[singlepic id=242 w=320 h=240 float=left] When I was home visiting family earlier this month I had the opportunity have one of my absolute favorites from childhood: red hot dogs (aka red snappers). I sure you think I’m lost my mind when I say this is something I look forward to every year. However, hot dogs […]
Month: August 2012
Keftedes (aka Greek meatballs)Keftedes (aka Greek meatballs)
One of my favorite things we used to have growing up was Greek meatballs. Most of people know these as Keftedes. What makes them unique is the fact they are made with ground lamb and dried spearmint. My mom and grandmother would always fry them but I wanted a slightly healthier version. So I converted […]
Hummus from scratchHummus from scratch
One thing I often find myself making regularly is hummus. The reason? I eat it on sandwiches at lunch time pretty much every day. Its expensive if you buy it at the store and dead easy to make. So more often than not I make it. Last week I made a variation of it using […]
Kofta Kabob ExperimentKofta Kabob Experiment
Made kofta kabobs and grilled veggies for dinner tonight. Only got 3/5 star rating from spouse. He said they’d be better with sauce. Like tzatziki or something, which I found interesting because I gave special care to NOT over cook them so they would be moist. My personal opinion – they were moist enough but not […]
Watermelon Fruit BarsWatermelon Fruit Bars
Sometime this summer I decided that the cost of healthy frozen treats was too much and I wanted to make my own. Since then I’ve been experimenting with making various fruit bars, creamsicles and other frozen treats in the popsicle family. I bought two different types of popsicle molds made by Tovolo: one was bar […]
Chocolate Squash BrowniesChocolate Squash Brownies
I’ve gotten four squash: two acorn and two butternut squash that I’ve received as part of my CSA boxes over the last month or so. Problem is that it really isn’t the time of the year for squash, at least not the typical ways I make it Mushroom and Squash soup Squash bread So need […]
Summer CSA Week 10Summer CSA Week 10
This is the last week of the summer CSA and the box I got was full of lots of tasty goodies including: cucumbers yellow squash zucchini sweet potatoes baby arugula eggplant bell peppers cherry tomatoes jalapenos micro greens As far as I’m concerned this is the best box I’ve gotten so far. The contents are […]
Grilled Flatbreads with Roasted Vegetables and Goat CheeseGrilled Flatbreads with Roasted Vegetables and Goat Cheese
I decided to be ambitious for dinner today. I was feeling ambitious and I wanted to experiment and make something that looks fancy. To help save time so I wouldn’t have to do all the work at the end of the day, I pre-roasted the vegetable toppings eggplant zucchini hatch chiles shredded the manchego cheese […]
Grilled Ginger Garlic Soy Chicken over Asian pesto noodlesGrilled Ginger Garlic Soy Chicken over Asian pesto noodles
[singlepic id=199 w=320 h=240 float=right] Tonight I wanted to try a new recipe that I put together all by myself. Several weeks ago I made an Asian Pesto using the Thai Basil from my garden. I ended up with more than I could use in a single instance. So I froze a container with the […]
Purple Hulled Pea hummusPurple Hulled Pea hummus
This week’s CSA box contained something I’ve never encountered before; purple hulled peas. I didn’t really know what to do with them but seeing as I forgot to buy hummus to use in my lunch sandwiches this week, I decided that perhaps I should try to make hummus with them. I got the idea from […]