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 April 28th: Peas

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 […]

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Menu of the week April 14th: Cornmeal Appetizer of the week: smoked salmon blinis

This week’s menu of the week is hosted by Karen at Glutenfreesoxfan and the secret ingredient is cornmeal. She is trying to make polenta for the first time. It is one of my staples as it can be seasoned in so many ways, but this week the polenta will take a back seat […]

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Pad Thai with crispy tofu and fried GF spring rolls

 There are plenty of great Pad Thai recipes out there, so I won’t post this one, unless someone needs one. I tend to add cilantro to mine and it traditionally isn’t in there, but I like it.

 Please do try making yourself some of these fried spring rolls (egg rolls) as it is so easy […]

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