Simple is best Sometimes, we just need to forget about the cheese and bacon and onions and cream and, yes, even the herbs. This is a simple dish, just butter, cauliflower, salt and pepper…. I used butter instead of my usual olive oil because it browns, adding a nutty flavor to the cauliflower. And I wanted the taste of butter. I love butter. I don’t cook with it often, but … Continue reading →
Usually this time of year I have a cellar full of butternut and acorn squash with green beans, tomatoes, zucchini and chard still growing in my potager. This year, the potager is done and I have 4 each butternut and acorn squashes. Pathetic… On the other hand, that means that we get to eat other vegetables. We get to eat vegetables that I don’t grow. Like cauliflower. Usually we don’t … Continue reading →
I am such a bad blogger. I have a habit of reading other food blogs (that’s a good thing), finding recipes I like (also a good thing), forgetting where I saw the recipe (that’s a bad thing) and deciding to make it anyway as best I can from memory. A good blogger would remember the original poster / creator of the recipe and give proper credit. I’m a bad blogger. … Continue reading →
This is another dish from my French gratin cook book – so the original recipe was a bit rich… And it served four. I tweaked and substituted and cut back….. I added quinoa, reduced the salmon, added smoked salmon and substituted yogurt for heavy cream…. It was still more than enough for the two of us. I would say this would serve three nicely… Or two, with leftovers for lunch. … Continue reading →
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: We have mains water now. The Powers That Be came Wednesday and did whatever. Now all we need to do is to rent a small backhoe, dig the 30 foot trench to the house, lay the pipe, hook it … Continue reading →
They say the phone is working. I say it isn't. They say the internet is working. I say it isn't. They're coming this afternoon to prove that I'm wrong. Please, God, I hope so…… In the meantime, another simple dish from Katie's Kitchen (In Vlad's house, where the cooking is easy, even if the living is not!) Mashed Potatoes with Cauliflower 1/3 head cauliflower2 medium potatoes1/8 – 1/3 cup milk2 … Continue reading →
Cauliflower with Parmesan Sauce We have mains water now. The Powers That Be came last Wednesday and did whatever. Now all we need to do is to rent a small backhoe, dig the 30 foot trench to the house, lay the pipe, hook it up, install new plumbing and we're all set. Easy peasy! We have electricity now. The Powers That Be came last Friday and did whatever. Now all we need … Continue reading →
