I haven’t posted in a long while, because I’ve been working on complex (for me) new food project researching and then proofing a sourdough culture. It is finally proofed and now sitting dormant in the refrigerator. (My brilliant husband created a proofing box that uses a fishtank heater.) The culture is an Italian culture recommended [...]
Sam and I went to breakfast with Tom and Dale after a very early morning of hiking the Ralston Creek Trail in Arvada, Colo. On the way home from breakfast, we passed a farm with a sign out front: Free Apples – You Pick ‘Em. So we pulled in and got a bunch of light [...]
I’m reposting this recipe, as I’ve recently adjusted it again to contain a little less sugar. I think it’s a worthwhile adjustment, so I want it to get top billing. This is a great, easy-to-make dessert that you can prepare a few hours ahead of time if you need to. One lonely night many years [...]
Schnitzel is a very easy way to cook pork or chicken in a pan on top of the stove. Just butterfly the meat, bread it and fry it in oil. It’s not necessarily a low-cal dish, but it’s tasty! Here are the ingredients for chicken schnitzel: Two chicken breasts About 3 – 4 tbsp. oil [...]
Sam’s mom makes the best green chile I’ve ever had. Sam says it’s Pueblo (Colorado) style, so there are apparently variations of green chile within Colorado. It is just incredible, and is one of the main ingredients for Colorado style huevos rancheros (which is another recipe on my blog). Here is a variation of her [...]
One of my favorite dessert breads is banana bread. I remember my mom making banana bread a lot growing up. This could be that she didn’t want to waste aging bananas, which I’m sure we always had around. Or perhaps it was that banana bread was a 1970s food fad. If it was, and I [...]
