Food development efforts
One of my favorite things about living in Houston is the fact that I can grow vegetables 8 months of the year. In the wintertime, there are really only two months of the year where I can’t grow things easily. To compensate for this my spouse has given me a variety of gifts which are […]
Probably the MOST difficult thing I make for the holiday boxes every year are chocolates. Some years they come out great. Others they are a nightmare. A lot of this has to do with the craps game which is Houston humidity. Jam, jellies, chocolate and candies are WAY more difficult to get right in high […]
I’ve been doing a ton of holiday baking the last three weeks in order to be able to send out treat boxes this week. I have lots of recipes for cookies and there are several that I typically make every year. However, most years I try a couple new recipes. This year I decided I […]
One of my favorite breakfast things are sous vide egg bites at Starbucks. Along with being super tasty, they contain a terrific amount of protein and no carbs. As a result they a pretty much my “go to” quick breakfast pick up thing. The only problem is that they are kind of an expensive habit […]
It is holiday baking time again and I’ve been tweaking recipes or riffing on old recipes in order to come up with things for this year’s holiday bakery box. One recipe I decided needed a new spin were the double chocolate cookies. This started out as a Mrs Fields recipe but over the years has […]
As I previously mentioned I have an INSANE amount of lemons from my bush to use this fall. As a result I’ve been scoping out number recipes to use them. I’ve especially been interested in any recipe that allows me to save them for a future date. Therefore, marmalade, preserved lemons, lemon syrup etc. all […]
When fall weather comes to Texas, one of my favorite things to cook is soup. Really there are typically four or five months of the year where one COULD want soup here. So it is imperative that ones avails themselves of soup weather. Most of the time I’d make something like cream of mushroom or […]
This week my son’s class is having their Halloween celebration at school and mommys are supposed to volunteer to bring something. I actually LOVE making things for my son’s class because it gives me a chance to experiment and be a little creative. However, I forgot to sign up until the last minute! If you […]
I’m a big fan of Indian food. So I’ve been trying to learn how to successfully make various things for quite some time. My most successful attempt thus far was making Palak Paneer. It turned out right for two reason. First, I found a really good recipe. Second, I went to our awesome local asian […]
As usual my Thai basil plants are three times more productive than my Italian basil plants and I’ve been trimming it like crazy to keep it from going to seed/bolting. This means I have a about a 2 cups of fresh basil to use. Not really enough to make pesto, which I’ve done in the […]