-
Typed it, might as well share it.
KVirtue asked for a quinoa recipe over on Facebook. I typed it in, so I might as well share it with anyone who reads my LJ and not her FB ( Read more... ) -
For Fondue Fans
Fine Cooking has posted a free recipe for Valentine's Day: Brie Fondue with Chardonnay. Mmm, yummy!
http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/brie-fondue.aspx -
(Untitled)
Yummy chicken salad with homegrown bell peppers, green beans, & herbs (among other things). The resident vegetarian had hers with chopped up tofu dog in place of the chicken. -
"The ultimate potato salad"
Here's a quote for my mommy:
"The genius move is in the use of pickle juice, the same ingredient that can elevate tuna salad to greatness."
Ha, I grew up on potato salad with pickle juice in it.
More at: http://www. -
growth spurt
The greens in the veg. garden are all going to bolt as a result of this heat, despite my effort at shading them ( Read more... ) -
If you can't beat 'em... eat 'em
Heh heh
cvirtue got me started on a quest to find recipes for garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata, an invasive plant that is trying to take over my yard. The seeds are viable for 5 years in the soil, deer won't eat them and they crowd out other plants in the understory, and one source says they suppress mycorrhizae. An assault on Hypersea!
( Read more... ) -
expensive habit
Today I stopped by the bank in the Student Union, and went past a Fair Trade table.
It turns out that much of the chocolate in the world comes from Ivory Coast, where they kidnap children and enslave them to work on the chocolate plantations. Ugh. Chocolate is a more expensive habit than I thought.
Here's some info for finding good chocolate.butter, cream, sugar
Once upon a time, I told one of my budding bakers (Amy, it was) that it is easy to make food delicious if you use lots of butter, cream, and sugar, and that the real skill is if you can make delicious food that is not full of those things. Well, today, I guess I didn't use much skill. But it sure tasted good ( Read more... )