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There’s Flour Everywhere
Check off another resolution: the February Cook it 2012 challenge is done! Bread has been baked and our kitchens have been redecorated with flour. I’m pretty sure you folks are better bakers than I am....
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Coconut Chana Masala
One of my friends makes the most fantastic Indian food. I usually like to be the one cooking for other people, but I would beg her to puhleeeezeeeee please please make Indian food again, pleeeeeze or...
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Jam Vinaigrette from the Redwood Valley Farmers Market Chef Demo
I’m pretty excited about this. So, a couple weeks ago at the Redwood Valley Farmers Market, my friend Amanda from Fairall’s Farm Fresh Eggs & Produce did a chef demo using some of the wonderful...
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Winter Squash Bisque with Gorgonzola and Toasted Walnuts
This is the best soup that I know how to make. Since I like you guys so much I wanted to share the recipe with you since it’s perfect for the holidays.My mom has been making a version of this to serve...
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Pomegranates Are Pretty
I really like pomegranates. They make me feel like I’m eating a bowl of rubies for breakfast. I’ve made pomegranate jelly and pomegranate syrup in the past, but there’s something so lovely about the...
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Citrus-Quince Marmalade with Fresh Rosemary
I’ve been having a bit of trouble finding inspiration for preserves this winter. I went a whole month without canning a single thing, which I think has to be a record since I started canning. I...
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Chicken Tikka Masala, Because I Miss All the Restaurants In San Francisco
I am a country girl, through and through. I love living wayyyy out in the sticks. I love it that if I want to wear my work boots with manure on them and dirty old jeans and carhartt jacket into town,...
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Winter Vegetable & Lentil Stew
I think the easiest way to make something good out of whatever vegetables you have on hand is to make soup. And it’s great, because I really like soup. I like cooking it. I like eating it. I like that...
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My Freezer Is A Wall Of Jalapenos: How To Preserve Hot Peppers, Pt.2
Right before the frost this past year, I stashed a lot of hot peppers in my freezer. I already wrote this post about preserving peppers, which included the whole idea of just stashing them in the...
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How to Pull Off Your Own DIY Wedding, Pt. 1: Flowers
I just got married on Saturday. I’m pretty excited about it. Jason and I had been engaged for so many years that I can’t actually remember how long it’s been. We’ve been together for ten years in...
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How To Pull Off Your Own DIY Wedding, Pt 2: The Food!
When I saw all the boring menus offered on most wedding catering websites, we immediately decided just to cater the whole thing ourselves. Other blogs talk about self-catering your wedding like it’s...
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Quick Beef Stroganoff
Earlier this week, the San Francisco chronicle posted an article that claimed that it’s hard to find fresh, affordable food in Mendocino County. It was a ridiculous article, written by someone who...
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Queensland Blue Pumpkin Butter
I’m not always a fan of using the freezer for food preservation. Maybe one day, if I have a chest freezer and some more space, but for now there’s just not enough room to really make much use of it....
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Baked Kale & Artichoke Dip
This dip is inspired by the spinach-artichoke dip that I think many people have probably had at some restaurant or another. It’s not anything new or trendy but let’s pretend it is since I’m using...
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Holiday DIY: Gold Leaf Pine Cones
So, I got this idea off of pinterest. I was looking at holiday craft projects and realized that I had been limiting my universe to glitter in the past, and that GOLD LEAF is amazing and I should put it...
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Cranberry Chia Smoothie and a Clean Slate
I’m kind of obsessed with New Year’s Resolutions, this year especially. Let me just say, I am relieved to be done with 2013. It was really a mess. You know how life tends to go in cycles, with ups and...
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Gobi Mutter Masala (Kind of, I think), aka. Cauliflower Curry
I think that maybe this would maybe be called gobi mutter masala? That’s what I was googling when I was originally looking at recipes for cauliflower curry. But then I changed the recipe a whole...
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Quince Slices in White Wine Syrup
Last month, I came to grips with the fact that I really just don’t like quince. I think they taste like eating roses, and not in a good way. The problem is that I still have two bushels of quince...
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Small Batch Meyer Lemon Marmalade
I usually make monster batches of preserves. I like preserving by the bushel when fruits are in peak season. During the winter, I usually end up going down to San Francisco once or twice and getting...
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French Bread with Quinoa, Seeds and Rosemary
We’re finally getting a glimpse of the winter I’ve been dreaming of for months and months.Up until now, it’s been warm and sunny outside, making my summer farming plans started seeming more and more...
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