I still have camping on the brain apparently and this week I wanted to bring you the next course in your camping meal. It may be a little more fancy than the basic camping fare you are used to, but it is still pretty simple. A little prep before might…
We generally get most of our produce through a local co-op. It is kind of fun, wondering what we will be getting the next week. It’s always different too, so the implied question each week is ‘what are we going to make this week?’ So when I saw beets, cabbage,…
Over the holidays a friend brought us a Hanukkah gift of some fantastic Mirasol red pepper bisque. I don’t know what he put in it, but it really was fantastic, and I was inspired to try my own. Now, I normally like a little more substance to my soup. Because really, how are…
Every year my Mom’s family has their annual Christmas soup supper, and I of course have to bring something different every year. Partly because I like to try new things, and partly because dairy and I don’t get along, and generally all the soups provided are loaded with dairy of…
One of my go to dishes at our favorite local Mexican restaurant is their Cochinita Pibil. I enjoy it almost every time we go there. I only learned what it was from watching a Robert Rodriguez film where Johnny Depp’s character orders the dish everywhere he goes. In the DVD extras,…
I have always been a fan of stew. Maybe it is that whole one pot meal thing, but I like the variety of flavors all melding into one. Anytime I make it, the whole house smells fantastic. I don’t know that I make it regularly, but maybe semi-regularly. But I…
One of our family traditions that I didn’t get into until recently really, is that my parents used to make chili for dinner every year on Halloween. I think there was a texture thing I couldn’t get past as a kid.But before we would go out trick or treating, we…
Since we are knee deep in Halloween season, I wanted to offer up a recipe that is good for keeping the vampires at bay. Garlic Coleslaw is one of those family recipes that no one in the family is quite sure who in the family came up with it. If…
I am a huge fan of Roasted Chicken with extra crispy skin, dotted with salt and pepper and little else. I love that I can get 2-3 meals out of one bird. The drippings are delicious for roasting veggies. The leftover meat can begin day 2 in a salad, an…