Chicken Tikka Masala. I make this a little saucier, a little less salty and with more zing.
Tikka, as it is called in our house, is a staple in our menu. I like to add approximately 2 cups of chopped fresh vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, chard or zucchini are great) with the meat at the end. One dish wonder. My husband will usually grill the chicken while I work on the sauce and our timing is usually almost perfect. He is done as I am ready to add it to the sauce. Jammin' - Blackberry and Nectarine Jam. Recipe Roundup - Zucchini. Well, we have zucchini and it is that time of year here where people start to lock their doors out of fear of the load of zukes that might be left in their car or just inside the front door.
Our zucchini is beautiful this year and we will happily grill some each and every night. Both of my kids love it, it is so simple to prep and my husband grills it to perfection. Although I am posting a plethora of recipes from my favorite sites, straight off the grill is my fav. We cut them into approximately 3-4" sections, then into quarters. Toss them in a large bowl with fresh pressed garlic and/ or some freshly minced Rosemary, hand off to your Grillmaster and then serve. This is the taste of summer in our house.
The oven is fixed and I am going to make that Terrine as soon as possible. Making Freezer Jam. The berries are here!
We have been taking full advantage of berry season whether it is at the grocery store snatching up a 1/2 flat of Skagit Valley berries or at the Farmer's Market eating up Sweet Earth Farm's delicious Tri-star strawberries that we just can't seem to get enough of into the mouth of a certain 4 year old. In years past, I have grabbed blackberries from our "berry orchard" (read: wild berries) at the end of our driveway and frozen a few gallon bags for over the winter.
We are such berry lovers that they are always gone by mid-December and I am always promising myself we will gather more "next year". Throughout the years, I have always been envious of the families that had fresh berry preserves the whole year through while I was buying jar after jar at the store. Mollie Katzen Online. Roasted garlic & brie soup.
I probably should have poured a nice stiff drink recipe for you all on this loveliest of lovely tax days.
Feta And Spinach Garlic Rolls (Low Carb) The Pastry Affair - Home - Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread. I once made the driest pancake in the world.
I can see you sitting at home, staring at your computer screen, and scoffing at my bold statement. Homemade Tortillas. Making soft delicious tortillas at home is surprisingly easy.
In fact, once I started making my own suddenly all our dinners and lunches were rolled up in fresh tortillas. The dough is made from flour, shortening, water, and salt. I had all the ingredients on hand but the shortening.. which ended up only costing two dollars and has lasted through many many batches of tortillas. Considering how cheap the ingredients are and how delicious they taste it just doesn't make sense to pay for the much more expensive packaged ones.
To make the dough you first work the shortening into the flour. Next some hot tap water and salt is stirred in with a fork until a dough forms. To make sure that the tortillas are the same size the easiest thing to do is roll the dough into a log and then cut it into equal pieces. Since the dough is a medium-stiff consistency it might be easier just to squeeze it into a log shape rather than roll it. Each ball gets rolled out into the seven inch diameter circle. Reposting with a twist: How to clean a pomegranate without a mess. When I think of the Fall, one of the images that comes to mind is the eating of pomegranates.
Those little rubies of juicy tartness that you can just pop into your mouth to wake up your tastebuds. Pomegranates are in season from September to February in the Northern Hemisphere, and we tend to eat them during October and November.Pomegranates are one of the current, trendy "wonder foods" that you are seeing pop into salads, cocktails, curries and more on food blogs. TV cooking shows and restaurants. Savory Slow Cooker Pot Roast. CSA week of Sept. 20 - No Fail Pesto. Nectarine Custard Pie. This summer we bought a beautiful flat of nectarines and it didn't matter how many we ate, there seemed to be more and more filling the box.
Reluctantly, after we made jam and ate until we were afraid they wouldn't last, we sliced them and froze them in 1 gallon Ziploc bags. Butternut Squash Risotto. My baby signed "more" today.
Why you ask? She wanted more Butternut Squash Risotto. The extra dishes and hour of prep and stirring were well worth it. Soup's On: Julia Child's Potato Leek Soup Spun. “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure.
In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” ~Julia Child. Sugar Cookies (without tears) I have a dear friend who has twin boys the same age as my eldest. We went through our first year hand in hand. I was determined to make everything as healthy as possible for my new tyke and she was determined to do the same AND take on the world. She would redo her garden beds, paint her downstairs, reorganize spaces in her home. Crash Potatoes a la Val.