Fresh Ginger

Ok, I confess.  We ate them so fast I forgot to take a picture of them.  But you know what crab cakes look like.  These crab cakes have no bell pepper, red or green, in them.  I really dislike bell pepper in my crab cakes as the flavor permeates through everything and I really enjoy […]

This week’s menu swap is hosted by Cooking and Uncooking.  Since I have no watercress and am not a huge fan of it, I will just mention that I tried to grow some wild water cress last year.  It was pretty hot and bitter and didn’t live long.  So, no watercress right now unless my […]

It is the longest day of the year!  I love solstice and this year it is on a Friday.  Our gang is celebrating with a grill out and that likely will include a bonfire by the end of the evening, that and a few bevies. Luckily for me, several of my friends are trained […]

I happen to have a savoy and a purple cabbage in my fridge right now. Handy. I had no idea cabbage was going to be the “secret” ingredient.
Natalie is back hosting the menu swap at Gluten Free Mommy so skip on over and check out her site and all the delish sounding menus on […]

I love potatoes! I grew up on a potato farm (cherries and apples too) in Leelanau County MI. We ate a lot of potatoes. My dad married a southern gal who liked to cook the occasional rice dish. While we were happy for the variation my dad would usually […]

This was a tribute to a similar dish that I had at Wild Ginger in Seattle this winter.  I used Jamie Oliver’s Laska recipe (tumeric, lemongrass coconut milk, tamarind were just a few of the ingredients - the book is already back at the library, sorry!) and made up the salad recipe based on memory […]

This week’s menu swap host is Manda over at Asparagus Thin and peas are the featured ingredient. My darling BF saw the subject peas and promptly boycotted the ingredient this week, but I plan to work them in for a dish just for me, peas with prosciutto and dill. Lately I have been […]

Natalie over at Gluten Free Mommy is hosting this week’s menu and the ingredient is cilantro, one of my favorite herbs!  She has been on the South Beach diet and has lost 10 pounds! Congrats Natalie!  Check out her website for a list of many Gluten free menus!
Saturday: Backyard picnic
Spicy Goat brats with potato salad […]

Even though creme fraiche is good enough on it’s own, I added chopped fresh dill and minced shallots and a dash of fresh cracked pepper to the mix. If you can’t find creme fraiche or don’t want to spend that much, you could use sour cream, but it won’t be as rich, however it […]

This one is pretty self explanatory. It was a great quick easy meal. I guess the wild rice took about 50 minutes and I cooked it in broth and herbs. For the salmon, I put a couple of cups of wine in a pot with a bay leaf, cracked pepper, some onion […]