Slow-Cooker Chili
The secret to chili is how you select and use your chili peppers. If dried ancho and chipotle peppers are not available in your local market, just substitute, bearing these points in mind: dried chiles have a richer, fruitier flavor than fresh; smaller chiles are hotter than larger ones; the seeds and white veins generally […]
The $4000.00 Cartwheel
I should have pruned my blueberries months ago, when the winter sun was just starting to rise higher in the sky. I should have broadforked my cut flower bed last fall, then seeded it to a winter cover crop so the soil would be nourished and easier to work this spring. I should have kept […]
Ground Beef Curry
Week two of my ground beef Odyssey…. Here, again, I used ground beef in a braising recipe that would ordinarily take several hours with stew beef. By substituting the ground beef, I had a one-dish meal on the table in under 45 minutes. And the leftovers have been fabulous. Serves 6-8 3 tablespoons lard […]
Peepers
Welcome back! The long winter’s rest if officially over, and I’m so happy to be back to blogging. It’s been a long and strange winter, but beautiful nonetheless….Thanks for joining the blog for another season! According to one of my college literature professors, the song of the dangerous sirens Oddyseus so longed to hear harkened to […]
Ground Beef Vindaloo…in 60 minutes
I think it was my 28th birthday when Bob and I decided to dedicate the day to teaching ourselves how to cook Indian Cuisine. We bought books and ingredients weeks ahead. My fantasy was to spend my day in the kitchen, learning new recipes, spend some time outdoors hiking and skiing, and then sitting down […]
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