My Mom got a cookbook in New Orleans when we were little and this quick Shrimp Etouffee dish was one she made often. This recipe is made in the microwave and is really easy and quick. Now for you purists who know you’re etouffee, I know it should have the deep roux color by cooking [Read more...]
I have been experimenting with Quinoa, serving it stuffed in Portobello Mushrooms (see recipe under herbs), using in place of couscous or rice and thought I would try it as a cold salad. I was wondering if it would change texture like cold rice, getting hard and a bit crunchy, but the quinoa held up [Read more...]
What do you do with a chicken carcass after a chicken dinner? You know I don’t throw anything away, well anything that could be used. My Mom has said, “Did you grow up in the depression?” Ha Ha! Now I’m finally part of the “IN” crowd being so resourceful. I bought a yummy rotisserie chicken; [Read more...]
Do you have those days where you just don’t know what to make? Well, I do. Yes, I love to talk about food, cook food, eat food and grow food but I still have those moments. Maybe it’s the winter blahs or I’m just drawing a blank. It was a bunco night and Ali was [Read more...]
You may recall, as you followed along with me this past year, how I said we would use some of our frozen and dried summer harvest later. Well, it’s later! It’s a chilly wintery day and time to go to our stash and use some of it to make a big pot of chili. Chili [Read more...]
We love to make grilled pizza in the summer with fresh produce from the garden. I simply had to make our grilled tomato pizza one more time, the last one until next summer. It’s simple to make, use your favorite pizza dough (whether you make it or purchase it); I make dough in the bread [Read more...]
The summer gardens are winding down, I guess they should be it is the first day of fall. This time of year I pick a few tomatoes, a handful of green beans, maybe a zucchini or summer squash, a little of this and a little of that. I created this “end of summer” soup [Read more...]
My cucumbers are done for the season, vines dried up and bug eaten. Thank goodness for “Farmer John”, he sent back me some delicious white cucumbers with his parents. I finally got a chance to make my tomato cucumber and tuna herb salad, this is a cool, refreshing and a satisfying summer salad. The recipe [Read more...]
I hosted Bunco this month and the theme was salads. We had a great feast from egg salad sammies, BLT panzanella salad, taco salad and a beautiful fruit salad just to name a few. They were all delicious; we have wonderful cooks in our Bunco group. I made a quick salad of sliced tomatoes with [Read more...]
Another one of my husband’s absolute favs is my Black Bean Dip. It was in the Columbus Dispatch back in 2000, so maybe some of you have been enjoying it for the past 10 years. It’s a hit with kids and adults alike, enough for them to lick the bowl clean! Actually, I just made [Read more...]