I love cooking with wine, but because I don’t often relish drinking much of it (I’m a total lightweight!), I used to run into the problem of letting wine go bad after opening a whole bottle and using only a cup or two for a particular dish. If I was really conscientious, I would try [...]
Archive for the ‘Cooking’ Category
No More Waste When Cooking with Wine
Posted in Cooking on June 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Baked Lemon-Basil-Garlic Salmon and Vegetables
Posted in Cooking, My Life, Recipes, Seasonal Eating, Uncategorized, tagged food, salmon, summer squash, zucchini on June 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, this is about as anti-climactic as news gets, but that $50 Craigslist freezer does, indeed, work — and beautifully at that. Sixteen half gallons of raw goats’ milk from Miabella Farm line the top shelf, cooked quinoa in hubby-sized portions waves from the door, and I’m chewing my lower lip over the exact composition [...]
Decadent GF Chocolate Layer Cake
Posted in Cooking, Living with Food Allergies, Recipes, tagged baking, cake, chocolate, food, gluten-free on April 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
When I first started this blog, I sang the praisesof Ina Garten’s Double-Chocolate Layer Cake. It is, indeed, to die for. My husband declared it his favorite cake, and he requests it for his birthday and Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, it is also chock-full of gluten, so I regretfully retired the recipe when I got serious about [...]
Turkey Salad with Cranberries, Pecans, Apples, and Nutmeg
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged food, turkey on April 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Even in the midst of moving madness, I couldn’t resist sharing a new creation from my kitchen. The story goes like this: I ordered two turkey breasts from my natural meat co-op a few months ago, expecting the breasts to be about five pounds each. When I arrived to pick them up, I discovered that they [...]
A New Cookbook on Order
Posted in Cooking, My Life, tagged cookbook on April 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Hmmm. My blogging efforts are becoming ever fewer. That’s okay. I do miss it, but my life is quite full at the moment. I did manage, however, to escape most of my life last week by hightailing it to Oklahoma for some R & R. It was decadent. I slept in late, watched great movies (Enchanted April, anyone?), [...]
Poor Man’s Rosemary Beef and Vegetables
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, Saving Money, tagged beef, food, frugal on March 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
I admit that we spend a lot on groceries. While eating healthfully doesn’t necessarily equal a high food bill, when you toss in the stipulation that grains and most legumes must be avoided too, well, you can only go so low. Fortunately, I still find ways to cut costs. I buy quality meats through a co-op, make [...]
If You’re Looking For Good, Nourishing Recipes…
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged chicken, food, lamb on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve tried some really fantastic ones from around the blogosphere lately and thought I should spread the wealth. In no particular order:
Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Sage Sauce
from Simply Recipes
(Photo taken by Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes and used here with permission.)
This is one of the best meals I’ve ever prepared — rich, savory, addictive, tender, melt-in-your-mouth [...]
Curried Chicken with Quinoa and Vegetables
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged curry, food on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sigh. Well, I missed Kimi’s carnival. It was one of those days yesterday. Nevertheless, you should still go check out her postto see everyone’s entries. If you’re in the mood for inspiration, you’re sure to find something to jazz up your fall table. And if you want to share a recipe of your own, you can [...]
Easy Tortilla Soup
Posted in Cooking, Recipes, tagged entertaining, food, Mexican, soup on October 20, 2008 | 12 Comments »
I hosted a Mexican-themed dinner for ten after church yesterday. Instead of my usual routine (i.e., pulling out all the stops and collapsing in exhaustion afterwards), I tried really hard to plan easy, do-ahead dishes. Taco salads, tortilla soup, chips and salsa, Spanish rice, and Pamela’s GF brownies with Breyer’s French Vanilla ice cream made the [...]
