Framed Cooks

Pasta with Clams, Vodka Sauce and Crispy Breadcrumbs

February 21, 2012 By Kate 7 Comments

Oh sure, I love the classic pasta with clam sauce, both the red kind and the white kind. I like the kind with the clam shells, and the kind where there are no shells and just bits of delicious clams in the sauce. When it comes to pasta with clam sauce, I’m not a picky girl. However, I’m all for shaking things up here and there, and I’m also all for streamlining whatever can be streamlined if the dinner is meant for, say, a Wednesday night when it is cold and rainy and you’ve done one million things throughout the course of the day and you are tired and cranky. Not that I am ever cranky. The Southern husband will swear to it. (While I am within hearing distance anyway!)

Bacon Buttermilk Biscuits

February 19, 2012 By Kate 11 Comments

Now that my blog is all new and spiffy, I have all kinds of plans for celebrating its new groovy look, and so stay tuned to this channel for some fun upcoming events! But I thought the best way to kick it off would be a good old bacon recipe. It just seemed like the right thing to do. And so, I bring you these bacon buttermilk biscuits.

Look Out World, Here Comes The New Framed Cooks!

February 17, 2012 By Kate 20 Comments

Hurray!!! The day I’ve been waiting for, planning for, feverishly working toward and having little tiny panic attacks about is almost here! As some of you know, I’ve been working with an absolutely fabulous team to take all the things I love and adore about my little blog and make them better…and to take all the things that drive me crazy about my little blog and fix them up. Over the next few days we are going to flip the switch and you’ll be seeing the new and improved Framed Cooks. Here are some of the things that you’ll notice:

1. The design of it is pretty much the same…the same header with the teenager jumping gloriously into the water, the same basic design of recipe with pictures on the left and other stuff on the right, and so on. But…

Andouille Sausage Hash with Poached Eggs

February 14, 2012 By Kate 9 Comments

So, I am a firm believer in always turning over the box or the can or the inside of the label to see if there are any interesting recipes there. Most of the time the answer is no…but every one in a while you come across a true gem.

That’s what happened with this particular dinner. I bought a package of andouille sausage to use in something that I can’t even remember (and for those of you who don’t know what andouille sausage is, let me put it this way: a friend of mine describes it as sausage made by little Cajun angels. It is spicy and delicious and perfect). Anyway… Continue Reading …

Ham, Brie and Pear Bake

February 12, 2012 By Kate 6 Comments

We are not big ham eaters in our house, but every once in a while we get a craving for it. And we do, it’s often so we can eat this glorious mixture of sweet pears, salty chunks of ham and melty, creamy Brie cheese, all baked together in a simple custard of milk, a little butter and an egg. Mixed throughout all of it are chunks of bread, and the whole thing is basically a casserole version of the best dang ham and cheese sandwich you ever ate meets French Toast, and then some. Continue Reading …

Asparagus Grilled Cheese

February 9, 2012 By Kate 9 Comments

Is there anything better than a grilled cheese sandwich? Okay, there’s bacon and chocolate, but aside from that? I actually don’t think so. There’s the old classic, of course…American cheese between two slices of white bread, buttered and fried until golden. This is the Southern husband’s favorite. There is the Rolls Royce of grilled cheese, which is the croque monsieur, which is the grilled cheese I love above all others. But there are many others in between, and it’s my responsibility as a grilled cheese lover to sample as many as possible.