Oh, apple cider, how do I love thee? Seriously, I even love it when it ISN’T distilled! That’s how much I love apple cider. I’m always looking for ways to throw it into recipes. So as I was making a salad the other day, I thought it would be a great topper for a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 28, 2008
I've got a great giveaway for my readers...two winners will receive a Country Bob's prize pack featuring two bottles of their famous sauce and a cookbook. If you've never had Country Bob's, you're missing a unique taste.
Continue reading...Monday, July 21, 2008
I know what you were thinking as you read that last recipe…TWO STICKS of BUTTER!? C’mon, you don’t think I eat like that all the time, do ya? Oh, you do. Well, let me prove you wrong. This is my entry in the Beat the Heat roundup at A Southern Grace. Anyhoo, bulgur (cracked wheat) can be cooked sans heat so it’s perfect for dog days like these. Here’s how.
Continue reading...Sunday, June 29, 2008
Now that my baby, my beloved Canon is restored, I thought it was time to get back to photographing actual food and do I have one for you today. If it’s 95° in the shade where you live, a salad is really the only thing you can imagine right now. But the meat-and-potatoes [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 16, 2008
I stuffed them with chopped roasted red pepper, the chopped stems of the mushrooms (you saved those, right?), parmesan and mozzarella, garlic and oregano. I grilled them for about 10 minutes on medium and then browned them a bit under the broiler to give it that nice, golden brown toasty look (totally optional.) This is one [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
Growing up, salad was a couple chunks of iceburg lettuce drowned in bacon grease. With all men in the house except me, somedays the family just considered the tomato on our cheeseburger the “salad.” Needless to say, we didn’t actually eat a lot of salads in a house where Sunday dinner was a can of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 1, 2008
So I’m walking through the store and these tomatoes catch my eye. Ugly Ripe Tomatoes are touted as having “just-picked” flavour out of season. Nothing compares to the taste of a just-picked tomato so I had to try it. I shelled out $3.40 for two tomatoes (!) to make a salad. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 10, 2008
Some days you open the fridge and realize the last time you saw a grocery store checkout was when<strong> Britney Spears</strong> <strong>had her own hair. </strong>On days like these, when there's nothing in the house but a can of tuna, ketchup and an unrecognizable container of green (let's toss that, shall we?), dinner on the table can be a daunting experience.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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