Food Hackery

This year I made roasted leg of lamb for Thanksgiving dinner. It was super tasty and we found many delicious leftovers, like gyros, for the slices of lamb. However, I was left with a leg of lamb bone with quite a bit of meat on it which I wanted to use. My family would typically […]

Like many families, my family typically has turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes etc for Thanksgiving dinner. However, this year we decided to switch things up a little bit. Some of this was due to the fact that my freezer was full of way too much stuff and I needed to make room. However, it was also […]

Thanks to being overrun with lemons, I’ve been pinboarding and trying lemon recipes left and right this fall. One I decided to make a couple weeks ago was Lemon Biscotti. Biscotti are Italian type of cookie. Their name comes from the Italian for biscuit, which is what most Europeans call “cookies”. They are different from […]

The lemon saga continues! I’ve managed to reduce my lemon supply to less than a hundred. This morning I got up and slice diced and juiced four more to attempt to make a lemon jam recipe. After dicing and juicing the lemons I boiled in water and drained twice to remove the bitter taste present […]

Last night I decided I was in the mood for scones Saturday morning for breakfast. I typically make savory scones such as herb cheese scones because I think they are better than sweet scones when you toast them to reheat them. Given the fact I have a surplus of lemons and a nice rosemary bush […]

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 […]

Almost every fall the local Farmer’s Market and CSA have fresh pie pumpkins available. Because my son and husband really like pumpkin pie I typically get one to roast and make pumpkin puree. I really prefer freshly roasted pumpkin puree to store bought. The flavor is a bit richer and when one uses pie pumpkin […]

One of the best things about living in Texas is the wonderful produce. Fall is when local citrus is ready as well as nuts from pecan trees. There are many different kinds of citrus available from a variety of producers and sellers: lemons, Meyer lemons, satsumas, kumquats, many varieties of grapefruit and navel oranges. In […]

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 […]