Posted in citrus, easy meals, leftovers, pasta, sauce, turkey on Feb 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Awhile back my dear friend Emily sent me an email saying, “Do you have any recipes that call for a massive amount of turkey broth? I am not kidding, I have a TON.” Which was hilarious and awesome. Anyway, she brought me 2 frozen quarts to our eggnog taste off. (Yes the taste off was super fun. [...]
Posted in appetizers, citrus, food to share, herbs on Jan 13th, 2010 No Comments »
My sweet friend Michaela brought Tabouleh to some-one’s bachelorette party. Was it mine? Was it Lisa’s? I can’t remember, they all seem to have blended together over time. In any case, I quickly decided it was one of the best things I’d ever had prepared by a friend. (Michaela is an exceptional cook, and really, [...]
Posted in chicken, citrus, easy meals, sides, vegetables on Dec 16th, 2009 No Comments »
I’m back! Sorry for the long hiatus in posting. Life has just been beyond busy, and frankly, I’ve been suffering from a lack of inspiration so I’ve been cooking many meals which I’ve already blogged. I’ve been focusing my creative juices in some other places, some worthwhile, some not so much. Anyway, I sought out [...]
Posted in carrots, cheap meals, chicken, citrus, comfort, food to share, leftovers, make and store recipes, soup on Nov 13th, 2009 2 Comments »
Fall is fleeting, and winter is closing in on us. One of my favorite things about this part of the year is most people consider it acceptable – even gratifying – to eat soup at least once a week. National Soup Swap Day will be somewhere towards the end of January. I’ll be hosting one [...]
Posted in citrus, easy meals, legumes, quinoa, sides on Nov 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
I created this side dish for a different, healthy, light choice to replace our usual suspects. If you haven’t jumped on the quinoa(pronounced keen-wa) bandwagon yet, you should. Are you a vegetarian? Do you tend towards high blood sugar? Are you looking to add iron, folic acid, or fiber to your diet? Are you exploring [...]
Posted in bread, chicken, citrus, food to share, herbs, make and store recipes, sauce on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Is this technically even a pesto? Or just a texture similar to pesto involving pureed nuts, herbs, garlic and veggies. I don’t know. It seems in essence pesto generally refers to basil, pine nuts, garlic and olive oil, but has been expanded to include about a billion other things to create gourmet accouterments. This recipe [...]
Posted in asparagus, citrus, comfort, sauce on Sep 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve always shyed away from hollandaise sauce in restaurants, mainly, because I thought it was a yellow mayonnaise. The horror, I have a life altering fear of mayonnaise. I’m working on it, albeit halfheartedly, since for health reasons, why would one ever attempt to learn to love mayonnaise? That said, I like butter, I really [...]
Posted in Spices, citrus, salmon, seafood, vacation, wine on Sep 8th, 2009 No Comments »
I’m a sauce fan. Love the sauces. On our Florida trip we ate a fabulous meal at Fish Out of Water, where I ordered a delicious white fish – served – to my surprise, in a dark, flavorful broth. Not submerged, but plated in a base of broth. Our family generally hates wet fish. Truth [...]
Posted in citrus, seafood on Aug 2nd, 2009 3 Comments »
Get out of dodge. I’ve finally cooked fresh live lobsters! This has been a want and a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. There’s something so pure, raw, and unadulterated about taking a live ingredient and making it yours from start to finish. It’s completely primal. Now I’m not a hunter, [...]
Posted in broccoli, cheese, citrus, food to share, herbs, vegetables, zucchini on Jul 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Our picnic fare for this week’s Deer Valley Free Concert featured fresh foods from the Farmers Market. We had fresh broccolini, fresh zucchini, fresh radishes, Lemon Pepper Chevre and Garlic Chevre from Drake Family Farms, and fresh Asiago Cheese Bread from Volker’s Bakery. After a super hike up Holly’s trail leading to mid-mountain of The [...]
