It’s CSA time!!! Our first share from Zestful Gardens for 2017 has: 1/2 pound Peas 1 head Bok Choi 1 head Chinese Cabbage 1 head Endive 1 bunch Chard 1 bunch Garlic Scapes 1 head Lettuce 1 pint Strawberries 1 bunch Basil Recipes we tried out: Grilled Chilli Lime Chicken Fajita Salad Lemon Garlic Scape Compound Butter …
Category Archives: Adventures in Cooking
Mexican Rice
I love, love, love this Mexican Rice Recipe. I eat this rice by itself, topped with cheese & sour cream, in burritos, with tacos, with beans, or any other way I can imagine. I figure it’s got to be somewhat healthy, since it’s got a minimum of fat and it has lycopene. I’m a carb junkie, …
Pizza Sauce
Since I make pizza dough all the time, I try to have pizza sauce on hand as well. Pizza sauce is somewhat different from pasta sauce, because it’s important for your pizza sauce to be smooth enough to spread. I’ve mastered my own quick sauce that can be made with items I always have on …
CSA Share August 31st
2 pounds fingerling potatoes 2 pounds summer onions used in Chicken Pot Pie 1½ pounds carrots used in Chicken Pot Pie 1 pound purple peppers used on Creative Pizzas ½ pound squash used on Creative Pizzas ½ pound cucumber eaten with feta cheese and Pita Bread 1 head cabbage made into Limey Cabbage 2 heads lettuce eaten …
Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
So I was looking into what I could make for hubby that he’d really enjoy. I’m trying this “housewife” thing, and it’s more difficult than I knew. I always thought that I’d be able to have a hot dinner on the table if only I had more time. But that was before I knew that …
Another Visit to Flour Tortillas
Little update on the flatbread project: there’s likely to be a lot more about flatbreads here. I’m working on perfecting the process of making every flatbread from every culture. As long as I can use my Cuisinart or KitchenAid, of course. I’m feeling really good about pizza crust and pita breads, and I’m on the verge …
Pita Bread
I found the original for this recipe at greekfood.about.com, and I like how it turns out. It took some experimentation to find the pita recipe we were really interested in eating. We love pita bread as a flat bread, not as a pocket bread so much (although sometimes these will inflate and create pockets as well). …
Flour Tortillas – Take II
My good friend thought I would like Pioneer Woman (how well she knows me!) and I spent some time this afternoon checking out what look to be amazing recipes. I was just browsing through until I came to a recipe for homemade flour tortillas. Anyone who has read anything on this site knows how I …
Blue Cheese Dressing
This is strongly based on the America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook recipe, and we make it enough that I’ve stopped measuring. This is something I always like to have on hand during the early season of the CSA (when we have lettuce every week and there’s always something I enjoy raw, dipped in dressing). This …
Slow Rise Pizza Dough
It’s so easy to turn most things into a meal just by cooking them on top of a pizza crust. Plus, if we’ve eaten creative pizzas for a couple of days, I usually only have plates and cutting boards to wash (instead of piles of pots and pans and prep bowls). I think I’ve fully …