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Cast Iron Intimidation
I’ve wanted a cast iron skillet since I can remember. My mom had multiple, and she always cooked in them. I grew up thinking it was a necessity in the kitchen. So I started looking into them. This...
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Chopped: CSA Edition (Episode 1)
Ever since I joined my CSA I have been reminded of one of my favorite Food Network shows, Chopped. If you haven’t seen the show, the gist of it is that four chefs compete over three rounds. Each...
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Chopped: CSA Edition (Arugula Pesto)
Knowing there are people out there still making do with iceberg lettuce in their salads, I feel terribly ungrateful saying this, but I dislike arugula. Yes, first world problems, right? We often get...
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It’s “Cooking and Cocktail Week”….Apparently
Several years ago my mom and I discovered a simple cake recipe that put all other cake recipes at the bottom of our cake recipe totem pole. It uses the combination of white cake mix, vanilla pudding...
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Countdown to Halloween: Pumpkin Crack
This recipe circulated through my family last fall and quickly earned itself the name Pumpkin Crack. In my not-very-humble opinion it is the quintessential Halloween party recipe for the following...
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How to Make Tasty Tofu
Timmy Tofu from Savage Chickens. Check out more of his pickup lines by clicking on his picture. When I decided to reduce my meat consumption a few years ago (after an epic barbeque weekend in Kansas...
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How My Garden Grows (and Spring Roll recipe)
A few years ago, on the last blog I wrote on, I posted this: My second attempt, in 2012, resulted in a few kind of sour tomatoes, lots of basil, and a bunch of serrano peppers. It was definitely an...
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Canning Again
It’s been forever since I canned. “Oh, April,” you say, “Don’t exaggerate so!” (I love how proper you are.) Okay, it obviously hasn’t been forever, but to give you an idea of time I’m pretty sure...
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Earth Day: Cooking Green
In mid-March I started perusing green cookbooks to see what I could find to review for Earth Day. I had an image in my mind of what the perfect green cook book would look like. It would have beautiful...
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Kitchen Adventure and a Recipe
Somewhere in the middle of April my friend Grecia invited a bunch of us over to show us how to cook. Grecia makes amazing dishes that she learned from her grandmother who grew up in Michoacan Mexico,...
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