I thought you might like to see how the house is coming along since its barren, muddy days. We almost became the opposite, a complete jungle, when the mower broke before we went on vacation. YIKES. But John was able to get it mowed today–and look! It almost looks like a real yard! This is…
Archives for May 2009
Chipotle-Rhubarb Glazed Turkey Burgers With Apple Pico De Gallo
Sorry for the silence–I don’t know if I recommend traveling with toddlers with multiple, far-spaced stops (we made a total of 4 8+ hour drives in 2 weeks). EXHAUSTING. Our neighbors kindly had us over for dinner our first evening back–an incredible Mediterranean meal–so this is the first dinner I have cooked. Also I tried…
Strawberry and Rhubarb Crumb Pie in a Skillet Crust
I made a rhubarb and strawberry pie for my in-laws, to go with the vindaloo and curried cauliflower. I was looking for something just a little unusual, and I think I succeeded. The pie crust is made from what you might call a skillet shortbread, and the filling is gently spiced with cardamom and ginger–nothing…
Gobhi Hari Matar Sabji (Sauteed Cauliflower & Green Peas)
I told my mother in law that my while my pork vindaloo was cooking inside the box, this cauliflower dish was cooking outside the box. You see, not only had I never made this dish, I also had never cooked cauliflower before, let alone cooked an Indian cauliflower dish. So I was flying blind to…
Tried & True Goan Style Vindaloo
I have been holding out on you. (Again. How many times have I started a post that way?) You see what happened was this. Every holiday season I host a big Indian dinner for my in-laws, our Christmas dinner for that side of the family. (I did not this past year because of moving.)…
A New Look For Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
What is it about kids that brings out the over the top in us? Indeed, might I say, garish in us? I would not normally put 1 cup of peanut butter chips, 1 cup of chocolate chips, 1 bag of baking M&Ms and 1 bag of baking peanut butter cups into a double batch of my Sweet &…
Safaid Keema, Maybe?: Ground Meat with Potatoes In Scented (Off) White Sauce
I never thought I would have a child who by the age of 4 (she’ll be 4 in June) calmly and correctly identified wood ticks. I don’t always feel calm when I see ticks! But except for one time in the middle of the night when she found one crawling on her (I think we…
Chickpeas With Lemon Cumin Dressing & Orange Scented Yogurt on a Bed of Greens
I first saw this salad over at The Recipe Girl a while back, although after bookmarking it, I realized I had the cookbook it came from, Ellie Krieger’s The Food You Crave. It looked wonderful, but I got distracted and forgot about it. The other night when I made my chicken divan, I was low…
Tequila Lime Marinade for Tequila Lime Chicken Tacos
I. Am. So. Tired. So this is gardening. I’ve had a vegetable garden before, but I had a lot of help and I certainly did not mulch it–and since I am so dumb that I mulched this darn garden by hand, the mulching was truly horrific (I have since purchased a hoe). And I am…