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{Product Review & Recipe} Cottage Cheese & Bell Pepper Wraps, Pickled Peppers and Gulab Jamuns - Strange Bedfellows? Maybe ...
"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
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.
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
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!
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
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
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Blueberry Protein Pancakes with Fresh Blueberry Syrup Recipe
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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!
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
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
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
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
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)



