First, let me say, we don’t have ants in the kitchen, where you would expect them to be. No, despite all the cooking, we are not overwhelmed, yet, by them. They do eat the dog food, and occasionally wander around on the sink, but don’t actually eeseem to be eating anything. Not sure what is […]
A heavy box
I found a box at my front door this afternoon. It had my sweetie’s name on it, so I assumed it was something for the garden, and I put it on the steps, to get it out of the way. Later, I called her and told her there was a box with her name at […]
Simply rice balls (onigiri)
Cartoonish loves Usagi Yojimbo comics, and one of the things Usagi is always eating is riceballs. So, the other day, Cartoonist decided to make riceballs. I told her to do some research on the web, and once she knew the ingredients, we would set to it. Turns out they are incredibly easy, if all you […]
Why I won’t use Silk or Soy Milk or even Almond
This is just going to be a short rant, as I am tried, from cooking, which I will write more about tomorrow. I needed to use milk or almond milk, or soy milk for my mashed potatoes, as I was going to make veggie Shepherd’s pie. I figured since the recipe called for soy I […]
Sweet Souffle Part II
Cartoonist invited her friend over to cook, and they decided to try the souffle again, but this time, having used up the last orange in the house, they set out to make an Almond Souffle instead, as we have a plethora of almonds. I keep them around to munch on. But, I had no chicken […]
Sweet Souffle Part 1
After the disaster that was the cheese souffle, Cartoonist wanted to make a different flavor, so I told her to try making a sweet souffle. She thought that sounded like a good idea, so jumped into it. Once again we turned to the Julia Child Cookbook, and she picked out the Souffle a l”Orange. We […]
Pancake recipe for breakfast
We have a lot of ingredients in the house, since we started cooking from scratch, but they all aren’t put together. Makes for having to make things rather than grabbing things in the morning. The other morning Cartoonist woke up and didn’t like anything that I could offer her that was pre-made, but rather then […]
Putting it all together
Putting everything together may not seem hard to others but to my mom and i it was complete bloody murder!! Having guests this week has made it hard on us since for some reason or other none of them really know how to cook, leaving us to provide and make food for them. As a […]
Suprisingly good green beans
I wanted to show all the steps in making this dish, because it turned out so well, but I was in a hurry, and it got eaten up before I could even take a photo of it. This is a recipe from the Fast Fresh and Green book, by Susie Middleton, which has some great […]
Making Pasta from scratch
I got the Backyard Homestead the other day. Cool book on how to do things in your own backyard, that is if you have a flat piece of land, with a lot of light, something they don’t seem to consider, but I degrees. Anyway, I found a mention of making pasta from scratch. I had […]
