This will be the last of the winter slow cooker recipes.
I’m ready to put away the slow cookers and have mon mari get out the barbecue grills.
It’s his turn to cook.
I had a strange thing happen with this recipe…. It cooked dry. When I went to stir it after about 5 hours, it was dry. Not burning … Continue reading.....
It’s been such a strange spring that I barely stopped cooking pumpkin and there is already asparagus in the markets.
In between, we did manage to eat a broccoli, a cauliflower and a Savoy cabbage.
When one cooks for two, both cauliflower and cabbage require advance planning to use it all.
I may have to try cauliflower in risotto some … Continue reading.....
This is another recipe who’s origins are lost in the mists of time.
I made it with traditional ‘white’ cabbage when we lived in the US but now I use green or Savoy cabbage – because that is what I can get.
One of the things I noticed with the photo…. my home-grown tomatoes from the freezer don’t have the … Continue reading.....
Egg Fu Yung
Egg Foo Yung
Chinese Pancakes
Chinese Pancakes with Cabbage & Brown Rice
Whatever you call them, these are good, easy and work perfectly for a meatless dinner – if you are so inclined.
If not add some quickly stir-fried chicken strips or, do as we did: Red Sauced Shrimp.
If you cook the rice with water … Continue reading.....
We’re coming into another prime leftover season and, in my opinion, there is no better way to use up the odd bits than risotto.
I used chicken in this but you could easily use ham, turkey or anything else left in the fridge.
Or leave the meat out and add more veggies.
I would serve the cranberry sauce on the … Continue reading.....
This was my third dinner using the slow cooker. (Second attempt review after this recipe.)
I decided I was not going to do any pre-cooking / browning / whatever. Some of the comments I’ve seen discussing slow cooker recipes complain that it’s too much work getting it all organized to make the effort worthwhile.
I’m all for easy….
I tossed … Continue reading.....
I know that the food police are threatening to ban bacon from our tables.
Regardless of the fact that humans have been consuming smoked meat since before the dawn of recorded history it has now been declared bad.
Perhaps there is something about the mass-produced, laden with chemicals, faux-smoked stuff that is bad for us (duh!) but let’s not throw … Continue reading.....
We had few warm, sunny, beautiful spring days in the beginning of March.
The grass started growing, the spring flowers started coming up, mon mari painted the barbecue (he does that every year)……
I was ready to switch to summer cooking.
It’s never a clean switch. There are usually stir-fries and risottos with spring vegetables mixed in with grilled chicken … Continue reading.....
