Taco Mac and a Rotel Giveaway!
**UPDATE** The lucky winner is comment #109! Congratulations to Addie! I hope you enjoy your prize!! I’m doing something very rare … I’m hosting a giveaway! If you have read my blog you know I have an ongoing, and passionate, love affair with Rotel tomatoes. They are a pantry staple in my kitchen and I use them in all sorts of Tex-mex dishes (See my Baked Sopes with Skirt Steak and Black Beans and Beef...
Food for the Road!
It is time for the next Project Food Blog challenge … thank you all for voting and getting me this far! This week we have been challenged to take our food on the road: For this challenge, you’re tasked with creating a delicious meal that will travel well and still look great. From picnics and school lunches to bento boxes, or any other meal on the go, you need to whip up a entree, side, drink, and dessert to enjoy after...
Sweet, Smoky, and Spicy Pizza on a Bock Beer Crust
Let me start, once again, by thanking all of you who voted for me to move on to Round 5 of Project Food Blog! I am amazed to have made it this far, humbled by all the kind and encouraging comments, and so grateful for all your support! Thank you all so much. This week the challenge is titled Recipe Remix: One recipe, 100 variations! We’re challenging each of you to put your own spin on the same recipe. How you do it is up to...
Bacon Dressed Green Beans
I have the secret for making EVERY vegetable, as long as you are a carnivore, taste better. It is not a very well kept secret, since EVERYONE knows about bacon. This recipe started out as green bean bundles from a cookbook I borrowed from my mother. The beans were blanched then slow roasted which left them limp and unpleasantly mushy. I prefer my green beans to be slightly al dente, or tender crisp, but I loved the flavors in the...
Indian Dinner Party
I am celebrating! Aside from making it into the 3rd round of Project Food Blog – thank you all for your votes! – I am celebrating the release of a new book by my favorite fiction author, Deanna Raybourn. Her Lady Julia series, set in Victorian England, feature the exploits of Lady Julia and private inquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane. In each book they must discover who is behind any number of nefarious deeds. They are...
Carrot, Cardamom and Coconut Soup
I always carry with me a book I call my ‘Inspiration Book’. This is the place where I jot down ideas, or flavors, so when I get back to my home kitchen I remember what it was, exactly, that inspired me. This little book has served me well, and it is directly responsible for this soup. When my husband and I were off at IFBC last month we took a little side trip into Vancouver, BC. I had never been to Canada and it was...
