Sun Dried Tomato and Roasted Pumpkin Seed Pesto
on Oct 22, 2008 in pepito sun dried tomato pumpkin seeds pesto dip SUN DRIED TOMATO AND ROASTED PUMPKIN SEED PESTO Ingredients ½ c pumpkin seeds 1 tsp sea salt ¾ c grated Parmesan cheese 1 c sun dried tomatoes in oil (reserve oil. Preferably Allessia Sun Dried Tomatoes) 6-8 fresh basil leaves, sliced thin 1 clove...

Roasted Vegetable and Black Kale Soup
on Oct 19, 2008 in black kale Swan White squash Mama Earth Organics J.R.R. Tolkien Autumn George Eliot soup Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,and if I were a bird I would fly about the earthseeking the successive autumns.- George Eliot (1819–1880)If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.-...

Roast Goose with Apple Sausage Stuffing, Cumberland Sauce and Sweet Potatoes
on Oct 13, 2008 in Cumberland Sauce apple sausage stuffing sweet potato main goose ROAST GOOSEIngredients1 goose (4.5 kg/10 lb)sea saltfreshly cracked pepper5 freshly ground allspice berriesapple sausage stuffing (recipe below)Method1. Preheat the oven to 425F / 220C / Gas Mark 72. Season the goose, inside and out, liberally with t...

Home-Made Peanut Butter
on Oct 1, 2008 in honey Bill Watterson peanut butter side “If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.”- Bill Watterson (1958-)To answer the famous query of who got chocolate on whose peanut butter? I would say the Aztecs. Just a hunch. Anyway, I'm not going

Chili Blanco
on Sep 30, 2008 in E.B. White chili blanco Ina Garten main chili dipping sauce chicken "From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting....On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot litt

Bakuteh & Chili Dipping Sauce
on Sep 21, 2008 in gamjatang Malaysian chili dipping sauce pork bakuteh soup I love coming across a dish I've never heard of. More than that, I love cooking a recipe from another country and having my house come alive with aromas unfamilier and beautiful. Aromas that, for others far away, would remind one of the kitchen smell

Slow Cooker Apricot Preserves
on May 19, 2008 in fruit apricot slow cooker marmalade preserves crock pot First off, some history. The Chinese associate the apricot with education and medicine. Interesting. According to English folklore, it's considered good luck to dream of apricots. Seriously? Hmm. Apricots were used by the Australian Aborigines as an.

Tripolina Lunga with Smoked Turkey Sausage, Beans & Mascarpone
on Oct 8, 2007 in turkey James Beard tripolina lunga main comfort food pasta Let’s talk about starch, baby. Let’s talk about you and me. Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that beans can be. Let’s talk about starch. Well, something like that. One of my favourite things growing up was a simple bowl...

Mixed Mushroom & Goat Cheese Phyllo Triangles
on Sep 25, 2007 in goat cheese mushroom recipe side MIXED MUSHROOM & GOAT CHEESE Ingredients8 oz mushrooms (I used an equal mix of Shiitake, Cremini, and Chanterelle)2 tbsp unsalted butter1 small onion, finely chopped2 cloves garlic, minced1 tbsp finely chopped fresh sage2 tbsp finely chopped fres.

Zwiebelrostbraten (Steak & Fried Onions)
on Aug 6, 2007 in onion steak roestkartoffel potato rostbraten main roest zwiebel recipe zwiebelrostbraten side Dinner for me in the late sixties and early seventies tended to be pretty straight forward Scottish fare. Both my parents being from Glasgow meant meals were usually mince with curry, shepherd's pie, steak & kidney pie, bubble & squeak, g