by Sally on 27 December 2011 My first ghee experience was with my Key West friend Hansa. I may have mentioned that when I’m in Key West, I somehow always find myself around her neck of woods at lunchtime. It’s uncanny. I don’t think I land there on purpose… it’s subconscious, really. If you’d ever eaten at Hansa’s, trust me, you would, too. She’s a fantastic cook and, oh my goodness, the smells, the spices, the flavors. I could move right in. (I think her family is afraid I might!)
On one of my first . . . → Read More: RECIPE: How we make Ghee
by Sally on 17 October 2011 With real butter, Grade B maple syrup and a nice fat fried egg, sunny side up, from our backyard chickens on top. Could it possibly get any better than this? I don’t think so.
Plus, these pancakes are so easy, even I could make them. Here’s how:
Simple Sprouted Wheat Flour Pancakes
♥ 2 Cups sprouted wheat flour ♥ 2 eggs (from your backyard chickens, of course) ♥ Milk, enough to make the batter flow, about a cup, adding slowly. We use raw milk — . . . → Read More: Recipe: Simple Sprouted Wheat Flour Pancakes
by Sally on 24 April 2011 This is vying for first place for greatest dessert ever. Seriously, it’s that good. Here’s how to make it:
1 Qt. strawberries
1 Chunk of fresh ginger: about 2 fingers, peeled
1 Dash (filtered) water
1 Tb confectioner’s sugar
Remove green tops from strawberries and chop up, set aside in bowl. Mince ginger fine in the Cuisinart, adding a dash of water to help it purify.
Add the confectioner’s sugar (or honey or Xylitol) to the ginger at the last blast in the mixer. . . . → Read More: Strawberry Ginger Sorbet (or Ice Cream)
by Sally on 15 April 2011 When I get a yearning for something sinfully sweet, it is usually ice cream. Mostly I quell my sweet-tooth with either a bit of dark chocolate (doesn’t take much) or a little yogurt with honey and raisins. But tonight I could hear Chunky Monkey calling my name from Kroger’s two miles away…
Hal, who does not want me to BE a chunky monkey, steps up to the plate and literally whips up this lovely, completely satisfying concoction: fresh strawberries, grapes cut in half, pumpkin seeds, freshly . . . → Read More: The Greatest Dessert EVER
by Sally on 21 January 2011 Yeah, we are gore-METS. Just pulled out all the stops for Ryan’s 18th birthday! Does he look happy or what?
Kidding aside, we all think this is the best home-cooked meal we’ve put together since Thanksgiving! Notice the “we”? I was the sous chef, plus I made the mashed potatoes and the honey mustard sauce all by myself. See? You can teach an old girl new tricks!
The original plan was to go out with the family, but we had to call it . . . → Read More: Birthday Feast: Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & Store-Bought Chocolate Cake
by Sally on 5 November 2010 Last night, my personal chef made us French onion soup. Here’s the recipe. Re. Beef stock: see video at the bottom. All the French chefs do it just this way! . . . → Read More: Simply Awesome Recipe/Video: French Onion Soup & Beef stock
by Sally on 1 October 2010 I don’t like to cook. I love watching the food channel cooks in action, love scouring recipe books, reading about food, the discovery, the investigation. But cooking is a mystery to me. I have no intuition, no sense of fun or adventure, and, worse, it’s a chore. Kinda sad. Funny I’d have a real food blog, eh? Maybe I’ll change my perspective along the way!
I do LOVE to eat, however, especially real foods. Luckily, I married an ex-restaurateur who can forage in an empty pantry and come up . . . → Read More: Recipe Challenged: Pumpkin Squash Soup
by Sally on 29 September 2010 Yesterday was my 55th birthday — YAY!!!!! During the last week I was in San Juan de Dios, the head nurse of my ward, Ester, had her 55th birthday. She was so happy. I told her I was 54. She looked at me with a smile and said (in Spanish, which, I’ll have you know, I understood): “I’ll bet all you want is to turn 55.” You got that right. Almost dying permanently changes your perspective on a lot of things. Like getting older. Now, I can’t WAIT. What . . . → Read More: On Turning 55, Salmon Heaven and the Coffee Thing
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