I’m starting to wrap up slow-cooker season so I decided I needed to get the rest of the recipes posted.
Someone, who shall remain nameless, is contemplating getting the grills out.
Soon, I hope.
In the meantime he’s been wrestling with rocks / boulders in my potager.
Photos to follow.
As usual, I gave this a stir half-way through cooking … Continue reading.....
Remember when Stuffed Green Peppers were a thing of horror?
Usually over-cooked, limp, bitter green peppers with a rather tasteless stuffing, featuring Minute Rice, smothered in faux cheese and tomato sauce, they were not a favorite.
Now I love stuffed peppers of any color and any flavor. I make them often in the fall.
Oriental Style has a stir-fried filling; … Continue reading.....
I use shredded potatoes or brown rice for my quiche crust why not pasta for a pizza crust?
My usual puff pastry makes a thin, light pizza; this is more of a deep-dish pizza.
Mon mari claims that ‘deep-dish pizza isn’t pizza’.
I don’t care – I like it, and this is as close as I can come with the … Continue reading.....
This is so easy to make, put everything in the pan and cook. It gets quite creamy, almost like a risotto.
The flavors are complex and pair well with roasted salmon or chicken with an Asian flavor… like the Asian Baked Salmon.
Toasting sesame seeds is simple – put them in a dry skillet over medium heat and stir … Continue reading.....
I cook orzo the same way I do rice, in just enough stock.
It gets very creamy and is a nice change….
Total time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
I may have mentioned in the past that mon mari’s least favorite dinner night is Friday.
Or so he says.
We have fish or seafood on Friday – because that’s the day I do the shopping and I like it fresh.
He maintains that he ‘hates fish’ although I have proof that he doesn’t. I’ve even seen him order it … Continue reading.....
When one makes a leg of lamb, and one is only feeding two, there are lots of leftovers.
First we had the risotto.
Second we had this stir-fry with a Greek twist.
Equally good.
Total time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus?
I don’t think so….
I think it’s more like: Men are from Pluto; Women are from Earth.
How can a simple, straight-forward conversation go so awry?
We weren’t discussing anything technical, esoteric or even the slightest bit complicated.
It was about a rodent!
First, the set-up:
I normally let the girls out … Continue reading.....
