One of the things I have managed to do, for the past week at least, is not step foot inside a market. I have cooked with what I had, or gotten from the Farmer’s Market or the CSA. This is an amazing thing to try, and I know I will run out of flour, at […]
No ants, at least for now
by Laura R. on 24. Sep, 2010 in Ants
I know, you are tired of hearing of my ant problem, that began when I started cooking so much. Well, this week, we have not had anything. We had tried everything, ant traps, cinnamon all over the place and taking my compost out every night. In fact, when the cleaning people came, I had to […]
Rearranging my cookbook shelves
by Laura R. on 23. Sep, 2010 in Cookbooks
I have three shelves devoted to cookbooks. Before I started all this, I had one. And yet, I have found, that there are certain books I keep going back to, so I have moved all of those down to the third shelf down, so that I don’t have to climb on the chair to get […]
Trying Julia Child’s Ratatouille
by Laura R. on 22. Sep, 2010 in Eggplant, peppers, Tomatoes, zucchini
The veggies always look so good when I first start cooking with them, before I cut them up. The only problem with this recipe, from the Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cooking, is that she doens’t always say how much in cups the veggies are, or how many veggies should be used. I […]
Making Indian Ratatouille
by Laura R. on 21. Sep, 2010 in Eggplant, onions, peppers, Tomatoes, Uncategorized, zucchini
I don’t always manage to cook all the veggies I get in my basket from my CSA before the next week comes about. This week, I was bound and determined to do so. I looked at what I had, and found a recipe that would work, and spend the day, every time I went into […]
Yogurt Muffins, or using up blueberries and other stuff
by Laura R. on 20. Sep, 2010 in Bananas, Muffins, Yogurt
I made a lot of yogurt the other day, but have not made any more granola, so we haven’t been eating it. Because of that, I know have a pleathera of yogurt, and not wanting it to go to waste, I began looking for something to make with it. And where better to look, then […]
Making Polenta the right way, makes a difference
by Laura R. on 19. Sep, 2010 in Polenta
Cartoonist asked, the other day, if it made a difference when you added things in a recipe, or how you added them, and I said sometimes. And now, I am saying, wow, it makes a big difference in making polenta. The few times I have have made polenta on the stove top (I have also […]
Not making Apple Cake, again
by Laura R. on 18. Sep, 2010 in apple, Apples, cake, Sauce
I have made, what, four apple cakes, and none of them have turned out. Sigh. But I still had a bunch of apples, so I pulled out Baby Cakes again, determined that perhaps this one last time, something from their cookbook would turn out the way I expected. Cartoonist saw the book, and said, no, […]
Making Savory Autumn Root Pie Part II
by Laura R. on 17. Sep, 2010 in carrots, Golden Beets, potatoes
So, as I said yesterday, I knew I could do this better, so I tried the trick of the Shepard’s pie, and made a mashed potato topping. I added yogurt, and thought that would be good enough for the mashed potatoes, and then thought I had done the same thing for the filling, as I […]
Making Savory Autumn Root pie, part I
by Laura R. on 16. Sep, 2010 in carrots, Golden Beets, potatoes, Veggies
Wow, still more carrots. I had to figure out something cool to do with them, and then I came across a recipe for Savory Autumn Leaf Pies in the Vegan Lunch Box book, by Jennifer McCann. It was actually for little individual pies, but it also had a variation where you could make it into […]