Buckwheat Biscuits — For Man’s Best Friend

These biscuits are quite edible. (We taste tested them.) And, Portia (our whippet) gobbles them up faster than I can bake them. I’m not sure if this is a great recipe for more sedentary dogs. But, for our speedy little whippet, they’re great.

Buckwheat Biscuits […]

Acqua e Menta

With temperatures teetering near 90 at the hottest point of the day, this refreshing drink will keep you cool. And, once you give it a try, you’ll never want to buy the fluorescent green stuff again. I’m not sure why this simple drink isn’t more popular stateside. It’s quite popular […]

Jamaican Stew Peas

Traditionally, this recipe would include salt beef. The beef would be soaked and boiled twice before it would be added. But, I’ve substituted an equal amount of andouille sausage in its place. (Oxtail, stew beef, or smoked pig’s feet would be better substitutes. But, I didn’t have any on hand.)

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Missing Cape Cod

…And, beach plum jam

I could buy some. Nah, that’s too easy. I think I’ll try to devise a convoluted recipe.

This is my current plan:

I Wanna Be Beach Plum Jam

1-2 large bunches of tart grapes, halved & seeded 2-4 […]

Yellow Beets… Roasted!

My beets are still growing. But, I did add two baby (golf ball sized) beets from my garden to the batch of large yellow beets I bought at the farmer’s market. Twice-cooked… well… three times if you count a quick saute with the shallots. The first time, I wrapped the […]

Ginger Fig Jam

Fig + Ginger + Sugar = Yum

This isn’t really a recipe. It’s a bit like recycled food. After two weeks of fig preserve, we wanted something new to accompany our morning toast. So, I took what was left over from my 5 cups of […]

Confiture de Figue

Everything sounds better in French… (And Italian) Slap a French name on fig preserve and the charm factor goes sky high. And, that sweet little market on the corner won’t hesitate to add $10 to the price tag.

But, it’s still just fruit and sugar.

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An Embarrassment of Figs & Cherry Tomatoes

The first ripe figs are almost bursting after this weekend’s heavy rain. Our brown turkey fig tree is littered with green figs that will ripen any day. Today, we had about two overflowing handfuls of ripe figs.

Liquid sugar hinting of honey… yum

July 20th, 2010 | Category: Bread, Food, Fruit, Garden, Mostly Healthy, Recipe, Salads, Simple Bites, Snacks, Technique | 4 comments

Quickie Peppers & Onions

So, with another bucket of peppers to use and not a lot of time on my hands, I decided to speed up my normal recipe. The result might even be better than my standard.

Quickie Peppers & Onions

1 bucket (10-12 cups) of […]

Peppers & Onions

Pepper & Onion Egg Sandwich

One of my all-time favorite breakfasts!

Then, for dinner… peppers & onions with Pollo alla Cacciatora

I like to plate it up with the peppers & onions on top. Then, I serve a saucer of red sauce on […]