The subject of garlic soup came up last night, and I decided that the quick-n-dirty retelling I had made of Deborah Madison's recipe humpty-odd years ago was insufficient, so I pulled out the book to type up the whole thing, and then noticed the next recipe, Garden Garlic and New Potato Soup. I decided that warranted a new entry here!

( Garlic Soup )

Leeks-n-Shrooms has been my go-to dish when I need to produce a cooked green vegetable for a special occasion. When I added it to our family's Christmas menu after Mama swore up and down to me that my sister-in-law hates kale (she doesn't), it got rave reviews. A couple of years later it turned out that even a cousin who doesn't eat vegetables ( Read more... )

Writing this down so I don't forget, because it was so good!

Savory-With-a-Hint-of-Sweetness Acorn SquashI cut a small acorn squash - not quite as big as my two fists put together - in half, cleaned out the guts*, and then lopped the halves into slices about a centimeter thick. (For those of you who can't eyeball measurements in metric yet, that' ( Read more... )

I had a couple-three chicken thighs I'd thawed two days ago, and half a pound of baby bella mushrooms that were bought I can't remember how long ago. I chopped up both of those into little pieces plus( ... )

IMs sent to dr_zrfq earlier this evening:
Because I love you dearly, there is still some hummus left.
Also because it is rich with olive oil.
But mostly because I love you.

Kalamata olive hummus. A 15 oz. can of chickpeas (I really like TJ's; they are consistently cooked nicely soft!), about half a 12 oz. jar of pitted kalamata olives, as much garlic as ( Read more... )

This isn't even remotely authentic, and it doesn't really pull together the usual flavors one expects when one thinks "taco", but it was easy, it was quick, it was light and fresh tasting, and it didn't heat up the house - all tremendously important qualities as we head into summer!

Quick-n-Dirty Tuna TacosMakes six to eight tacos ( Read more... )

How To Make Corn Tortillas From Scratch is what got me started on this little educational journey ( Read more... )

It's not fancy, but it's food. This came out better than I thought it would.

( Quick-n-Dirty Fish Chowder )

This was an exercise in using up things that wanted used up. The mushrooms were trying to decide whether to dry up or slime up, the hamburger was an elderly freezer rescue that miraculously was only a tiny bit freezer-burnt, and yes, even 3 of the 4 cans were...um...oldOh, did I mention that it's also good? Yeah, it's good. Even when made with ( Read more... )

I love it when an "I just threw this together" works out! This one's a keeper, I think. :) I was happy that my jalapeño was ripe and red; it added some much-needed color to the dish. Adding carrot or beet slices might work well that way, too, or using sweet potato or red cabbage instead of white.

No picture, because I ated it.

( Bacon, Potato, and Cabbage Hash )