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Patak’s Biryani Paste with Cauliflower and Yogurt

March 22, 2012

I stumbled upon this years ago. I don’t remember if I read about the basic concept (mashed cauliflower) or discovered it myself, independently. Doesn’t matter. It’s appeared now in tons of blog posts in one form or another. So, here’s my own little personal version. Clean leaves from head of cauliflower and break cauliflower into [...]

My First Steak

March 12, 2012

I made my first steak, ever! It turned out pretty good. I learned a few things (use less butter to sear the steak; use less wine to deglaze the skillet; my topping of melted butter, minced garlic, and horseradish was perfect; don’t bother with the oven–just sear a little longer on each side; I’m not [...]

Variation on a Butternut Squash Soup Zack Shack recipe

December 5, 2011

A fellow blogger (he publishes Zack Shack) and friend has posted several recipes that have made my mouth water. Recently, Zack had a recipe for Brined Turkey Butternut Squash Soup that I simply had to try since I only recently learned how to cook winter squash. To me, it seemed that the heart of Zack’s [...]

Microwaved Acorn Squash with Maple Syrup

December 1, 2011

It’s winter in Florida (60s…!) so it’s time for winter food and the winter squashes are in. I’m simply too lazy and impatient to cook them properly in the oven and I’m very afraid of cutting off my fingers–my main source of income–because cutting them is so difficult when they’re uncooked. (The squash I mean, [...]

Crockpot apples, onions, sauerkraut, and sausage

December 29, 2010

apples, onions, sauerkraut, and sausage One reader left a comment on Crockpot apples that she was going to “add onions and sage and make it into a side dish.” That idea sounded good to me and I’ve been intending to try it. This morning I was wanting to cook up a bunch of [...]

Tagged as: FOOD, German food. recipes

Crockpot Apples

November 1, 2010

I quartered and cored 9 Fuji apples and cooked them with their skins left on in a smallish crockpot for about 5 hours on low heat. I added rounded teaspoons of ground cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom and a couple dashes each of nutmeg, vanilla extract, and orange extract. I added enough water to almost cover [...]

Perk up your sandwich with kimchi

February 19, 2010

Anything tastes better rolled in a tortilla or layered into a sandwich. That basic truth is helping me to eat more vegetables. I sometimes even find salads tedious to eat, but when I roll them into a tortilla, I love them ever bit as much as an unhealthy burrito. This post isn’t even a [...]

Tagged as: Asian food, FOOD, Korean food, recipes

Lentils with yogurt and garlic

January 30, 2010

Just a quickie recipe: make lentils your usual way. For me, that means putting them in medium size crockpot, covering with vegetable (or chicken) broth up to near top of pot, dumping in an entire onion chopped, two (or three!) handfuls of peeled garlic buds, 1 Knorr’s bouillon cube (veg or chicken), 1/4 teaspoon of [...]

Tagged as: FOOD, recipes, Vegetarian

Cranberry, chicken, and barley stir fry

January 6, 2010

just before simmering Back when I was still teaching and there would be gatherings of students and faculty for a potluck meal, my a-bit-too-substantial tuna casseroles were the butt of a few jokes. Once, some of the students kidnapped my casserole and did a photographic study of it positioned in various locations around Tampa. Wish [...]

Tagged as: FOOD, recipes

St. Petersburg’s Grand Central Chili Cookoff

December 5, 2009

Last weekend was the St. Petersburg Grand Central Chili Cookoff. This was the third year I’ve attended this event and it’s one I look forward to. It is amazing how varied and how original some of the chili recipes can be. I honestly don’t know how the judges reach a conclusion. I know it would [...]

Tagged as: ACTIVITIES, Florida, FOOD, recipes, St. Petersburg

Meatloaves

January 3, 2009

turkey-spinach meatloaf I recently happened upon an idea among the numerous online recipes for meatloaf which was to add chopped spinach. (I would give the link to that recipe, but I can’t find it now–I think there were more than one, actually.) I’d always added pitted black olives and dried oregano and basil to my [...]

Tagged as: FOOD, recipes

Tuna with friends

October 11, 2008

We’re all eating at home more these days. Saves money, of course, but it’s a good thing for other reasons, too. Not only is it easier to make healthier food choices, the ability to share an evening with friends is far less restricted. It’s possible to relax and not worry about holding up some [...]

Tagged as: fish, Florida, FOOD, recipes

Cuzn Don’s Hoe Cakes and Hush Puppies

September 3, 2008

TOTEM BY MISSISSIPPI ARTIST, JOHNNY KNIGHT Roots A while back there was a post about my Mississippi Cuzn Donna and another post about my Mississippi Cuzn Don‘s Mississippi Greens recipe. There’s other Gulf Coast cousins, too, and in due time we’ll hear more about them including their blue grass and photography, but today, we’re going [...]

Tagged as: favorite articles, FOOD, Mississippi, recipes

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