I have a very active mint plant in my garden. It was planted a year ago and although it produced spindly shoots throughout winter, it is very happy to feel spring in the air. After spending several hours in my garden (weeding, watering, wacking) I cut back the sad winter sprigs of mint along with […]
It’s time to make dinner. Again. <sigh> Some days are much harder to be motivated to make dinner. With an abundance of lettuce from our CSA, I’ve made salad 4 days in a row. When making salad there’s always the decision of what else to serve with it: soup, rice/gardein nuggtes, boca burgers, pasta? Some
Out for Daughter’s 17th birthday, we went to Galanga for Thai food. I ordered the traditional Singha beer. Always order the beer that goes with the country. We were playing with the pronunciation of Singha, with all sorts of silly versions. After many variations Daughter said Sing” And at the exact same moment, Son and
We need it, want it, hate it, crave it. Food. Our initial relationship to food starts with our parents and what their generation said to do with us around food. Breastfeeding, formula, organic: all rules that they believed were the best thing for us. As we grow up those parental decisions continue to shape us
I’ve now completed 34 recipes from Plenty. I’ve started repeating recipes in my dinner adventures. Barley and roasted pepper salad Rating: 3.5Note: this was supposed to be made with farro butI made it with Barley instead. Zucchini and hazelnut salad Rating: 2Note: Didn’t have a ridged griddle panto make cool grill marks on the zucchini
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