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, …
Category Archives: The Recipe Box
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 …
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 …
Limey Cabbage
We get cabbage quite often in the CSA, and I didn’t used to be a cabbage person. I never understood why folks wanted cabbage instead of lettuce on their fish tacos. I don’t like coleslaw. I don’t like cooked cabbage – blech! Limey Cabbage is pretty much the only way I really like to eat …
Frozen Pizza
“Frozen Pizza? What’s that doing on your blog?” Yes, yes – I can hear you now. Don’t worry; this is not grocery store frozen pizza. This is a how-to for making frozen pizza kits for your own self. And then how to use them also. Check it out – you might even like it… Ingredients …
Hubby’s Fried Rice
We both love fried rice, but we both hate eggs. I don’t know how many folks know this, but every Asian restaurant in Tacoma includes eggs in their fried rice. Fortunately, my husband does a fabulous rendition of fried rice. Therefore, it’s time for a guest post from The Hubby! Ingredients: 2 cups rice water …
Roasted Carrots
This recipe is my version of America’s Test Kitchen’s New Best Recipe roasted carrots. They actually call for baby carrots in the recipe (yeah, those already-peeled nubs that you buy in a bag), but since we’re using CSA veggies, I just peeled and sliced some of our fresh-from-the-farm carrots instead! Ingredients: 2 pounds carrots, peeled …
Twice-Baked Potatoes
I found my inspiration in America’s Test Kitchen’s New Best Recipe, and made a few changes, based on what I had on hand. Here’s the note that they include in the recipe book: To vary the flavor a bit, try substituting other types of cheese, such as Gruyere, fontina, or feta, for the cheddar. Yukon …
Hamburgers
Hubby & I have been making hamburgers together for years, so we’ve got it down to a science at this point! Ingredients: ½ pound lean ground beef 1 slice sandwich bread, crusts removed, torn into quarters 2 tablespoons milk, or more as needed ground black pepper finely chopped onion and garlic (optional) cheese (cheddar, Swiss, …