For those of you who haven’t had to listen to me proselytize about the virtues of making your own bread, well, consider yourself lucky! That also probably means you haven’t had to hear me go on and on about making your own pizza. Seriously! It turns out that making your own pizza is easy pizzy, [...]
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Pizza Pie….Easy Pizzy!
Posted in cooking, recipes, whole food, tagged cooking, recipes, whole food on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gadget Girl: Homemade Yogurt….in a Bread Machine
Posted in cooking, gadget girl, gadgets, recipes, whole food, tagged cooking, gadget girl, recipes on January 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We had tired of paying $4/qt for our coop yogurt…the same price as a half gallon of coop raw milk…and I was minutes away from buying another gadget – a yogurt maker. Really, I was sure it would pay for itself…after the first 5 gallons of yogurt! I researched, and polled, and studied, and finally [...]
Pork…the Other White Meat…..Served with Apples and Shallots.
Posted in cooking, food, pork, recipes, sourcing food, whole food, tagged cooking, locavore, recipes, sourcing food, whole food on January 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Two weeks ago, Mark, Junior and I drove to Boone, CO to get a pig. No, we haven’t added pigs to our pet menagerie, but we did come home with about 100 pounds of frozen pork. Not just any pork, but free-range, 100% grass-fed pork, raised with utmost respect by Kim and Doug, the lovely [...]
Gingerbread House III
Posted in baking, cooking, family, Junior, recipes, tagged cooking, family, Junior, recipes on January 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I don’t remember too many classic “family traditions” when I grew up. Of course, I have fond memories of certain favorite meals, and my mom’s homemade goodies, but no “every Christmas Eve we _______”. When we had Junior, I vowed to have at least one tradition around the holidays, and my choice was one I [...]
Gadget Girl: Crockpots and Pot Roasts
Posted in cooking, gadget girl, gadgets, recipes, slow cooker, sourcing food, whole food, tagged cooking, gadget girl, locavore, recipes, sourcing food, whole food on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s not clear to me how any dual-income family, kids or no, functions without a crock pot. Ours is simply indispensable, and used so frequently, especially in cold months, that it ought to have a coveted “counter spot” in our kitchen. If I actually had counter space, it would. Sunday’s dinner was a classic — [...]
Homemade “Hamburger Helper”.
Posted in food, recipes, tagged cooking, recipes on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We keep pretty traditional roles in this house — most things culinary are my domain (except for weekend breakfasts), and I maintain our social calendar (something that goes by the wayside too easily when you have kids). Car/house maintenance and finances are all Mark’s. Occasionally, though, planning skills fail me, and I find myself working [...]
Made with Love
Posted in baking, parenting, recipes, whole food, tagged baking, parenting, recipes, whole food on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Junior loves to cook. I’m not sure if it because he likes to spend time with me (and I can usually be found in the kitchen), he likes the ‘tastings’ on the way to making dinner, or he simply likes creating yummy-in-the-tummy-can’t-get-enough food. This weekend, I think it was “all of the above”. It turns [...]
4 Halves are Better than Two
Posted in family, food, recipes, tagged family, food, recipes on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I rarely feel the need to share “brilliant child” stories, but what the heck, I’ll make an exception. Just this once. Really. A few nights ago at dinner, I made roasted peaches for dessert. Junior wanted 2 peaches, but we try to discourage outright gluttony in our house, unless oatmeal raisin cookies are involved. So [...]
Tomatoes – A Good Thing
Posted in cooking, Farmers' Market, food, recipes, whole food, tagged cooking, Farmers' Market, recipes, sourcing food, whole food on September 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We simply can’t get enough of a good thing. Having spent most of last Sunday in the kitchen preparing all those peaches, and canning two gallons of tomato sauce, we really had no desire to “put up” more food this week. But, alas, the lure of ripe tomatoes was too great to resist. An eleventh [...]
Galumpki – Just like Mom Used to Make
Posted in cooking, family, food, recipes, whole food, tagged cooking, family, recipes, whole food on September 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
MaryBeth’s mom is an incredible cook. And not a month goes by that MaryBeth doesn’t call her up for a recipe, a temperature, or a secret ingredient. This month, it was for Galumpki. It doesn’t matter that MaryBeth’s family is not Polish…she grew up in Western Massachusetts where every third family is, so Kielbasa and [...]
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