appetizers

Appetizers: Quick Marinated Olives AND Olive Oil Dip

November 24, 2007 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Okay, these were a huge hit for Thanksgiving. Marinated olives a la Mark Bittman. My lemons all froze last winter and I’m just now waiting for the most pale yellow ones to fully ripen, so rather than the pulp he calls for I just added a few teaspoons of bottled lemon juice. To make up [...]

Candied Walnuts for Salads

November 21, 2007 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Looking for a little something special to top that green salad? Try these candied walnuts. I’ll be fixing up a spinach and pear salad and these sound like the perfect finishing touch.

Roast Garlic with Homegrown Garlic

October 14, 2007 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I grow my own garlic and had the best harvest this year, due in part, I believe, to the lasagna gardening method I tried. Just a few week ago I used up the last of last year’s garlic so am now starting to cut the heads off the new braid hanging in the kitchen. Last [...]

Chermoulah

September 5, 2006 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I got this recipe from an old copy of Fine Preserving which is annotated by MFK Fisher in the version I have. I tried this particular recipe because she declared it one of the best in the book. Although I’ve only tried a dozen or so of the recipes, I have to agree. It’s green [...]

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

November 2, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Halloween has progressed far beyond what it was when I was a kid. Back then, the costumes were mostly homemade. The pumpkins were mostly homegrown. And the carvings were definitely homegrown. No fancy templates. No fancy tools. We got a kitchen knife and scraped out the insides with a big kitchen spoon. Now, you seem [...]

Easy Appetizer with Hearts of Palm

December 18, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I love hearts of palm but about the only thing I’ve ever done with them is slice them and put them on green salads. I first ate them when I was about 15 and my parents and I went to El Salvador. We took a freighter from Vancouver (WA) down to Acajutla. The ship’s food [...]

Deviled Eggs

April 18, 2004 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

A great party food that has gone in and out of favor. 6 eggs 1/4 mayonnaise and perhaps more 1-2 tsp prepared mustard salt and pepper to taste First the basics. The best and easiest way to hardboil eggs! Prick a hole in the wide end of the eggs and place in a pan. Add [...]

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