Apparently I took a global approach with the Tomato Bowl this year! Yesterday I was looking at my selection of Red Gold canned tomato products, and I wondered if I’d picked up enough. They really have quite the selection of products on the shelves at stores these days, and I […]
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Tomato Bowl 2011: Multi-Purpose Mediterranean
One of the things that I was contemplating doing with Red Gold tomatoes during the Tomato Bowl was a salsa of sorts. If you’ve spent any time here at the blog you know that I have a fondness for homemade salsa- but that I usually make it at the height […]
Continuing The Tomato Bowl, Manhattan Style
I love clam chowder. Love it, love it, love it. But the chowder I love is white, creamy, laden with cream, potatoes and clams. A real chowder doesn’t have any flour or added thickeners, it just lets the potatoes and the cream do their thing and thicken it up just […]
Tomato Bowl 2011: Elevation
With Game Day rapidly approaching, you can bet that there is a whole lot of menu planning going on right now. Perennial favorites for Packer fans include pretty much anything on a bun, but especially bratwurst. Even during this time of year, the grilling machines will be unearthed from the […]
Hello Tomato Bowl 2011!
Sometime late last year I had been in correspondence with a young lady who worked for Red Gold and Red Pack tomato products. She wondered if I would be interested in trying out some of their products, and could they send me some. I said yes, of course, because in […]
Happy Birthday Zander!!
Yesterday my little man turned seven years old. Seven! This is his sixth birthday that I blogged, and I just had to wait until I had a cake to take a picture of. He drew the short stick this year with the date his birthday fell on, as it was […]
Delicious And Easy Salad
Yesterday I mentioned my freshness cravings that I’d been having. So while I was grocery shopping the last time, I picked up a handful of vegetables that I thought would help take care of that craving, and then decided in my head that I would find new ways to use […]
Craving Spring
I admit it, I am. While I would love for it to warm up and actually be spring, I’m totally unprepared, and it’s good that it is a few months away. But I’m craving the fresh foods that spring brings with it. Everything in the grocery stores is just looking […]
Back To Basics: Stock Making
Stock making is one of those very basic kitchen skills that seems to have been lost along the way. I think the advent of readily made stocks and broths on the grocery store shelves have made stock-making a less desirable thing. For one thing, stock making does take time- although […]
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 dinner included some amazing homemade noodles. I could have eaten those noodles all day long, and as I […]
Blueberry Pie. Or, The Best Plans In The World…
Are just so easily run amok. Last week I think I shared twice about this fabulous homemade dinner I was planning for Friday night. I was planning a spectacular roast chicken- seasoned with a fennel spice rub and drizzled with lemon. To accompany I wanted to make some homemade egg […]
What’s Baking Today?
In an effort to blog more, I’m going to catch myself in the kitchen more often. I can’t tell you how many times I’m making something and running a nice dialogue in my head, only to never have it make it to the blog. I’m going to be more purposeful […]