I like flexible recipes. They are crucial to today’s style of cooking – at least for me. I do my shopping online every 2 weeks. I don’t know what will be available until I log in and I don’t know what might be substituted. Instead of my usual, careful menu planning before I shop it’s turned into a bit of an adventure after the food is picked up and unpacked. … Continue reading →
Everything I make seems to be orange lately…. It’s either butternut squash, pumpkin, or a tomato sauce, which should be red, but then I add yogurt and paprika or, in this case, horseradish, and it turns orange. For the curious…. this is what it really looked like. There might have been an orange tomato in there, too…. This is based on Turkey Cutlets with Horseradish. I loved the sauce and … Continue reading →
These meatballs were an unintentional experiment. We were planning on having burgers…. As happened so often this spring the weather turned and mon mari decided that he would rather not grill burgers in the rain. That was fine as I was no longer in the mood for eating burgers, as it was cold, damp and windy. Meatballs seemed a better idea. Plus I would have to boil water for the … Continue reading →
Sometimes life should be easy. When unknown critters are wreaking havoc on all things edible in my potager I do what any practical person would do…. Go shopping. In my case it was to buy some good pesto. And some good, fresh pasta. Add one of mon mari’s favorite fruits, avocado, some cooked, cleaned shrimp and dinner is served in no time. Tagliatelle with Shrimp, Avocado and Pesto Total time: … Continue reading →
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when I bought cook books whenever we traveled. Wait…. I still do that. Except now I do it surreptitiously as someone, who shall remain nameless, thinks that I have more than enough cook books already. When we were in Marrakesh I bought three small cook books – two were in French and one in Spanish. When we were in Italy a few … Continue reading →
When we lived in Minnesota I made pasta almost every weekend in the winter. I had an extruder for the round and tubular shapes, and used my trusty Pasta Queen for the flat shapes. I worked 70 – 80 hours a week but I had time to make pasta. Now I’m retired and don’t have time to make pasta. In my defense I have to clean my own house (which … Continue reading →
I don’t have anything in my vegetable garden yet. Actually, I haven’t even thought about it yet. I need warm sunshine to put me in the mood. We’ve had cold wind and rain. Still – I have started to crave spring foods. I saw the first artichokes last week and the avocados have been good. I broke down and bought fresh spinach. It was worth it…. With the spinach I … Continue reading →
