The part where you can get fresh local produce from the farmer's market and make stuff with it. :)

Gazpacho

-6 tomatoes (chopped)

-1 cucumber (chopped & seeded)

-2 garlic cloves (chopped/crushed)

-1 cup V8

-1/3 cup sundried tomato olive oil (from Olive Mill-2 tablespoons fig balsamic vinegar (from Olive Mill ( Read more... )

I was at the local mall last week and I almost, ALMOST, made it past Williams Sonoma, but succumbed when I saw their jars of Butternut Squash Puree. Then I wandered a bit further in and saw the Pumpkin Curry Simmering Sauce. And my brain started to whir ( Read more... )

I try to hit the local farmer's market at least once a week. I go to pick up my salad staples (tomatoes, carrots, lettuce), and whatever fruit catches my eye. I've now gotten in the habit of bringing home my produce and plugging it in to Google to search out recipes for what I purchase. Then I cobble together (as is my wont) a recipe I like and get ( Read more... )

Friday: Errands, pregaming at my place, copius amounts of booze and fun at Rocky's, postgaming at my place resulting in utter booziness (I get that drunk maybe once a year - ugh).

Saturday: Surprise trip to Saugatuck in a friend's convertible Porsche (lunch & Opal beach), dinner at The Winchester with courts828, gig at Billy's with brother J (Mustard Plug ( Read more... )

You're at home on a weekend morning, and you want something for breakfast that's quick, easy and semi-interesting. You have tortilla chips, salsa, eggs and cheese. What do you make ( Read more... )

I have a nicer kitchen in my GR place than I had in my Chicago place, so I've been cooking more, experimenting with recipes, etc. I get a yen for something, look up recipes, then immediately modify the recipes to fit what I want. Here are a couple I tried yesterday.

Dill Deviled Eggs

My mum's deviled eggs are still the best (with a shout out to ( Read more... )

Here are 2 things I made yesterday. The original recipes were from Glamour magazine, but I, of course, had to change them. I'm like that with cooking.

Edamame & carrot salad-1 bunch carrots (about 5-6 carrots), sliced however you like, boiled in salted water for a few minutes, then rinsed in cold water & drained ( Read more... )

For Thanksgiving yesterday, I decided to try my hand at making cranberry sauce. Turns out cranberry sauce is ridiculously simple/easy to make. I used this recipe from EpicuriousCranberry Sauce with Crystallized Ginger ( Read more... )

I just made spicy peanut noodles using this recipe from Food & Wine.

Of course, me being me, I played around with the recipe a bit: Could not find toasted sesame oil at the store to save my life, wasn't wanting to mess around with the fresh ginger and garlic this time, and am not a fan of celery or cilantro. So I found some sesame sauce from Ty ( Read more... )

I'm a make-it-up-as-you-go sort of cook. I don't measure much, rarely follow a recipe to the letter, and just sort of start throwing things in to see how they taste once I get going. Which sometimes can yield some good results. Here's something - let's call it Baked Pasta & Cheese a la Artemis - I made for the family last night. I don't really ( Read more... )