Freezing your own spinach

In Japan, there are often small farming plots throughout the city, intermixed with houses and businesses.  Most of them are rice paddies, but in our neighborhood, there are quite a few produce fields.  About five blocks away is a really nice, little shed that holds the produce of that particular plot of land — we’ve [...]

Parent and Child in a Bowl

..or otherwise known as “Oyakodon” in Japanese. This is one of my favorite meals, and very quick to make — in fact, it was the first meal I cooked in our new home in Shizuoka! All of this should be available at a local Asian market or perhaps larger grocery stores [...]

Chicken Spaghetti Casserole

A return to cooking, to hosting community dinner, and to blogging on Needs More Butter! This recipe is easy, easy, easy (hence why I thought I could swing it for community dinner). The recipe is from The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and I made only the slightest modifications (added more chicken, green pepper, and onions; nixed [...]