I will be the first to admit that I am not great at making bread! No matter how many people have made it seem easy during quarantine, it is one of the more difficult culinary endeavors! And I have given up on the endeavor on […]
I am trying to step up my bread game. Now, I’m by no means a master bread maker. To date, this Dutch Oven bread recipe is the only bread that I have been able to consistently make successfully more than once! But we all know […]
I recently acquired a barbecue. And, by “acquired,” I really just mean found along the side of the road with a “free” sign on it. Which, in my part of rural Wisconsin is actually kind of an anomaly! I’m from Oregon where thrifting and free […]
It’s the peak of summer and I’m in full on barbecue mode. My barbecue was actually stolen a couple of years ago. So, in defiance, I have refused to purchase another one. Although the other day I was running some errands and spotted a free […]
I have been in full on falafel mode lately. I’ve spent the last couple of days soaking chickpeas for Hummus and Falafel. As well as tossing together Tzatziki, which really only takes a couple of minutes and a cheese grater or zester! Which all must […]
I have been pretty obsessed with salmon lately. I don’t tend to eat a lot of meat. Predominantly just wild caught seafood. Today, I have been mulling over salmon burgers. The other day I altered my favorite No-Knead Dutch Oven Bread to make rolls. Mostly […]
I have been trying and trying and trying to make Ciabatta Bread! Somehow ended up starting okay at it and then getting progressively worse… Not exactly the point of this adventure! But finally I gave up and decided to just make plain old white bread. […]
I didn’t go into this intending to make bruschetta. I’ve been on a bread kick lately. Maybe potentially because I’m craving balsamic vinegar and it was inevitable that the two would intersect! But I decided today to make No-knead Dutch Oven Bread and Quinoa w/ […]
I didn’t start out making eggnog dinner rolls. Rather, I had this rather odd dilemma on Christmas where everything that I was planning on making required milk! I did have milk for exactly this purpose. But not quite that much milk! This is because I […]
I have been anticipating making fondue for some time. I’ve had a fondue pot for probably a decade. I got it still in the original box at Goodwill when I was in college. I make it for a special occasion every couple of years. And […]
