We have so many cucumbers on the vine right now! YUM! I love growing food this time of year. The weather is so mild and beautiful and everything is so vividly green. I love the tiny baby cukes with beautiful yellow flowers and the fat, fuzzy, black bumblebees that pollinate them! Here is a good, [...]
I searched and searched for a good thin crust pizza recipe. I finally found my EUREKA! moment-I made it myself! This thin crust pizza is baked on a stone in the oven with a pesto sauce instead of a tomato sauce and is so delicious. There is lots of elitism in the use of stones [...]
This recipe is great for an abundance of fresh tomatoes or good canned crushed tomatoes. I bought a 6 pound #10 can of really good crushed tomatoes, divided them and made some tomato paste out of a little bit and froze the rest. Here’s what happens when you decide to go on a low carb [...]
This week, I came across this wonderful recipe for preserved roasted tomatoes. As I already have 15 quarts of tomatoes put up, and had a mountain more on the counter (perhaps 25 pounds, or more), and the plants are still loaded with ripening Romas, I thought that I’d give it a try. Yesterday, we had [...]
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A few days ago, we at PolitiCook learned that cancer had finally taken our beloved drchelo. We felt truly blessed by her and are deeply saddened by her death. A memorial fund has been set up for her at Straydog, Inc. I can think of no better way to honor her than to contribute in [...]
… does not sound remotely appetizing. Green Tea and Soy Sauce Ice Cream (Servings: 4) – 3 egg yolks – 125g (4 1/2 oz.) granulated sugar – 2 t Kikkoman Soy Sauce – 200 cc milk – 100 cc heavy cream – 2 t (10g) granulated sugar for whipping heavy cream – 1 C strongly [...]
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(biscuit, don’t drool.) A recipe from From My Motorhome to Yours: Chevrai goat cheese (4 oz) CHEVRAI IS FRENCH FOR GOAT CHEESE panko seasoned bread crumbs 1 egg 3 tbsp flour Get 3 small plates or bowls, one bowl put the flour in, the next the panko & bread( 1-1) crumbs, the third the egg( [...]
I set up a couple of profiles with Twitter last week (business and personal), and quickly started looking for a way to keep track of various subjects and searches without having to keep 47 browser tabs open at once. Enter TweetDeck. It allows me to have a number of columns on a screen: one for [...]
… that I enter my old place as a resident because the keys are being turned over this afternoon. And I’m exhausted. Moving in 95-100 degree heat with no air conditioning isn’t easy, especially when there’s so much stuff and so little time. But I should be able to fit an old wooden bedframe and [...]