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Making Hot and Sour Soup at Home

May 13, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

I was making a simple stirfry of chicken and leeks for dinner and thought a small bowl of hot and sour soup would be good. I had no tofu but did have some dried shitake mushrooms and everything else I needed, including some fresh chicken broth from the roast chicken with mustard I made the [...]

Lemon and Miso Marinated Chicken Thighs

April 20, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

I rarely cook recipes from the newspaper. Perhaps because I don’t get a newspaper so just read now and then online for the top news bits. But somehow this article on “Breakaway Cooking”, using unfamiliar ingredients in familiar ways might be one definition, caught my attention.  I’ve been having fun exploring our local 99 Ranch [...]

Creamy Leeks from Jamie Oliver

April 19, 2010 by Ellen · 7 Comments 

Another fantastic recipe from Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals.. I saw some fantastic leeks at the farmer’s market on Saturday and thought to make leek and potato soup, but then it warmed up and wasn’t quite soup weather. These Baked Creamy Leeks were the ideal accompaniment to the Ground [...]

Green Salad with Edible Flowers

April 15, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Isn’t this pretty?!  I added some borage flowers to an otherwise plain green salad.  The purple blooms really add some lovely color. I’m going to expand my flower garden with more edible flowers this year, including some nasturtium, chives and calendula. I already grow lavender and those can be eaten as well. I picked up [...]

Crunchy “Oven-Fried” Kale

April 15, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Oven fried kale?  Yes, I hear you wondering.  Apparently fried parsley is served as a garnish in France.  And this is a healthier version, being oven baked rather than fried, and uses kale.  It is so good you won’t believe it!  Forget veggie chips loaded with fats from the snack aisle. Make these and crunch [...]

Springtime Menu: Chicken, Asparagus and Roast Fingerling Potatoes

April 12, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

A trip to the farmer’s market yesterday inspired this fantastic springtime Sunday dinner.   It’s been dark and pouring rain all day and just now, as we’re about to eat dinner, the sun has come out! Butterflied Roast Chicken with Mustard Marinade Asparagus with Vinaigrette Roasted Fingerling Potatoes The potatoes barely count as a recipe but [...]

Simple Spring Vegetable and Bean Soup

April 12, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I had some leftover vegetables that needed using up, plus had some fresh kale from the farmer’s market so made this simple vegetable and bean soup to go along with my artichoke for dinner last night. 2 Tbs olive oil 1 carrot, peeled or scrubbed and sliced 1 stalk of celery, sliced 1 onion, peeled [...]

Butterflied Roast Chicken: New to Me

April 12, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

I went to our farmer’s market yesterday with a friend and vowed, again, to make this a Saturday habit. I came home with kale, carrots, strawberries, asparagus, tomatoes (a disappointment, but still better than grocery store ones), fingerling potatoes, and some fantastic mustard! The lady who sold the mustard said to rub it on a [...]

Very Simple and Easy Green Beans

March 29, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I hesitate to even write this up. If you’ve been cooking for a while, you’ve likely made something very similar. But if you’re new and are looking for easy side dishes, these green beans will fit the bill! I picked up a nice bag of French string beans at Costco the other day so we [...]

Roasted Cauliflower from Katie Lee Joel

March 29, 2010 by Ellen · 2 Comments 

A friend loaned me Katie Lee Joel’s cookbook, The Comfort Table, and I’ve really enjoyed the recipes I’ve tried so far. My daughter was eager to try them as well as she recently became a fan of Billy Joel. (Katie Lee is his wife for those of you like me who do NOT follow these [...]

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