A few months back, Shawn looked at the ingredients in the Taco Kit that we always bought and found a few that we try not to eat. Scary. Who knew that such unnatural things could make their way into spice packets and crispy shells? Since then, we have switched to more natural, organic shells....
Read more →I’ve read all about Penzeys at my fellow bloggers’ sites. And everyone RAVES about them for their great spices and whatnot. I checked them out online and was impressed with the prices so I intended on ordering, but hadn’t gotten around to it yet. You can imagine my pleasure and surprise recently when I...
Read more →Much to my husband’s chagrin, I love garlic. It goes in nearly every main dish I make . . . sometimes in greater quantities then others. And one dish that I love to make is aglio e olio. It’s a classic Italian pasta that combines just cooked garlic, olive oil and pasta in a...
Read more →Kale. Even the word is foreign to me. I grew up in a household where vegetables were of pretty simple varieties – corn, peas, green beans and the occasional zucchini. Brussels spouts were a delicacy and any lettuce other than iceberg was certainly special. I had a feeling there were more vegetables out there,...
Read more →A bloggers group I recently joined called Work at Home Mom Bloggers posed an interesting question to members this week, “What do you do if you have an hour, day, or eek an entire weekend to yourself?” There is so little time that I have to myself these days. There are days that begin...
Read more →Check out Kalyn’s Kitchen later for a round-up of Weekend Herb Blogging, a fun event where we learn new recipes for great herbs. I made some yummy beets earlier this week, but it felt wasteful to just toss the beet greens. But I have never cooked them before and was nervous. After searching and...
Read more →Well, it’s Sunday again. Palm Sunday, in fact. So it’s time for Kalyn’s Kitchen’s Weekend Herb Blogging, Sweetnicks’ Weekend Dog Blogging and Weekend Cat Blogging at Eat Stuff. Check in later tonight for round ups of each event. I’ve been on a big pasta kick for a while with my Weekend Herb Blogging entries....
Read more →It’s Sunday and that means that it’s time for Kalyn’s Weekend Herb Blogging and Cate’s Weekend Dog Blogging. Be sure to check both places later tonight for their roundups. For WHB this week, I whipped up a yummy pasta that is pretty easy and very delicious. This is one instance where I strongly recommend...
Read more →Let me be clear about something. Until recently the only herbs I ever used came from jars. And even then, I barely paid attention to the shapes and colors of them. I suppose if I had, I would have noticed that I was buying the wrong herb at the market the other day. As...
Read more →It’s the weekend and that means time for Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Kalyn’s Kitchen. Curly parsley is characterized by it’s curly leaves. It has a mild peppery flavor, and can be eaten raw as a breath freshener. It has less flavor than the Italian variety of parsley, though. Curly parsley makes a pretty...
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