Sometimes there’s nothing better than an old-fashioned, tried and true side dish like these green beans. When our kids were still at home I could always count on this dish to be eaten without any complaints. I still make them whenever they come over for […]
Winter has finally left and the sun’s been shining just about every single day. The temperatures are warming up and whenever the cold east wind stops blowing for a few moments I feel like I am on a tropical island. Oregon has a fairly mild […]
Here’s a quick, easy and healthy stir-fry you can whip up in no time at all. It’s probably faster than picking up to-go food or waiting for a delivery to arrive on your doorstep. Just remember to put on the rice before you heat up […]
Much of yesterday I spent in the garden, where I cut back shrubs and bushes, raked up an incredible amount of fir branches which had come down during the ice storm and stuffed our green cans fuller than my suitcase for a trip. There’s only […]
Last week I’d come across this recipe in the WaPo and since I had all the ingredients, I decided to give it a try. While the list of ingredients looks rather long, I can assure you that it comes together fairly quickly for such a […]
Like in much of the country, last weekend was a weather mess here in Oregon. It’s been about ten days since the ice storm decended on us and unfortunately there are still thousands of homes without power. We had lost power a couple of times, […]
If you’ve ever been to Bali or any of the other Indonesian islands, you probably noticed tempeh on most of their restaurant menus. Tempeh, a traditional Indonesian food is made from fermented soybeans. It’s made using a special fungus to begin a natural culturing process […]
A little late this week, but this jar full of salty-tart preserved lemons will make you smile every time you use them! Winter here on the West-coast means beautifully fragrant and sweet-tart Meyer lemons! Last time I went to the store I procured a giant […]
During my last trip to the grocery store I was finally able to get a bag of whole grain pearled barley to make this soup again. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s oh so good on a cold and rainy day. There are loads of veggies […]
This simple roasted vegetable dish will be on my menu regularly! When I noticed this recipe in the New York Times I thought “that looks really good”, and since I had all the ingredients I decided to make this on New Years Eve. It was […]
The weather here is getting colder and wetter. That means soup time at our house. I’m a huge fan of lentils, especially the versatile red ones. They turn a beautiful salmon red when cooked and are popular in many cuisines around the world. Here, in […]
For the last two weeks I’ve been spending much of my time sitting at my computer sorting and deleting photographs. A few days before I started deleting in earnest, a message on my computer screen jolted me awake by alerting me to the fact that […]
Winter Vegetable Curry with Paratha and a little Indian Tomato Pickle Like I’ve said many times, I could eat some kind of curry almost every night and never get tired of it. This hasn’t changed for me even during the pandemic. I think I crave […]
The pandemic has been a rather frightening and sobering experience and has made us appreciate many times over all the good things, friends and family in our lives. Thankfully no one close to us has gotten infected. But millions and millions of our fellow […]
One upside of the pandemic for me has been learning to better manage grocery shopping and varying our meals without having to run to the store all the time. A couple of trips to the grocery store got my pantry restocked with our favorite condiments, […]
Were I to ever find myself stranded on a tropical island, on which I could choose only one kind of fruit tree to grow, it would be a mango tree. While I love most fruit, the mango is my absolute favorite! Right now my favorite […]
An intriguing cookbook I recently came across at the library was “Bake the Seasons”. The author is Marcella DiLonardo and I think her book is fantastic. While browsing through pages of yummy sounding recipes, I noticed this Wild Mushroom & Coffee Dutch Baby recipe. It’s […]
Fall has arrived here with rain, cooler temperatures and beautiful cool season vegetables. There are of course still vine-ripened tomatoes and colorful sweet peppers for sale at the farm market, but cauliflower, broccoli and various cabbages are showing up there as well. Cauliflower is one […]
