Milkweed Seed Bombs
Remember this little guy from two years ago? We did figure out he was a guy by the dots on the wings, check out better pictures here to see the visual differences of male and females. Spring is a great time to plant milkweed to …
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Recipes
Peppermint Coconut Oil Snacks
photo by Roy Hampton It has been so fun going through my father’s photos of our times in Mexico. Good memories of a slower life, and my oh my we all looked so young. This is a print of two nopales (prickly pear cactus) growing …
Caramelized Café Combate
photo by Roy Hampton Blacker than the inside of a box buried in a cave one mile below ground, caramelized coffee (sometimes referred to as the brand name Café Combate) is the northern Mexico style of roasting green coffee beans with azucar, or sugar. The …
Calcutta Curry Soup
Red Lentils—one of the most colorful legumes around. They’re nutritious, delicious and they cook fast if you need some quick protein in a meal. Check out World’s Healthiest Foods for an afternoon read on these adorable orange delights. They’re best if rinsed numerous times …
GF Lemon Almond Cake (Torta Caprese Bianca)
Spring means freak snowstorms and a gathering of my sisters…and last week we had both. Once everyone made it through the weather and to our destination safely we had a lovely weekend of eating, laughing, sharing, sight seeing, and then of course eating …
Turmeric Lemongrass Tea
I’m a little under the weather today so have been enjoying numerous cups of this delicious and potent elixir. When we think of turmeric we probably think of curry and the golden-orange brilliance it brings to many dishes. This remarkable root has a bitter side …
Boxty Cakes
An Irish potato pancake just in time for St. Patrick’s day. These are hearty buddies for any kind of meal and a great way to use your leftover mashed potatoes. The basic idea is to mix mashed potatoes with grated raw potatoes and an egg, but …
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
A crust should be both a snack by itself as well as a vehicle to transport delicious toppings to your salivating mouth. I’ve known of recipes using cauliflower for various crusts but had never tried it until recently. This recipe has no grain but …
Feta Jalapeño Dip
I love dips. I love spreadable flavor that I can eat on a cracker. Maybe it’s the social aspect of which it hints—Spreadable and Dip-able concoctions often mean time with friends and wine…and that just sounds like fun. We first tried a version …
Potato Rutabaga Gratin
. Bully at the front door! Pisten Bully, that is. Eric Anderson on an early morning grooming ride and clearing a path for us after the heavy snowfall. I can’t resist showing a few more pics from Coleen Sullins of our stay in the …
Seedy Crackers
photo by Coleen Sullins This is our cute little neighbor having lunch at the ABR Rock Fence Cabin, a red squirrel who hung out atop the stack of firewood to better peek in our window. Here he was eating his own snack…but he was also …
Adobo Black Bean Soup
This was another hearty soup from the deli days. The cinnamon and clove really help build the layers of flavor, not to mention they smell heavenly while simmering. The ingredients and flavors are of a Mexican móle or adobo with the cocoa, oregano and clove. We …
Pumpkin French Toast
Photos from the Mars Rover? Microscopic view of caterpillar skin? The inside of volcano Popocatépetl in Mexico? Satellite images of erosion in Death Valley? A Fire Lizard? ….or extremely curious skin from my baked squash with light shining through it. …
Don Don Noodles
I was introduced to this dish by my friend Kristen years ago when she created it as a special for the deli. She made it with peanut butter, served it room temperature and it was a favorite of the clientele. Dan Dan Mien, or ‘peddler’s noodles’, of …
Lemon Parmesan Dip
Last week my friend Frances hosted an afternoon of German star-making at her studio in the country. These crafty projects can be so relaxing and even addicting. You need to concentrate enough to follow the steps in the correct order, and this necessary …
Sauerbraten
It’s been grey and drizzly for days…a perfect time for comfort food. We made Sauerbraten for the Edible Alien Theatre’s Faeries: Autumn Feast many years ago, it was ideal for a chilly fall eve. This (artfully) fuzzy frame is captured from a video shot in …
Cider Syrup and Local Vinegars
Apple Cider Syrup was the first recipe posted on this site and it seemed like time to give it another round. Last weekend I was one of the guest demo chefs for the local foods extravaganza “FEAST” in Rochester, Minnesota and the obvious item for …
Roasted Maple Squash
Is this not one of the most beautiful of Maple Syrup images? Crystalline and glittery, maybe I could wear it as a necklace. Bees would like me. This crystal sat around for many weeks waiting for me to take a photo and it remained …
Balsamic Brussel Sprouts with Grapes
Definitely one of the Star Trek outer space variety of vegetables. Tiny cabbage-like heads on stalks, these at the Farmers Market have had their giant leaves removed. Usually Brussel sprouts are harvested after a frost which sweetens these cruciferous buddies. Years when I have grown them …
Kale, Apple and Almond Salad by Pascale Beale
Happy Birthday to this blog—4 years and post #200!! Thanks for participating in this experiment with me! I am not one who is naturally drawn to measuring or documenting so this has been quite a practice of observation and attempts to translate foods into something others might enjoy or …