This will be the last of the stuffed pepper recipes for this season. It’s not the last one I’ve made or will make, but it’s the last I’ll post. We love stuffed peppers but we only eat them for a few months in the fall. We’re very seasonal. This is another easy version that doesn’t require blanching the peppers first and the peppers are finished in the skillet rather than … Continue reading →
A lot of people think of cooking beef in red wine or beer but not white wine. White wine gives a lighter flavor to the dish – and is a nice change if you normally use red. This dish is based on a French recipe from the Alsace region and calls for Riesling or Sylvaner. I didn’t do this in the slow cooker. As long as I was browning the … Continue reading →
We live in France. We have a cave (wine cellar). Everyone does. When we lived in the Vendee it was underground. Here it’s tucked into a low corner of the barn. It’s also our fruit & vegetable cellar. Our wine cellar got it’s start thanks to Haskell’s Nickel sale when we still lived in Minnesota. When we first started regularly drinking wine we would buy 1 or 3 bottles every … Continue reading →
Focaccine Little focaccia. Like spaghettini is little spaghetti. And you thought foreign languages were hard…… Baking these little gems isn’t hard either. That was the general consensus of the Bread Baking Babes this month. According to Elle, of Feeding My Enthusiasms, and our host kitchen for this month, focaccine are small versions of focaccia that are perfect to serve with an aperitif or as a starter or just a snack. They … Continue reading →
I love soup as everyone knows. Mon mari loves meatballs – as does most of the rest of the world, including me. He is not very fond of having soup as a main course. Always one to look for compromise, meatball soup is a favorite at our house. I make several different kinds. This one is for fall, when the chard gives one last growth spurt before I pull it … Continue reading →
I know I have written in the past about my love / hate relationship with spaghetti squash. When I was following the foodie crowds, cutting it in half length-wise and roasting it, I veered more to the hate side. Now that I know better (figured it out my ownself), cut it into rings width-wise and cook it in the Instant Pot (instructions here) it’s going closer to the love side. … Continue reading →
I originally made this for a holiday dinner last year. Because we had guests and we were all having a rather festive time I only grabbed a few quick photos in the kitchen. The photos were awful but the lamb was wonderful. Obviously, I had to make it again so I could get decent photos. As it turns out, decent photos of a slow-roasted, covered, shoulder of lamb are not … Continue reading →
