Mushroom, Basil and Goat Cheese Lasagna Roll-Ups
There’s this thing out there called Wordless Wednesday. I think food bloggers tire of writing posts, but have some nice food photos to share, so they use Wednesday to get caught up. I like the idea....
View ArticleRoasted Sea Bass with Ratatouille
Ratatouille. This is something I’ve avoided all my life due to the dreaded ingredient – eggplant! I never ate that veggie in my youth. Larry’s mom cooked hers to smithereens, so it is yuck to him, too....
View ArticleScallops, Bok Choy and Mushrooms Over Barley for UCLA’s Dr. S
Friday afternoons, I’m an Info Desk Volunteer at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Not only do I work alongside Volunteer Marty who is interesting, smart and has good stories, ours is the...
View ArticleMom’s Scalloped Potatoes & Her Thing About Butter
Let’s see if I paid attention to how my mom, Gloria, made her scalloped potatoes. She was always peeling potatoes; there were seven of us. And she had no recipe box if I remember, just a mental arsenal...
View ArticleChampinones Rellenos ~ Guest Post by Julieta of Lindaraxa’s Garden
FROM JULIETA: I am delighted that Patti has asked me to share this easy tapas recipe for Stuffed Mushrooms, or Champinones Rellenos, with her readers. My name is Julieta and I blog about my cooking...
View ArticlePatti’s Mojo Spice Blend
Last autumn, we took a cooking class at the South Bay School of Cooking. The instructor’s spinach-stuffed chicken breast recipe featured a secret ingredient: her Mojo – a homemade blend of kosher salt,...
View ArticleThe Best Baked Corn Recipe I’ve Tried
Interesting what a smidge of sugar does for a savory corn recipe. This was published a few Christmases ago in Parade magazine. I LOVED the short list of staple ingredients. Now, I will readily admit...
View ArticleIndian Spices on U.S. Store Shelves
Hey, I can’t believe I forgot this post was in DRAFT mode! Larry and I rang in last New Year’s in India. What American food blogger travels all the way to India and doesn’t publish the ubiquitous...
View ArticleFresh Beets and Farfalle
This has been a Big Summer o’ Beets. Not complaining; here’s another beet-infused recipe. Honesty, if I tried harder I would find a whole wheat bowtie pasta, but this is DAMN GOOD. There, I said it...
View ArticleCherry Tomato Crockpot Soup
When a friend hands you 100+ homegrown, very ripe cherry tomatoes, just say THANKS and grab the slow cooker. This Fresh Cherry Tomato Soup crockpot recipe is a great idea, if I do say so myself. Sure,...
View ArticleZucchini Cheese Tart
What an appetizer! More like an appetite-spoiler… at THIS party (Gourmet Club), the plan is to cook and eat for HOURS. How would that be possible if we started off with this flaky, cheesy, mustardy,...
View ArticleSautéed Spinach with Almond Cream and Arils ~ Christmas Colored!
Rich, creamy, Christmas-y! This is one gorgeous platter of Sautéed Spinach with Almond Cream and Arils. According to its source, Chef Virginia, the recipe only has 167 calories a serving. I think...
View ArticlePotato Crusted Onion and Cilantro Quiche with a Cuban Touch–Bijol!
It is 3:30 PM, Sunday afternoon. Neither lunchtime nor dinnertime. I’d spent the morning packing meals at Project Angel Food. Came home and took a 3 mile walk. Football on the TV. The house has a chill...
View ArticleSautéed Chard with Garlic and Lemon ~ a Rancho La Puerta Cooking Class
When the alarm went off at 5:30 AM on Day 2 of our Rancho La Puerta stay, I silently hoped the night’s rain was still falling. Our casita was soooo cozy. Nope, the sky was clear. Travel buddy, Cathi...
View ArticleThe Secret Ingredient Guacamole Recipe of Rancho La Puerta
A decade ago, there was an office building on my route to work that had a giant banner: a cutie pie baby with green mush on his face and the proclamation, “Give Peas A Chance.” THAT is a fun foodie...
View ArticleAsparagus and Cilantro Baked Omelet
This is what I baked up with whatever I found in the fridge that morning. Kind of a Whatever Baked Omelet – no crust, so it wasn’t a quiche. Frittata? Whatever! It’s just eggs, milk, cheese, asparagus...
View ArticleNon-Cooks: Yes YOU Can Make Homemade Tamales
Marty, my co-volunteer at the hospital, says he doesn’t cook. In an effort to fix that, his wife, Irma gave him a series of cooking classes taught by Fresh Food in a Flash blogger, Chef Patricia Rose....
View ArticleMango Avocado Salad ~ “Food, Fast” Is Much Better Than “Fast Food”
Swear on a stack of bibles, I’m not sucking up to sponsors from Camp Blogaway. We ended our Camp with a HUGE supply of goodies, some ripening quickly. Today, I whipped up lunch in five minutes, made a...
View ArticleSister Sue is Vindicated + More Lessons From the 2012 Idaho Potato Harvest
To my big sister Sue, I take it all back. Apologies. Mea culpa. This is a post about my attitude adjustment and your instant potato flakes. So first, dear reader, is your family like ours? Thanksgiving...
View ArticleWhile Harvesting Idaho Potatoes, A Killer CORN Recipe Also Showed Up
Waffle fries made from uber-fresh Idaho potatoes, above, were just one of a dozen ways we experienced the harvest. We food bloggers gladly devoured our way through the 2012 Idaho Potato Harvest via (1)...
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