Yep, that’s an empty bowl. The soup was so good I didn’t get a chance to photograph it! But, I can tell you how easy it is to make. AND the umami flavor hits you on all your senses. You only need 5 or 6 ingredients and 5-10 minutes and you have a great [...]
Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted anything, I was under the weather. Glad to be back with y’all! This is a really pleasing and very easy soup to make for a cold winter day. An immersion blender and a heavy soup pot are what you need. You can see that I have a [...]
Adapted from The Noble Pig
White cheddar cheese soup is a real treat and is really easy to make. When we lived in Austin, the Driskill Hotel was the acknowledged leader in the cheese soup competition. The Upper Crust bakery also had a contender. I couldn’t find either of their recipes, so I [...]
Finding a good commercial enchilada sauce is really difficult. Even the Hatch brand is tepid at best. So, we decided to make our own green enchilada sauce, and it turned out to be really good, not only as a sauce, but also as a salsa. The consistency is chunky, unlike the commercial [...]
This recipe has developed over the years, and it it really easy to make. I first found a version of it in a Prevention magazine; very, very plain-kidney beans and no greens, ick! They did not know SW cuisine, so sad. So, I had to take it up several notches. Eat it with Mexican, TEX-MEX [...]
I guess I am on a ‘grain’ kick lately because everything I make for dinner has pasta or rice in it! Frugality rules! This dish is especially nice to take to a gathering. It is easy to make and easy to eat and tastes really good! You can make it in stages and add some [...]
We bought an 11 pound turkey, cooked him in a Paper Bag and got wonderful things! We have been eating off him for two weeks!
Turkey, sliced light and dark meat – Dinner for four
Turkey Gravy – 2 Quarts
Sandwiches for 2- sliced turkey meat, dressing, cranberry sauce, mayonnaise, and a little gravy
Turkey Hash
Turkey Bow Tie Soup
Clarified [...]
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This dish is really a nice side dish for this time of year. Brussels sprouts are in season now and you can buy the smaller ones for a sweeter flavor. Don’t skip washing them a couple of times. Adding the nutmeg really brings out the flavor of the caramelization. You could even add some minced [...]
We are very lucky that we have lots of outlets to buy “la vita locavore”. Our local farmer’s market, several locally owned grocery stores and the “Meatshop of Tacoma” are all good. We are having a small scale Thanksgiving this year as we are far from family. We did get to participate in preparing a [...]
I had a most prolific pear tomato plant that really produced in September/October, but it got too cool to ripen the toms. I pulled all the tomatoes off last week and let them sit to maybe ripen a bit before I turned them into jam. Boy, did they turn out wonderful! See the red [...]