In 2010, I was just starting to get more serious about food blogging and I had all these grand ideas of making a perfect turkey and side dishes and photographing it all to share. But as the day progressed, reality set in. I was so exhausted from the festivities and all the cooking that I got to a point that I didn't care if my photos were stunning.
Food Memories
Pesto Pizza with Sun Dried Tomatoes
My Soul Food – #Reverb10
I'm a bit late to the #reverb10 initiative, but rather than say I will make time to do it (perfectly) next year (my typical response), I thought why not just start and finish out the last few days of it?
The #reverb 10 prompt for December 26 is titled "Soul Food" and it said:
What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth & touched your soul?
Without a doubt the food that I will never forget is kibbeh. This ultimately sums up my year as a year that I
First Time Canning – Apple Butter
Oh, how I love the Daring Cook Challenges!
The September 2010 Daring Cooks’ challenge was hosted by John of Eat4Fun. John chose to challenge The Daring Cooks to learn about food preservation, mainly in the form of canning and freezing. He challenged everyone to make a recipe and preserve it. John’s source for food preservation information was from The National Center for Home Food Preservation.
I've always wanted to try canning, but never have. I was sure it was overly complicated, and
Food Memories Define Me as a Food Blogger
Growing up, both of my parents prepared meals. My dad made simple meals - things like fish sticks, hot dogs, and tacos. My mom was the one who made meals that required more cooking. She made lasagna, pizza, and enchiladas.
As children, we enjoyed both and we didn't care. We were happy to eat and happy to be together.
(my first time making homemade enchilada sauce from scratch - no cans)Even though our parents had very different styles of cooking, we had our favorites from both. And our
Kibbeh
If you've followed my blog for any period of time you know that we've been trying all sorts of new things. We were tired of living in a rut, eating the same things all the time. I wanted to learn new cooking techniques and I wanted to stop being scared of trying new foods.
Recently, David and I were given a "buy one, get one free" coupon for the buffet at The Palms in Las Vegas. We've always wanted to go to The Palms so we decided to make a cheap date night with the coupon.
Tricolor Vegetable Pâté and French Baguette
I am so very late on posting this, but hopefully the "better late than never" saying would apply in this case too. I actually made these items right around the time they were supposed to be shared, but packing and moving has gotten in the way.
This is my first month being a part of the Daring Cooks Challenge at The Daring Kitchen. Just like The Daring Bakers, I am VERY excited to take part. Stepping out of my comfort zone with new foods and new techniques is so much easier when you make a
Thoughts On Real Cooking (aka what am I doing here?)
This is a recent shopping trip - just a few things we picked up. It looks pretty good, right? Well, the food I bought wasn't this good. The food I used to buy looked very different than this. So did my cooking.
In my circles of family and friends, most would say that they know I love to cook. Most would say that I have good recipes. Most would say that I am a good cook.
But, really, I'm considering most of this description to be untrue.
I don't feel as if I have REALLY cooked. I thought
French Toast and Jamie Oliver
When Mattie woke up today, and as I was starting to work for the day, he came in and asked me, "how do you make French toast?". I briefly explained the steps to him and he made a grossed-out face when he found out that the bread was dipped in an egg mixture (he doesn't care for eggs).
He made a few other comments about French toast still being good, despite the egg part. And while he didn't ask me to make the French toast for him, I could tell that was the underlying request. I knew this, so
Top Chef Frozen Meal – Polenta with Braised Meatballs
I am a huge reality TV show fan. I will admit that I like some pretty bad ones, but there's some great ones that I love too. Like Top Chef. I've been a Top Chef fan since season 3 when I actually decided to watch the premiere episode after constantly hearing friends rave about the previous seasons.
I didn't watch it before then because I thought it would be way over my head. Most of the dishes they make are either 1) something I've never heard of or 2) includes ingredients I've never heard of.