My journey of cooking, gardening, preserving and more
If you’ve followed my site for a while then you know how much I love braising and oven roasting things, especially in the winter. Seriously, who doesn’t love a great pot roast recipe? This year, we joined my parents in going in on a side …
Most “stuffed” recipes can, admittedly, be a bit time-consuming. From dumplings to ravioli to…well…cabbage rolls, stuffing things takes a bit of extra time and effort. This recipe is no exception. BUT, like it and so many other stuffed recipes, it is well, well, worth it. Behold….classic sweet …
I had steak and vegetable rolls similar to this many moons ago and finally decided to make them myself. The steak is sliced thin, pounded thinner, then marinated and stuffed with barely-cooked veggies that add a flavorful, nutritional punch. These work as an appetizer or a …
Let’s talk about homemade tomato sauce. Somehow, in this world of amplified food awareness, it’s become this complicated, convoluted dish and it really doesn’t have to be. I like to make this sauce in the fall when I have an abundance of tomatoes from my garden. Actually, …
Most of my cooking is inspired by what’s fresh and available, either from my garden or at the store and this recipe is a perfect example of that. Portobello mushrooms, as popular as they’ve become, are not always readily available where I live. Often, when I …
Quite often I am awed and inspired by what my followers deem my most popular recipes because, quite often, they are not the recipes (nor the accompanying photos) that I aspire to be popular. A few people take the time to comment here on my …
Fresh spring rolls, sometimes called summer rolls, are beautiful, aren’t they? No matter what you decide to fill them with, they become these gorgeous stained glass works of edible art. I’ve made spring rolls a number of times because I love their crunchy freshness as …