Sauces

Blender Hollandaise and Eggs Benedict

January 9, 2006 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My youngest discovered Eggs Benedict while going out for breakfast a while back. I’d promised I’d make them at home sometime, although I readily admit I’d never made Hollandaise Sauce and never poached an egg! The egg poaching turned out to be quite simple. I filled a skillet most of the way with water, adding [...]

Cheap and Easy Meat Sauce and Pasta

October 17, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

We had another family over for dinner this weekend and I decided to make just an easy meat sauce for dinner rather than cooking anything too fancy. I got the sauce started about an hour before they arrived, made up a salad, and got some garlic bread ready to pop under the broiler. This left [...]

Welsh Rarebit / Rabbit and Raw Vegetables

October 7, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Here’s a quick easy dinner. Welsh rarebit is sometimes called Welsh rabbit. I’ve read a variety of explanations about the name and frankly I don’t care too much except in the ways of idle curiosity. It’s a “hard” cheese sauce, with beer, over toast. Simple. Comfy. Easy. The cheese sauce is one of those reasons [...]

Peach Vinegar

September 19, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

My reading lately has been made up of things like This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader, In the French Kitchen Garden: The Joys of Cultivating a Potager , and Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area & Coastal California . To top all that [...]

Salsa

August 23, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

The tomatoes are in full swing in the garden. Ya gotta love August around here! I’ve got tomatoes, squash, apples, lemons, and various herbs available for the picking out back. I skipped planting my winter crops of garlic and onions last year and am really missing them when it’s time to make salsa! I’m pretty [...]

Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

August 3, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I absolutely love this time of the year, when I can wander into the garden and gather food for the next meal. Tomatoes are the star of my garden this year. I got lazy and didn’t plant any experimental crops, although I did try some new varieties of tomatoes. I’ve got Beefsteak, Abe Lincoln, Early [...]

Cucumber and Mango Salsa

July 8, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I’ve been enjoying playing around with various non-tomato salsas recently. My favorite is probably still the mango or peach salsa I’ve written up before. The grape and cucumber salsa was also delicious. My parents came down for a visit over the weekend and one night I cooked up some pork tenderloin with my favorite bourbon [...]

Easy Spaghetti Sauce from Canned Tomatoes and Sauce

January 19, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I love a sauce made from fresh tomatoes as much as anyone, but in the winter… I refuse to buy tomatoes in the winter as they’re so tasteless and of dubious texture. I grow tomatoes in the summer and would rather do without when they’re like cardboard. But canned tomatoes are of decent quality to [...]

Avocados and Guacamole

January 9, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Avocado prices have dropped and I am planning on going avocado crazy for a bit as I love them. My youngest likes to eat them with just a spoon and we both like them on turkey sandwiches. Toast and avocado spread on it like butter is a great breakfast. Sliced avocados in burritos or with [...]

Chimichurri Sauce for Gus

January 9, 2005 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I had some friends over for dinner tonight. We ended up with 4 adults and 6 kids, ages almost-3 to 13. The menu was: Salsa, Guacamole, and Chips for nibblies beforehand Pork Tenderloin Sirloin (barbecued) Pasta with Ricotta Oven Fried Potatoes with garlic, cumin, and paprika Baked Green Beans Delicious Spinach Salad from a friend [...]

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