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 »
This recipe is written as I made the soup, which is certainly a time intensive method – but there are several shortcuts you could employ. If your freezer is home to one of my staple whole roasted chickens minus the breast meat which was eaten at an earlier date, skip the first paragraph and throw […]
Posted in citrus, easy meals, legumes, quinoa, sides on Nov 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
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 »
Years and years ago I made the Halibut with Hollandaise from the Williams-Sonoma Simple Classics Cookbook I seem to always be referencing. I remember messing it up and scrambling my eggs at least once. In retrospect, everything went extremely easily this time so I’m not sure where I went wrong the first time. If you’re […]
Posted in citrus, salmon, seafood, Spices, 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 4 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 […]
Posted in citrus, food to share, herbs, make and store recipes on Jul 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Last night I saw the Wallflowers perform at the Red Bute Gardens in Salt Lake City. I thought I was getting a beautiful picture of our picnic setup, but it was super bright and I guess I couldn’t tell it was all shadowy at the time. To the left is a fresh chive hummus I […]
Posted in chicken, citrus, herbs on Jun 30th, 2009 No Comments »
When I write about a recipe that isn’t really a recipe, I get very self-conscious. Sort of how I feel about why anyone would you want to read the footnotes. If it’s not important enough to make it in the text, why add it at all? I’m guilty of this. Whenever a book has a quote after the […]
