Posted in From my kitchen, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy on Jul 19th, 2010
A bit late, but here are some pics from our drive out to Sandy Farms last week to pick sour cherries. (A big thanks to Chris at Lost Arts Kitchen for letting me know about the good cherry picking there!)
This was the first time I’ve cooked with sour cherries, and we made sour cherry + [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Locally grown, The Gift of God on Jul 14th, 2010
The early morning was spent preparing a big batch of Hood River organic cherries for the dehydrator. We ate oodles fresh, and what is left will go in a batch of sweet cherry brandy (makes the best fruitcake for Christmas).
If you don’t have a cherry pitter, check out this tip, and these, for how to [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Homemaking, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy on Jun 23rd, 2010
A while back, Sunset Magazine called for summer recipe submissions with 5 ingredients or less. I sent in a recipe, and they published it in the July 2010 issue!
It’s a super easy fruit salad recipe based on a dish I make all the time in the summer. (It’s a great dish to take to a [...]
Posted in From my kitchen on Jun 22nd, 2010
Larksong’s Simple Stone Fruit Cake
1 stick unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup white flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
approx 3 -4 apricots, plums, pluots, etc, washed and sliced, or a large handful of pitted, halved sour cherries
sanding sugar to sprinkle on top (about 1 Tbsp)
Directions
1)Preheat oven to [...]
Posted in Building Community, From my kitchen on Jun 14th, 2010
The other night we tried out a new pizza recipe from Good Eat’s guru, Alton Brown.
I really liked that the dough is made the night before and allowed to set-up in the fridge – this way, when I’m in a hurry to make dinner the next night, I can quickly take out the dough, [...]
Posted in From my kitchen on Jun 11th, 2010
Well, one upside of all the cool rainy weather is that it’s prolonged the “baking season.” It has yet to be so hot that I can’t justify running the oven.
Firecracker and I tried out a new recipe and whipped up some cookies for the neighbors – Martha’s Chocolate Malt cookies. We’re working our [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Homemaking, Moderation and Economy on Apr 26th, 2010
HUMMUS! It’s my favorite, thrifty, last-minute dish when the kids need a savory snack, or we need to bring a side-dish to a get-together. It’s always a hit and goes great with crudite, chips, falafel, bagels, you name it!
Homemade hummus is so easy and frugal and delicious, I can’t understand buying a teensy little tub [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Moderation and Economy on Mar 31st, 2010
We all love the nutty, complex flavor of spelt. Spelt is very low in gluten, and can form a hockey-puck loaf if you’re not careful. This recipe produces a light and tasty loaf, although it doesn’t rise as high as a white-bread loaf. (But who cares? The flavor is amazing!)
Also, the recipe makes two [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Learning, Locally grown, Moderation and Economy on Mar 17th, 2010
Today we finished Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food. The girls and I listened to it on unabridged book CD over the course of several afternoons of making dinner. I had really enjoyed The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire, but somehow missed this one until now.
Much of what he writes really melds with [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Homemaking, Locally grown on Mar 16th, 2010
The girls and I made a special beef stew for my birthday yesterday. They especially enjoyed blending the spices at the beginning…and later standing by the stove, inhaling the amazing aroma of spice-dredged beef browning in butter (oh, and eating three big bowls of hot stew at dinner, too!).
We don’t eat much meat, but this [...]