Colcannon made with kale and smashed up red potatoes (skins left on) is so very pretty.  And it has a more interesting flavor if you make it with yogurt instead of milk, but at that point it's probably not really colcannon anymore.  Supposedly kale is a winter crop, but the farmers market here still has plenty of it and it tastes OK.

I made this Lentil Feta salad just now, and left out the onions because I am lazy and don't really like raw onions all that much anyhow.  It's fine.  (Edit: and the parsley, apprently, because I am forgetful and my parsley was stuff I had in the freezer anyhow ( Read more... )

If you've never seen it, Manjula's Kitchen is a fabulous YouTube channel. She shows how to make all sorts of Indian food, and she's very simple and unpretentious (but clear.)

Spearmint has a sharper flavor and more intense aroma, while peppermint tends to be more delicate and sweet

Do you find this true? I don't. I find peppermint much stronger than spearmint.  Spearmint might be sharper, but peppermint is still not "more delicate" to me. And I wouldn't find them interchangeable at all, at least in a recipe that calls ( Read more... )

I just discovered what looks to be an awesome food blog.  These mini cheesecakes sound amazingly simple, especially compared to the enormous, heavy Lindy's cheesecakes I used to help my mom make. This salad seems like a wacky combination but it's all things I love (yes, I love barley) and I think it'd taste good.  Hmm, I wonder if I can get any ( Read more... )

Wow, salad savoy is tasty! And pretty.  I bought it because it was pretty and cheap and green (well, green and purple, for this variety), but it tastes good too.  Yay ( Read more... )

I call this one "still life with hot drink that does not cause heartburn."
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What would you do with a pound (minus a tiny taste) of fresh goat cheese? Let's say, just for shits and giggles, that you didn't want to buy anything else expensive to pair with it.  I've never bought any before, and usually I reject recipes with it because it seems expensive.  Ye Olde Grocerye Outlet had it at a really really cheap price, though, ( Read more... )

Chocolate cake in 5 minutes has been making the rounds on the interwebs lately ( Read more... )

I made it for my own convenience, but hey, a little self-promotion never hurt anyone, right ( Read more... )