Homemade Noodles: Amazing!
On New Year’s Eve a few weeks ago we were lucky enough to make last-minute plans to spend time with some very good friends. We got together for dinner and conversation, and...
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Back To Basics: A Perfect Bowl of Oatmeal
This last week I heard some of the most wonderful words from my son… “Mommy, could you make some oatmeal for breakfast today? With red raisins?” Be still my heart. Was he...
Back To Basics: Canned Pears
Two years ago, the idea of canning pears was a revelation. My parents have a pair of pear trees in their backyard, and year after year, they’d get picked, many eaten, but...
Back To Basics: Keen On Quinoa
Pronounced keen-wah, quinoa is something that I only pull out every once in a while, and that’s a shame, because it is a nutritional powerhouse, and it’s super quick to cook. Quinoa...
Back To Basics: Jam
Let’s make some jam today, shall we? First, gather your berries and then you want to gather everything you need before you even begin. Here are some of the things you need:...
Back To Basics: Cooking with Soaked Beans
My apologies to all my loyal Tummy Treasure fans as I’ve been trying to get back in the blogging groove. We’ve had a very busy several weeks here, and now are finally...
Back To Basics: Roasted Vegetables
There are few things that get my appetite stirring like roasted vegetables. I love them, and just can’t get enough of them. One of the best parts about roasted vegetables is that...
Back To Basics: Simple Bean Burritos
My apologies for the lack of posting this week. It’s been a combination of a lack of something exciting to blog about, and an obnoxious cold that’s wormed it’s way into the...
Back To Basics: Brownies
First though, my apologies. I mentioned something cool and exciting coming out of my kitchen today… unfortunately, I didn’t realize the process I was undertaking was a multi-day process, so you’ll just...
Back To Basics: Meatballs
Well, my original intention had been to try and do a Back To Basics post about once a week, but this just seemed like to good of an opportunity to pass up....
Back To Basics: The Micro-plane
Sometimes when I blog, write a recipe, or even talk about food, it doesn’t occur to me that someone may not know what I am talking about. When I did a cooking...
Back To Basics: How To Cook Dried Beans
So why would anyone want to use those bags of dried beans when there are cans upon cans of perfectly good beans just down the aisle? Well, I’ll tell you, there are...