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Experiment: Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Lemon Curd
I had some leftover whole milk ricotta in my fridge that needed to be used. (I made and froze another Orange Ricotta Cheesecake for my husband’s upcoming birthday…mmm, can’t wait! I think it’s going to be even better than last time!) How could I use the remaining 1/2 cup of ricotta? I settled on pancakes. […]
Homemade Black Bean and Chorizo Chili
In our family, I am the one who loves chili the very most. I could eat it once a week at least. Typically I make some sort of vegetarian chili because that’s what I like the best. But every so often I cave and make chili with meat in it for my husband and kids. […]
How-To: Working With Dried Chiles
My grandmother used to live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was and is not uncommon to see chiles hanging out to dry in the sun as you drive down the road. That is my first memory of dried chiles. However, it took me years and years to rediscover them. For our first Valentine’s Day as […]
Mixed Greens Salad with Poppyseed Dressing
Mixed Greens Salad with Poppyseed Dressing Serves 4 Ingredients: For salad: 1 bag mesclun greens (can use spinach instead) 1-2 tart apples, thinly sliced 1/2 cup (or a little more) dried cherries 1/2 cup chopped candied pecans 1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola 1/4 lb. cooked bacon, crumbled For Poppyseed Dressing: 4 Tbsp. sour cream 4 Tbsp. […]
Summer Menu #9: Pasta and Salad
I’ve gotten a bit lazy over the last few weeks. I’m trying to clean out my fridge, freezer and cupboard so our meals have been less than stunning…and a little strange. Lucky for me, it’s just about time to start harvesting the goods from my porch garden. Today we started with the basil. This is […]
Basil Pesto
I harvested my basil today. Nothing tastes as good as something fresh from the garden–especially fresh basil. Basil Pesto Ingredients: 2-3 cups loosely packed basil leaves 1-2 garlic cloves (it gets stronger as it sits….) 1/4-1/2 cup pine nuts (I’ve used walnuts and almonds before, too.) 1/2 cup good-quality Parmesan cheese, grated good-quality olive oil […]
What’s Eating My Parsley?
Today I went out to water all my plants and was startled to see that ALL of the parsley was gone. Not dead–completely missing. The other day I saw some small (maybe 1 cm long) caterpillars basking in the sun on some of the parsley leaves. I didn’t particularly care to kill them, it’s nature […]
How-To: Making Chiffon Cake
Have you ever tried Chiffon cake? It’s a very light, airy foam cake akin to Angel Food Cake that is made with flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. (Angel Food Cake is made without oil or egg yolks.) Chiffon cake is very versatile–you can fill it, frost it, freeze it, forget about it for a […]
Garden Update #3
(the peas growing wildly in and out of their container) Our porch garden has come a long way in three weeks since my last little garden update. And a really long way since we first planted seeds at the beginning of May. (Nasturtiums) This picture was taken yesterday afternoon, and just this morning I noticed […]
Chickpea Salad
This was supposed to be a new menu in the Summer Menu series. Alas, I cannot lie. The crab cakes you can barely see in the picture (on the left with roasted red pepper coulis) were terrible! I’ll have to revisit that recipe sometime. So, as a peace offering, I am giving you the recipe […]
