much every hour that I was not asleep. I was a huge sponge and read everything I could get my hands on. The library became my favorite place, where I would spend hours looking for books to run home so I could open them and instantly be transported, without having to leave my chair to far away places, where I would meet people from all walks of life an, experience things that would be impossible to experience in real life.