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Wondering what to do with all those cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes? If you’re not making my recipe for a tomato tart or if you want to try something new, here’s another recipe for mini-tomatoes for you! Tomato Confit. By Tamaki Sono CC BY 2.0, Link Our First Experience with Tomato Confit In early August …
Most of the time, I love to cook. And I love the DIY aspects of cooking that make me think of cooking as a craft. As a result, I like to cook from scratch. Gift/Informational Links/Affiliate Links Marcato’s Atlas 150 Handcranked Pasta Machine My belated birthday present from Jeff was a pasta machine, the Atlas …
I know this is a beauty blog, but every now and then, I really like writing about something different. Like cooking! You may remember that a couple of years ago, at the start of the pandemic, I signed up with Misfits Market, a subscription delivery service that focused on misshapen organic fruits and veggies. I’m …
PR Samples, Affiliate Links If you’re looking for the perfect stocking stuffers for athletes, exercisers, family members or friends with food allergies, pick up a few Liv Bars as well as a couple for yourself! What’s a Liv Bar, you ask? Liv Bars were created by Jan, a practicing nutritionist, for her clients and for …
Within the past two years, I bought a non-stick T-Fal pan at one of the kitchen stores at the outlets in Kittery Maine. It was a 12 inch pan with a white interior. It did quite well initially. It cooked well, food didn’t stick, and it was easy to clean. But as time went on …
I feel like I’ve been cooking for days because I have. Sunday night was the first night of Hanukah, so I made latkes and applesauce. Jeff helped out with the hard part: he grated the potatoes and onion on a box grater, the only way to make latkes. But on Sunday afternoon during the Patriots-Titans …
Jeff’s vegetable garden is at its peak in August, and a few vegetables are even finished for the season. He’s got tomatoes, beets, Serrano peppers, bell peppers, Portugal peppers, onions, green beans, yellow squash, kale, potatoes, carrots, and celery still growing. Frankly, I have been having a hard time keeping up with all the produce. …
Sunday was yet another rainy day in the Boston area. So far this summer, I have been to the beach twice. Pathetic. But it is what it is. So what to do to enjoy the day? I decided to make a Cherry-Chocolate Galette. A galette is a rustic, French pastry where you roll out the …
I had three very ripe bananas that were staring at me in the fruit bowl. I make so much bread during the week that I just didn’t want to make banana bread. So instead I made myself a banana daiquiri. It’s really the best idea when you have bananas that are black! It’s so delicious, …
Since the start of the pandemic in the U.S., I have been baking sourdough breads. Every week, I make a whole wheat cinnamon raisin swirl loaf using the “discard” from the sourdough (the portion of the sourdough starter that is leftover after you feed your starter). Sometimes, I just make it using the sourdough that …
Kristen Coffield, the editor of The Culinary Cure website and member of Fashion Flash, has just launched a new book that is blowing me away: How Healthy People Eat: An Eater’s Guide to Healthy Habits Here’s the blurb: This book is for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed trying to create better eating habits and …
Although one must be very careful ordering anything via an ad on Facebook, I have finally cracked the code on how to decipher which sites are legit and which are scams. I Bought This, Affiliate Links About a week ago on Facebook, I discovered a new legitimate online store for Italian food products, Premium Italian …
The supermarket I shop at started carrying fresh pasta at reasonable prices about a year ago. This was a game changer for me. Fresh pasta cooks in no time flat. Plus my store sells different types of pasta, a couple of which I had never heard of before. I wish I could remember the name …
I’ve been making gazpacho, the cold Spanish vegetable soup, for years, but lately I have fallen in love with it all over again. My friend, Kim, told me that she tried a new recipe for gazpacho that she found in the New York Times, and she gave me some to try. Wow, was she right! …
When you’re given too many yellow squash, make Squash Corn Casserole! Jeff planted yellow squash in his vegetable garden because he knows I love them. And all of a sudden, they are all ready to eat at the same time. Well, maybe not all, but it sure is hard to keep up with them as …