Welcome to the Well Worn Apron Food Travel Blog!
If my apron could tell tales, it would fill your ears of tales of meals cooked for friends and family in a few kitchens over the years. It was a gift from my Dutch sister-in-law almost two decades ago. The many stains on it are there to stay at this point. I like to say it gives the well worn apron character instead of being a dirty old thing. It is most cherished by me. And everyone around me as when the well worn apron comes off the pantry door, it means that some good food is coming their way. The well worn apron has even made it into my backpack to travel to cook for others, so for an apron it is well traveled.
Join me as I cook, eat, travel, and share on Well Worn Apron Food Travel Blog since 2011!
Cheers! And let’s eat!
Homemade Ranch Dressing
Dump the Bottled Ranch Dressing Once you make ranch dressing from scratch, you will never buy it from the store again. There is something creamy, tangy, and just so fresh tasting about it. Simple ingredients that most have in their pantry: mayo, sour cream, milk,...
Friskie Fries Newport
Obsession with Fries Potato products are their own food group in my mind. They are the perfect food and can be prepared in many yummy ways. I like my potatoes and I love my fries. I grew up with chip shops in Ireland and McDonald's fries in the US though now my go-to...
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Square Foot Gardening
Start of a Square Foot Gardening Adventure For those who know me, you if you grow it, fish it, or hunt it, then I can cook it. I have never been much of a gardener outside of my herbs. I have tried and failed at growing the traditional garden fare. I seem to...
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Life Experience Well Worn Apron Roams
The summer of 2017 was a life experience where for the month of August we were roaming nomads. It is a polite way of saying we were without a home for 30 days as we moved from Tarboro, North Carolina to Newport, Rhode Island. It was not planned that way, but when life...
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Indian Fried Cabbage and Peas
Indian Fried Cabbage and Peas Breaks the Cabbage Image Cabbage. This vegetable has an image problem. Cabbage, like many vegetables, has a bad reputation. It has been cooked to death without much thought to flavor. It is known as dreary, boring veg that is served in...
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Homemade Hummus
Homemade Hummus Made Fresh Hummus is a quick and delicious snack or meal. It is easy to stop at the grocery store picking up a tub. While store-bought is good, hummus made fresh is the best. When you make it yourself, it just tastes so much better and you can...
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Getting Serious About Plant-Based Eating
Plant-Based Eating - Not Just for Hippies I've been down this road before regarding cutting down on meat in our family's diet. It is a struggle to come up with varied, filling, and tasty vegetarian meals to serve to my guys that they will eat willingly. It is...
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Homemade Ranch Dressing
Dump the Bottled Ranch Dressing Once you make ranch dressing from scratch, you will never buy it from the store again. There is something creamy, tangy, and just so fresh tasting about it. Simple ingredients that most have in their pantry: mayo, sour cream, milk,...
Simple Apple Sauce
Don't Waste, Make Apple Sauce We buy bulk organic apples. They are great to have on hand for quick and easy snacks. Sometimes we aren't the best at eating them in a timely matter. They tend to start going soft making them not great to grab and go. While we...
The Lobster Roll
The Lobster Roll is a New England Tradition. I've written about the Lobster Roll before on Well Worn Apron. I adore them. I recently just made one after nearly two years of living in Newport. It just seemed easier to pop over to the Snack Bar at First Beach,...
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Layered Shrimp Dip
Warning: this layered shrimp dip is addictive. Be prepared to embarrass yourself at parties by hovering over it. Or at least that's me when my sister would make this wonderful party-friendly layered shrimp dip. Imagine me sitting in front of it on the porch of our old...
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Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon
A Fresh Classic Beef Bourguignon Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon is simple and elegant While I use my slow cooker year round, the fall and winter are the perfect times to use the slow cooker. And the perfect time for the French classic of bistros, Beef...
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Not Your Granny’s Irish Beef Stew
Seriously Not Your Granny's Irish Beef Stew Unless your granny puts beef and wine in her Irish beef stew. My Irish Granny would never have put alcohol in any food. OK maybe a drop of sherry in the trifle, but that's about it. My Mom did not cook with alcohol, either....
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Creamy Parmesan Gnocchi
Creamy Parmesan Gnocchi with Kale Creamy Parmesan Gnocchi is one of the only recipe where I can get my guys to eat kale without faces of pure disgust. The menfolk in my house are not fond of kale or any other bitter greens regardless of how it is prepared. You...
Easy Quick Vegetarian French Onion Soup
Vegetarian French Onion Soup from Your Pantry It seemed a waste to throw out homemade baguette, but it was stale. And stale baguettes are not very nice. Unless you repurpose them to use as rocks or bats. What to do? Make vegetarian French onion soup. It is a great...
Italian Pandora Bread Pudding
Don't regift that Panettone or Pandora Breads Ever since watching the British Bakeoff Master Classes where Paul made the Italian sweet yeast dough, Pandora Bread, I wanted to make it since it looked tasty and lovely. It is a rich bread made with what flour, sugar,...
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No Waste Banana Bread
Overripe Bananas? Make Banana Bread Got overripe bananas sitting on your countertop? The ones you meant to eat a week ago or maybe longer. Yes, those. While you maybe tempted to put them in the compost or trash bins, do not. Do not waste them, but instead make banana...
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Layered Shrimp Dip
Warning: this layered shrimp dip is addictive. Be prepared to embarrass yourself at parties by hovering over it. Or at least that's me when my sister would make this wonderful party-friendly layered shrimp dip. Imagine me sitting in front of it on the porch of our old...
Italian Pandora Bread Pudding
Don't regift that Panettone or Pandora Breads Ever since watching the British Bakeoff Master Classes where Paul made the Italian sweet yeast dough, Pandora Bread, I wanted to make it since it looked tasty and lovely. It is a rich bread made with what flour, sugar,...