Menu of the week: Watercress

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 […]

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Menu of the week: Oregano!

Herbs.  Herbs are a vital part of my cooking experience.  I just can’t cook without them.  It is always hard when I go up North for a weekend or to someone’s cottage and they don’t have the same stock of herbs as I do.  I love to cook wherever I go, so I have learned […]

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Menu of the week: Tomatoes!

I consider tomatoes a staple food, regardless that my BF claims they can’t be a staple. My tomato plants aren’t even blooming yet, but at least are planted (30 of them), so we will be using home canned tomatoes this week. I can’t wait for Caprese - tomato mozzarella basil salad as soon […]

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Menu of the week: Potatoes!

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 […]

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Menu of the Week: Cilantro! Appetizer of the Week: Gruyere Pinwheels with herbs

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 […]

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Lard Nah

I love lard nah and have based my recipe on this one but this time I thought I would try it with tofu, the first way I ever had Lard nah in a Thai restaurant many years ago in Chicago.
Here is what I did:
2-3 Tbs of Ginger Soya Bean sauce - if you can’t find […]

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Menu Swap for the St Patty’s Day week : special ingredient coconut; Cocktail of the week: Hard Cider

Finally, it is the day I wait for all year long: St Patty’s Day. You might think that I gave up partying hard for this day in my twenties (like most) or in my thirties (like the rest) but no! I still plan to do a pub crawl today (albeit with only […]

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Menu of the week March 10th and Cocktail of the week: grapefruit drops

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 […]

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Menu of the week Feb 4th and cocktail of the week: Chai-tini!

I have jury duty this week, so since I my schedule is not in my control, I am going for more simplified meals, unless I get home early (I work out of my house when not on the road) then I might just change it up a bit. This week’s menu swap is hosted […]

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