Fresh Ginger

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 don’t really have much of a sweet tooth, I have what you might call a tarty tooth. I love tarty cocktails and desserts. I like things spicy and on the hot side too and the tartness half of a dish cools the palate off quite nicely. These lemon bars fit the tarty […]

I get cravings for not just an ingredient, but an ethnicity, as you can probably tell. I hadn’t made any stuffed grape leaves in almost 2 years and found myself wondering why, as they are not hard to make and are very satisfying to eat. So, I put them on the menu along […]

When I want to have some Caesar dressing and I am not in a raw egg mood (I am eggless at the moment as I forgot to buy more) I just use mayonnaise to whip it up. Caesar dressing is a combo of eggs and oil, just like mayo, only it comes emulsified for […]

Ginger Lemon Girl is again hosting this week’s menu swap. Swing over to her site and check out all the menus!
Sunday: Ethopian
Doro Wot from Saveur and red lentil stew on rice as my Injera bread did not work.
Monday: Classic French American
Grass fed steaks on the grill with bearnaise sauce (from scratch), tator […]

The pic above is of my meyer lemon blooms on my new “prepare for global warming” lemon tree (Remember, I live in MI, not in CA or FL where this might be common).

I truly have good intentions of posting all about my great trip. I returned to work chaos and it has only gotten […]