At the mere mention of brisket, my mouth waters. I do not buy it that often, but with the chill in the air this spring, I went shopping. You can’t buy a small amount of brisket. About the smallest size I could find was 5 lbs. It is a lot of meat for the [...]
I try not to like Rachel Ray, but this tamale pie that I adapted from one of her recipes was fabulous. Rachel’s raspy chirp and kitsch phrases drive me a little crazy. She is constantly praising how great her food is smelling, tasting, and looking. Now that may be something that I might, possibly, [...]
I was on the hunt for a hearty vegetarian recipe. You know the one that a carnivore wouldn’t miss the meat at the meal kind of recipe. Coconut Braised Spinach and Chickpeas over Sweet Potatoes is the exact kind of recipe that I was searching for. I could taste every flavor of [...]
I love reading cookbooks. I read them like novels, but it is rare that I make almost every recipe from a particular cookbook. I find them inspirational and only cook a few recipes from them. I just recently opened a cookbook that blew my mind and I want to cook almost every recipe in [...]
I have to share this hard to believe story with my fellow foodies. My friend, let’s call him Mark, confided in me the most peculiar aspect of his childhood. Mark knew what he would be eating every day of his childhood. His mother cooked the exact same thing everyday of the week his [...]
Mellow, nutty, and sweet. I love how garlic tastes when it is cooked. Making up a jar of roasted garlic in olive oil doesn’t take long. It will last about 2 weeks, but it never lasts that long in our house. What do I use it on? The real question is what I don’t use it [...]
I have been away for a while. I have had some writer’s block. NOT sure why, by the way. Maybe I have been just feeling quiet. Okay, my friends just spit out their coffee because I am never quiet. Thanks for your patience, all the same. So finally after three different versions of making this cake I have finally found the [...]
It is the time of year that calls for us to pull out our slowcookers and make hearty stews of tender meats and vegetables. I had a wonderful reader say what she loves about the growing season is that it starts and ends with greens. I couldn’t agree more. I don’t think that I even had kale until [...]
Ingredients used: Farm fresh eggs Arugula Scallions If anyone ever asks me what my favorite food is or what is my favorite ingredient is… it is the egg. I love how you can use them to bake, bind a meatloaf, make a deviled egg or serve up a beautiful souffle’. They are creamy, inexpensive, great source [...]
Ingredients used: Green Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes I have never had a fried green tomato before in my life. I first heard of them from the movie, Fried Green Tomatoes. After receiving these green tomatoes in my CSA basket, I knew I was going to finally make them. In researching different recipes, I found out that fried green tomatoes [...]
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