I really, really, really, want to love beets. They are one of the most beautiful vegetables to serve. They are easy to grow and they are nutritious too. Mostly they just taste like dirt to me. I know, I should call them earthy tasting, dirt is not appetizing. That’s my reality though. I think my […]
Usually a dish just names itself but I’m afraid that this little condiment/sauce suffers from an identity crisis. It looks like gremolata/pesto/chimichurri, it possesses some of the elements of all. However it is not of Italian decent yet it is of Italian influence. I guess I could describe this as truly a fusion. Thai basil, […]
We just had a Teriyaki Madness chain open up here in Great Falls and everyone loves it! I have to say I thought it was pretty decent myself. However, I’m a do it yourself gal in the kitchen and when you cook up almost 8 pounds of pork shoulder, grill 5 pounds of squash, 12 […]
Easy, easy lobster dish! And just in time for Valentines Day. Yes I am still exploring the culinary world of Iceland and have spent all of 10 minutes learning some Icelandic words down. I’m now a pro at ja and nei (yes and no), pronounce yow and nay. To be fair August is a looong way […]
Big News!!!! I’m going to Iceland in August. Like, wow, I mean wow I can’t believe it. If you’ve been hanging out here for awhile you’ll see that I have been posting a lot or Nordic, and more specifically Icelandic recipes. I’ve taken a keen interest in my heritage and of course for me that […]
Leftovers are rarely an issue in this house, not because we eat gobble everything down, we have no problems eating leftovers. However on big meal days, like Thanksgiving (or when I seem to have no sense of “there’s only two of us”) leftovers can eventually become a put off. You just loose your taste for […]
It’s Secret Recipe Club time, something that I look forward to every month. Unfortunately this will be my last month. As much as I enjoy being assigned another blog in secret and then revealing what recipe I made, I have been struggling with getting my posts done, or even posting on time. My schedule has […]
It’s that time again, and whew I made it! Last month I was a week off and totally messed up my Secret Recipe Club reveal. For those of you visiting the first time. SRC is a food bloggers club where we are secretly assigned another blog and make one of their recipes. Then we all […]
This never happens, ever. I got my Secret Recipe Club assignment this month and within 30 seconds I had a recipe picked out. Just.like.that. I was assigned Kate’s Kitchen, as I scrolled down her page I saw this egg yolk nested in spaghetti and the word guanciale jumped out at me. Done. That’s it. That’s […]
Some things have become a quest for me, perfect mac-n-cheese, the best pie crust and a buttery yet light biscuit. It seems that I goof around with recipes, tweaking them here and there hoping to hit that sweet spot of right ingredients and technique. By what I mean when I say technique is: can I […]
