How about two cents? Who doesn’t like pickles? Well…test subject Bill is a self-proclaimed pickle hater. With this in mind…well…I made pickles anyway 🙂 With Alton Brown’s refrigerator pickle recipe recipe in hand, I was determined to produce the best pickles ever. Or, at least something edible. His recipe calls for “pickling spices.” IContinue reading “I’ll sell you my pickle for a nickle”
Category Archives: Vegetarian
Produce Panic Attack
Last week I had a produce panic attack. There are loads of goodness coming in from the local farms, and I think half of it ended up in my kitchen. Between my CSA box and my inability to stay away from the Suwanee farmer’s market on Saturday mornings, my fridge and counter tops were burstingContinue reading “Produce Panic Attack”
Behold the Power of Tomato Basil Soup
A while back I discovered a recipe for tomato basil soup, I can’t even remember where. It was supposed to be a copycat recipe for the one at La Madeline restaurant. Since I haven’t had the one there I don’t know how close it is, or even how much I’ve changed it since then, butContinue reading “Behold the Power of Tomato Basil Soup”
Blueberry Muffins, Take Two
After Sunday’s muffin disaster, I was bound and determined to conquer the blueberry muffin. I used the same recipe from How to Cook Everything, but made some changes to my technique. First, I got some baking powder that was NOT EXPIRED (recommended). Second, I made sure I did less stirring. Third, I did all regularContinue reading “Blueberry Muffins, Take Two”
Got Ganep?
Here I am, catching up after a whirlwind few weeks. Test subject Bill and I went to Virginia on a wine tasting/hiking/eating tour, then shortly thereafter went on a cruise to the Bahamas – a vacation to remember and filled with GOOD EATS! But back in my kitchen, my creative fingers were itching again toContinue reading “Got Ganep?”
Early Spring Salad
Georgia has not seen sunlight since Tuesday. I am so thankful for the rain. I really am. But after four days I really needed a bright spot! So I put together an early spring salad for lunch: Using almost exclusively items from my last CSA box, I prepared this beautiful work of edible art. IContinue reading “Early Spring Salad”
Pizza Pizza
For a while now I’ve been on a quest for the perfect homemade pizza. I tried a couple of store-bought mixes for the crust (bag over head in shame). The first was ok but it had ingredients in it that I didn’t want in my body. The second one was a gluten-free mix. It wasContinue reading “Pizza Pizza”
A Lesson in Collard Greens
My CSA box last week contained a wide variety of greens: spinach, bordeaux spinach, herbs, kale and collard greens. Collards, a member of the cabbage family and intensely popular in the south, are not a vegetable I’d knowingly encountered before. Apparently Iowa is not suited for growing collards, even though they are a cold tolerant veggie.Continue reading “A Lesson in Collard Greens”
Little Stuff
I’ve been up to little stuff in the kitchen lately. Last weekend I made cottage cheese based on a recipe from this site. It was pretty easy and made for some decent cottage cheese. I did visit some other sites for help and combined some methods, which I think was the right thing to do. For example,Continue reading “Little Stuff”
Rye: An Inspiration
I was perusing the latest issue of Vegetarian Times and came across a recipe for Classic Rye Bread. Up to now, I’ve just been doing my same old bread recipe with a few variations so I was ready and open to the idea of trying a new bread. I can’t post the recipe here sinceContinue reading “Rye: An Inspiration”
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