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{Product Review & Recipe} Cottage Cheese & Bell Pepper Wraps, Pickled Peppers and Gulab Jamuns - Strange Bedfellows? Maybe ...

posted August 15, 2010 in Passionate About Baking

"Life is the sum of all your choices"Albert Camus Given the choice, I would cook and bake all day with olive oil as my happy cooking medium ... SIGH ... if only I didn't find the price a little... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website (read full article)

Garlic Cottage Cheese

posted August 13, 2010 in Cooking Rut

Have you ever had garlic cottage cheese? No? Well, you're missing out...  In the first restaurant I worked at, we served garlic cottage cheese. In fact, the restaurant (named the Black Cat), was known for it. It was served as part of a relish t (read full article)

Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. River Cottage Meat Book.

posted August 13, 2010 in haddock in the kitchen

The River Cottage Meat Book I can say with some level of confidence that everyone has, at one time or another put a call into Mum at home to ask how long a Sunday joint will cook. “Oh, a couple of hours until it’s done” is a popula (read full article)

Summer in a crostata

posted August 13, 2010 in Apricosa

I'm kind of excited about this crostata.  Why?  Because it features red-ripe tomatoes and herbs picked out from the garden.  Such a good combination of fresh ingredients, with Mediterranean flavors saying "it's summer."Sunshine, warmth (read full article)

This Panini Steak Sandwich could easily be my best ever!

posted August 11, 2010 in My Easy Cooking

I'm a sucker for a good sandwich! What do you mean "it can't be" Of course it can,  I mean really, it has all my favorite ingredients....bread(in whatever form or shape), butter, fresh lettuce and whatever else I fancy to slap on. Have you, fell (read full article)

Fruits and Vegetables to enhance your meals

posted August 10, 2010 in niyas's world

FennelAlso known as sweet anise, fennel has a sweet, mild licorice flavor. The feathery fronds can be used as an herb, like dillweed, to flavor soups and stews. The broad, bulbous base is treated like a vegetable and can be eaten raw or sliced and di (read full article)

Farmer’s Cheese

posted August 03, 2010 in The Coffee Break

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Blueberry Protein Pancakes with Fresh Blueberry Syrup Recipe

posted August 03, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Happy Monday All!!  I am so glad to be back home, but, I am SO TIRED and well, it’s Bachelorette finale night    So, I decided that one of my FAVORITE breakfast recipes from the archives was in order ~ it’s “fun (read full article)

Balcony update: tomatoes and potatoes

posted August 02, 2010 in No Love Sincerer...

So, my tomato plants haven't been doing too well. I think they've come down with a case of 'blossom end rot' and possibly another kind of rot as well (there seem to be several associated with tomato plants). I think it's because our watering of them (read full article)

Chipotle Cheddar Twice Baked Potatoes with Ground Turkey

posted August 02, 2010 in The Meat and Potatoes Foodie

My return to the Lone Star State has caused a temporary swell of pride for Texas food and flavors. I'm sure it will pass or at least fade soon, but in the meantime here's my Texified take on twice baked potatoes.Next time I make these I'll hold the a (read full article)

My Favorite Part of the Summer

posted July 28, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Just another day in the neighborhood! It’s a HOT one already, so I cooled off with a refreshing breakfast of a Greek Yogurt Parfait! Looks like layers of fruit & yogurt, right? Wrong! We’ve got cottage cheese in there too! Reader A (read full article)

Craving for Sushi...Atari-ya @ Swiss Cottage

posted July 26, 2010 in Pig Pig's Corner

Reviewed by The Wild Boar First noticed Atari-Ya when Kang first blogged about it. From his review, it seems that Atari-Ya supply top grade sashimi to some of London’s finest Japanese restaurants. I tried to double check this with a waitress durin (read full article)

A New Addition to the Bucket List

posted July 26, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Good morning! Happy Monday and welcome to the start of a beautiful week! I am in a fantastic mood. My Mom and I walked in the cool, humidity-free, 70 degree morning air and witnessed the most beautiful, pink and orange sunrise. Then, Ben text message (read full article)

I Hit the Motherload!

posted July 25, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

I hit the motherload at the grocery store today! Thanks to a bunch of coupons and TONS of BOGO offers, I got a record setting bounty for under budget. The Produce: 2lb strawberries 3 Peaches Zucchini Cucumber Spinach Bagged lettuce Broccoli Green (read full article)

Dill/Fennel Yeast Bread

This bread from Simply in Season is in the summer section, but you can use dried spices and make it year round! FOR PRINTABLE VERSION CLICK HERE: Dill _ Fennel Yeast Bread 1 Tbs dry active yeast 1/4 cup warm water 1 cup cottage cheese (I substitute (read full article)

Creating My Own Blue Bunny Ice Cream Flavor + Free Ice Cream Giveaway!

posted July 20, 2010 in Iowa Girl Eats

Good morning! Some early bird thunderstorms rained out my morning Mom walk (again!) but they’ve since cleared up, and it’s actually shaping up to be a real dazzler of a day! I got it started with a nice breakfast, that I even tweeted (read full article)

Halushki

posted July 14, 2010 in Goddess of Cooking

Halushki is a Slovakian dish of noddles and cabbage, however my husband calls this pasta dish by the same name. Is this the true name? Probably not but it's what his grandfather calls it as well. In fact it seems like every dish is called Halushki a (read full article)

sushi (chirashi) in london – part 2

posted July 14, 2010 in gourmet traveller

Judging from the enthusiastic response to my initial chirashi post (I received enough recommendations to last me till at least part 4), you lot are just as passionate about sushi as I am. As promised, here is the second installment where I check out (read full article)

Paneer- Indian Cottage Cheese with step by step pictures

posted July 12, 2010 in Veg Inspirations

When I wrote about making paneer at home in an earlier post a lot of you wanted to know how it is done. Since I had not taken pictures that time, I had to wait until I made paneer again, to take some... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we (read full article)

The Place ~ Nantucket

posted July 12, 2010 in Hometown Girl

From the moment the ferry pulls into the harbor you know you are some place special. I'm not super fond of boats and being out in the open water but even for me the ferry ride isn't bad. The fact that we were blessed with two beautiful tra (read full article)

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