Normally I try to restrain myself and am able to avoid the ‘if some is good, more must be better’ mindset that seems to be the standard where eating and cooking are concerned. I failed with this quiche. Perhaps I was just so happy to be in the kitchen with something other than butternut squash or pumpkin. Maybe it was finding such a wonderful pile of just-pulled leeks at the … 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 day…. For now, it uses up a cabbage nicely. I … Continue reading →
I planted my tomato seeds last week. I have 16 little pots of red, white, yellow, green and orange tomatoes. I wasn’t able to find all of my favorites at the garden stores last year, thus the seeds. Of the 16 plants: 3 are Roma meant for cooking and freezing, and 2 are cherry tomatoes. I have a bit of a love / hate relationship with cherry tomatoes. Well, actually, … Continue reading →
Leeks are in season this time of year. It’s both the time to plant them and the time to harvest them. Actually, one can harvest them all winter but now is the time to finish them off before the weather warms and they bolt. I haven’t planted them in this potager but they are inexpensive at the moment so we are eating lots of leeks. I buy sausages rather than … Continue reading →
This is my answer to the much more decadent Fettuccini Alfredo and a variation on Spaghetti Carbonara. Leeks are best in this, as they are mild, but you could substitute 2 onions, just sauté them until very tender and starting to brown. The trick to this is to time the pasta so that it’s ready to drain when the leeks are done. I try to have the leeks done a … Continue reading →
We’ve been having a summer vegetable shortage. To be honest, I don’t find that surprising and I hadn’t even noticed since we’re still in the middle of winter. I don’t ever buy summer vegetables; I grow them. If I did buy summer vegetables I would buy them in summer, not in winter. (She says self-righteously and somewhat smugly.) I was not about to let a shortage of zucchini (courgette) bother … Continue reading →
Along with putting everything in mason jars there is another (only one, you say?) trend that I am not a fan of…. Putting detailed photos of every step of preparing a dish on the blog post. I have no problem with photos of complicated or intricate steps, but I really don’t need to see a photo of the tin of tomatoes being dumped into an empty saucepan followed by a … Continue reading →
