My daughter introduced this Vietnamese street food sandwich and if you have an opportunity to see one on a menu or someone offers you one, you should take it. Or make this recipe using what you like or have on hand. I love a good sandwich and the combination of seasoned pork, fresh veggies and some briny pickles and mayo and seasonings makes for a … Continue reading Banh Mi
I made this very simple butter garlic lemon sauce for some Barramundi fish I had picked up from the store. You can use this very easy flavorful sauce with any fish or I think it would be great over most proteins. Where the sauce uses just a few ingredients, make them the best ingredients you can. Basically fresh lemon for the lemon juice, good quality … Continue reading butter garlic lemon sauce for fish
I made this last night, my sister-in-law requested eggplant parmesan and this is my go-to recipe. It is the one that helped me change my mind that I didn’t like eggplant even though I had never even tried it. It is also the recipe that brought San Marzano canned tomatoes to my pantry. I do found this recipe in a Food Network Magazine. It is … Continue reading Eggplant Parmesan
Garden is doing OK, or maybe you should ask the deer I bet they have a better feel for how it is going grrrrr. My dog is not doing his job as well as my last dog. We have noticed a definite decline in us enjoying our garden that we spend time money and effort on. The deer and bunnies seem to LOVE it. Where … Continue reading Zucchini Bread
My garden is producing a few things besides weeds and one of which is broccoli. My mother will like this story. When I was a kid I did not like green vegetables. I think all I would eat was cucumbers and ice berg lettuce. I can tell you exactly when I started eating broccoli it was June 1990. Why do I know this? I was … Continue reading Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
This is a any night of the week meal. Comes together quickly with minimal effort. I was pretty busy yesterday getting ready to host my granddaughters 2nd birthday party. My daughter and I blew up 120ish balloons; with a little air machines help, best $15 spent. This morning I am going to frost the cake I made. Confession, I made the cakes on Friday afternoon, … Continue reading Mediterranean Chicken Bake
I wouldn’t say I had a “bumper” crop of tomatoes this year. My husband hates when I buy too many plants, I don’t know why this effects him; he doesn’t deal with them. Anyway I only bought a few plants and they were doing great until we got SO much rain that they did this whole concentric cracking. Yes I had to google what what … Continue reading Garden Tomato Soup
I had a skirt steak in the fridge since last week that I never got around to marinating. I tend to marinate them for a minimum of 3-4 hours but best if overnight and I did not have that amount of time before we should be eating dinner. Backup plan to make a generally tough piece of meat have a ton of flavor is add … Continue reading Chimichurri Sauce
It is Spring around here and my garlic is popping up out of the earth, not as many as last year but I am on my last bulb from last years harvest so happy to have at least a dozen or so bulb for use during the summer. I will be buying it much sooner this time around. Let’s talk about butter, garlic and lemon. … Continue reading Barramundi with a Butter Garlic Lemon sauce
Sitting here thinking about what to write. Made my tea, my husband is making breakfast, I made my list of what needs to get done, looking forward to crossing out what actually does get done. Yes those things tends to happen; I have great intentions and then some things just go sideways. Last night was a little up in the air. I wasn’t sure if … Continue reading Chicken Cauliflower Curry
