I keep a Word document with recipes that are waiting to be posted. If I see something that looks interesting to make I add it to the page with ‘to try’ next to it. The document is the equivalent of scribbling on a scrap of paper: I type fast, don’t correct mistakes and assume I’ll remember what I meant. I usually do. This recipe was added as a ‘to try’ … Continue reading →
The grills have come out of the barn, been dusted off, and are ready for use. This will likely be the last Instant Pot recipe of this season. I’ll still be using it for beans, artichokes, and white asparagus, but summer cooking is outdoor cooking – and I get a break. After the success of the Teriyaki Chicken & Rice I was ready to try another, similar idea. This is … Continue reading →
Cauliflower, in my opinion, is not the most versatile vegetable. We love it, but it’s uses are limited. It tends to be, for want of a better word, crumbly. That attribute makes it perfect for cauliflower rice (or so I’m told, never having tried it) but challenging for other things. I would not add it to a stir-fry, for example, or a skillet hash. I have never tried it in … Continue reading →
The Instant Pot and I are becoming friends. To be honest, some of my hesitancy in using it to prepare dinner main courses (rather than beans or soups or certain vegetables) is that it doesn’t seem to be quicker. In fact, in some cases it takes longer to make something in the Instant Pot than it does in a skillet. I’m not interested in a lot of recipes in the … Continue reading →
Lemon and capers were just meant to be together. Sometimes I add black or green olives, sometimes feta cheese, sometimes not. I’ve added lemon and capers to pork and lamb and salmon and meatballs. I’ve never tried them with a grilled steak, but summer is coming. It’s a quick skillet sauce requiring very little work. Lemon is the only fruit I like in savory dishes…. and I really, really like … Continue reading →
Happy 2021 ! I got my seed catalog the other day. That’s always a positive sign. Being able to grow things to eat always makes me feel very…. productive. Now that we have a feral cat on the property my tender new plants should have a better chance of survival. And it reminded me that I really should get some new masks for spring – tulips, maybe. Any type of … Continue reading →
We had Spanish Rice when I was growing up. To be honest, I thought it was one of those trendy, 50’s / 60’s dishes that everyone’s mom was making, along with Jello salads and pretzel-crusted desserts. (I wish I could find my ‘Joys of Jello’ cookbook….) Then we moved to Andorra and I was introduced to Paella. I decided that must be the origin of the rice and tomato dish. … Continue reading →
