The Best Cooked Carrot Recipe I have been fortunate to find this recipe up on the web a few years back. April Bloomfield is a famous chef, and much more experienced in the cooking business than I ever will be, and in this recipe she takes carrots to a new level. I first found this…
Category: Spring
Spring Garden Update
For my latest recipe adapting Tabbouleh to our spring vegetables click here Here is the latest going on in the garden I am have not planted as much as I wanted to, in the early spring. But I am getting ready for my summer garden in most of the spaces available. I became pretty discouraged…
Adapting a Recipe to Use What You Have on Hand
One of my best attributes is that I am resourceful. I can open the fridge and combine 5 different leftover items into a new meal. And when it comes to eating seasonally, this skill has become invaluable. This time of year, the harvest in the garden gets pretty slim. We are planting new seedlings, but…
Hot Sauce Two Ways
Hot Sauce Two Ways I’ve always wondered about when you touch a chili, and even if you thoroughly wash your hands, and then rub your eye, you immediately feel the burning sensation of the capsaicin from the pepper, so what is it doing to your stomach and the rest of the organs it passes through…
Refrigerator Pickles
Let’s start with something simple, the pickle. In general, I’m a horrible consumer, and if I can make something instead of buying it that is a win-win. Pickles are such as simple thing to make yourself that this is a perfect post to start the blog. Spring is nearly over and these are the first…