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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)

Hot Pepper Vinegar or Pepper Sauce

posted July 22, 2010 in Southern Grace Gourmet

This is more of a method than a recipe. I have made hot pepper vinegar, or pepper sauce, so many ways and with so many types of hot peppers. We always had this growing up. We made at least a dozen jars in the summer, and if we happened to run out be (read full article)

Pickled Foods and Feta Relish

posted July 20, 2010 in Yum in Tum

I think I might have mentioned before that I have a lot of pickled foods in the house. I remembered that one of the things I have is a large jar of lupini beans. I love these things, but if you buy them in a jar, make sure you rinse them (or they tas (read full article)

I am such a little things person…Are you?

posted July 16, 2010 in Danica\'s Daily

Happy Friday Eve all!  This week’s Wordless Wednesday were pictures taken during The Husband’s and I very first vacation together as boyfriend/girlfriend.  We went to the Caribbean Islands of St. Thomas and St. John. (read full article)

Almond and Date Brown Rice Pudding

posted July 12, 2010 in Yum in Tum

I had some brown rice left over from the chorizo meal, and while I was tempted to eat it with piles of salsa mixed in, I was even more interested in eating that salsa with the tortilla chips in the pantry. So uh... yeah. I couldn't really think about (read full article)

Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Chicken Bites

posted July 02, 2010 in Salad in a Jar

Add bacon to anything and it will fly off the table.  That’s what a caterer once told me and I believe it. Certainly applies here. Whether you’re planning a cookout this weekend or cooking indoors (rain predicted here in Texas), grill u (read full article)

Thai Massaman Curry Paste

posted June 14, 2010 in A flavor of Thai

Massaman curry (Thai: kaeng matsaman or gaeng masaman is a southern Thai dish that is Muslim in origin. It is most commonly made with beef, but can also be made with duck, pork, chicken, or tofu.The flavoring for Massaman curry is called Massaman cur (read full article)

Pickled Cucumber & Fennel Make a Turkish Style Meze

posted June 12, 2010 in SippitySup- Serious Fun Food

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Sichuan Restaurant

posted May 26, 2010 in Pig Pig's Corner

Reviewed by The Wild BoarWhen my friend suggested eating Sichuan after watching Iron Man 2 (yeah I know, this is how long this has been sitting on my hard drive instead of being posted, pretty good movie though), a little flicker of memory made me ta (read full article)

Spring "Flours" Event

posted May 19, 2010 in The Gastro-Lounge

So I currently am working with a private chef/catering company that focuses on healthy cooking (centeredchef.com). On Friday we worked an event called Spring Flours, hosted at the Swisshotel. It was a fund raiser for The University of Chicago Celia (read full article)

Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, & Jalapeno Temaki Sushi—aka, “How to make temaki sushi out of a bagel.”

posted May 12, 2010 in La Fuji Mama

When I was in middle school a bagel shop opened up in town called The Bagel Peddler.  I remember my mom taking my brothers and me there on several occasions, and I remember that my favorite bagel was their jalapeno bagel.  On one occasion, I rememb (read full article)

Jalapeno Corn Muffins

posted April 15, 2010 in Simply Delicious Desserts

These muffins are easy to make and the ingredients may already be in your pantry.  Let’s start baking!  For the muffins, you will need: 1 box (8.5 oz.) corn muffin mix 1 cup (4 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese 1/4 cup chopped pickled jalapeñ (read full article)

PUTTING YOUR EGGS IN A PICKLE

posted April 06, 2010 in CHEW ON THIS

Now that Easter has come and gone and you're wondering what to do with all those decorated, hard boiled Easter eggs, here's a suggestion. Pickle them.Pickling eggs has been going on for a couple hundred years. This is how our ancestors were able to k (read full article)

Purple Potato Pepper Salad

posted February 01, 2010 in Caramel Onion

With Julia Child's "beef stew" - or at least my first attempt at it - in the oven simmering, I feel I've almost reached a home chef's nirvana. For now, at least. As it turns out, french cooking is a lot of work! I love the food it produces, but I don (read full article)

Chicken Tostadas (Tostadas de Pollo)

posted January 30, 2010 in The Coffee Shop

Hello dear Coffee Lovers! Ready for another easy, delicious and affordable recipe? I hope so... This recipe is Mexican but I do not know why for some reason in Mexico they are called "Siberian style tostadas" anyway, we will not get in the trouble (read full article)

Chicken Tostadas (Tostadas de Pollo)

posted January 20, 2010 in The Coffee Shop

Hello dear Coffee Lovers! Ready for another easy, delicious and affordable recipe? I hope so... This recipe is Mexican but I do not know why for some reason in Mexico they are called "Siberian style tostadas" anyway, we will not get in the trouble of (read full article)

Don’t pack on the pounds – pack a punch!

posted January 15, 2010 in A Tasty Thought

Well, I am not talking about fighting, or even fruit punch, I just mean fight back! All 3 meals of the day are really important, especially breakfast, it is true what they say about it being the most important meal of the day. It is also true that if (read full article)

Anti-Pasta Salad

posted January 05, 2010 in Goddess of Cooking

There used to be this little pizzeria type place in the town where I worked. They made this incredible salad with salami, pepperoni, cheeses and lots of yummy stuff. When I was pregnant with my first daughter I would eat one at least twice a week. My (read full article)

Hot Pepper Jelly

In the Sausage and Apples post, I mentioned that I had made Hot Pepper Jelly at my CSA’s canning class. I forgot to post it at the time (actually, not sure I had started the blog then), so I’m including the info here. This is a bit larger (read full article)

Ayacas de Papa: Potato Dough Stuffed in Banana Leaves

posted December 23, 2009 in T's Tasty Bits

This version of the ayaca uses potatoes instead of corn flour, or Maseca, for the version I made here.  The filling is basically the same: chicken, raisins, olives.  The recipe my mom gave me called for longanizas (lohn-gah-NEE-sahs), a.k.a (read full article)

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