Cocktail of the week: Peach Margaritas!

What do you do when you have a full bottle of tequila, you have given up corn syrup (as much as possible) so you don’t want to use limeade and someone graciously has dropped a bunch of super ripe fresh peaches?

Make peach margaritas of course!  The perfect Labor Day Weekend bevy, that is, if peaches […]

You just don’t see this everyday….

We were driving to a friends cottage a while back and spotted this along the way:

i’m out

Menu of the week August 25th Eggplant, the King of Vegetables!

It’s eggplant this week!  Here is some very important eggplant information directly from wiki:

The eggplant, aubergine, or brinjal (Solanum melongena) is a plant of the family Solanaceae (also known as the nightshades) and genus Solanum. It bears a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cooking. As a night-shade, it is […]

Rub of the month: Mexican magic

Ancho Chile rub aka Mexican Magic
3 ancho chiles, seeded and hand-torn into pieces
2 pasilla chiles or guajillo chiles
3 chile de arbol (the little long ones)
2 cinnamon sticks or more (about 3 inches long)
2 tablespoons coriander seeds
2 tablespoons cumin seeds
1 tablespoon NM red chile powder or pods (2)
1 tablespoon dried Mexican oregano
1 tablespoon garlic […]

Menu of the week August 18th

This weeks menu is hosted by Mary Frances of Gluten Free (Cooking School).  Please visit her blog and check out all the menus and recipes!
Next week I am hosting the menu of the week and the key ingredient will be Eggplant, so start planning! The garden is out of control, so to tame it, […]

Menu of the week: Tofu

Hi all!  I am back from beautiful Flagstaff AZ and Santa Fe NM.

I didn’t get glutened once in 11 days of travel eating non of my own cooking.  Needless to say, I am raring to cook up some deliciousness now and want big bold flavorful dishes to make up for a few bland ones over […]