When I bought my Instant Pot last summer it was with the intent of being able to cook dried beans during the pandemic. I was in the process of stocking my pantry and my second freezer for a winter lock-down and decided having dried beans on hand was a logical choice. Our friend who lived in the mountains in Spain always kept big containers of rice and beans on hand … Continue reading →
Oeufs en meurette or Poached Eggs in Red Wine Sauce or Poached Eggs Bourguignon is a traditional dish in the Burgundian region of France. It’s an old dish and the only restaurant where I’ve found it still on the menu was just outside of Lyon, which isn’t actually in Burgundy, but close enough. And Lyon is considered the food capital of France and, thus, the world. (ahem…) It’s a favorite … Continue reading →
Winter cooking = pasta. Better yet = lasagne. Best is that when I make lasagne there is always enough for 2 meals. It could, of course, serve 4 but there is a pandemic going on and we’re not entertaining. As to the lasagne – everyone likes to add spinach. Well almost everyone…. I also have put pumpkin in lasagne: Pumpkin, Leek and Ham Lasagne and Beef and Pumpkin Lasagne. I’ve … Continue reading →
These are very easy Stuffed Peppers to make. It’s not necessary to blanch the peppers for the usual 5 minutes first. They cook, stuffed, in the skillet in broth. Then one turns the broth into a sauce. The only thing to remember is to choose a skillet just big enough to accommodate all the peppers halves before you start. The peppers I get tend to be small so I often … Continue reading →
Well…. this one just wrote itself: Bread baking Babes beat the blues by baking beautiful, breath-taking, beefy, bierocks. (I was looking for more but ran out of time – sunshiny day and all.) In another life I lived in Minneapolis. We had Milda’s Cafe which was famous for Cornish pasties (rhymes with nasty). My internet tells me it’s still open. Bierocks or Runzas are Nebraska’s version (or it’s the other … Continue reading →
With the rise in coronavirus cases worldwide I thought this was an interesting article. Our cooking habits haven’t really changed. We have always cooked and made dinner every night and sat at the table, with cloth napkins and lit candles to enjoy it. Our shopping and eating habits have changed, though. I’ve switched from going every week to every 2 weeks and even then I do about half of the … Continue reading →
Mon mari loves sage….. A lot of sage. His favorite dish is spaghetti with olive oil, Parmesan, and a big handful of fresh sage. It’s the only herb I dry in the summer as the poor excuse for sale in stores is not acceptable. I also freeze some. My mother always made sage dressing at Thanksgiving. I remember her debating whether a 1/2 teaspoon would be enough or maybe she … Continue reading →
