I love salads. The problem is that I quickly get bored with the same old thing. Apple and blue cheese. Cobb. Caesar. They are all good but I’ve eaten these salads a thousand times. The farmers markets here are turning out all kinds of fresh lettuce and greens for good salad making. This is a [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Arugula, Grape, and Pecan Salad
Posted in Salad, tagged arugula, grapes, pecans on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Homemade Mozzarella & Grilled Margarita Pizza
Posted in Vegetarian Entree, tagged mozzarella, pizza on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Okay so mozzarella making is both easy and not so easy. I ordered a starter kit from the Cheese Queen for making mozzarella and ricotta. It’s supposed to take 30 minutes but it took me 2 hours. It also took my kitchen by storm. I had cheese curd everywhere in my kitchen. I was cleaning cheese curds [...]
Off to Maine….Cheesemaking 101 soon to come
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sorry for the lack of posts this week….It’s been pull-my-hair-out busy and I leave tomorrow for a trip to Maine. I promise a great post next week about my experience with cheese making and an amazing grilled margarita pizza that resulted.
Summer Fruit Tart
Posted in Dessert, tagged fruit, tart on June 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Finally, it is feeling like summer here. We have actually had a week in the 70’s with some sun here in the Northeast. Some times I think I’m crazy for enduring this crazy weather. I went to a Red Sox game two weeks ago wearing a winter coat and hat. And I was still cold. [...]
Name that Vegetable
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Help me out here. I purchased this unknown veggie at an Asian food store. I had very high hopes that I had discovered and found the vegetable – ramps – which I have been looking all over for. The only sign was written in Chinese and when I attempted to communicate with those who worked [...]
