Food

  • Food, Humor, Organization, and Gift Ideas

    Luxury for Mom: Started off the early morning with 1/4 cup of Mariebelle Aztec Hot Chocolate… just enough for me to handle in the dark hours of the dawn… Out of the Mouths of Babes Yena’s Quote of the Month:… Continue reading

  • Spicy Broccoli Braise

    Heat canola oil in skillet, over high heat. Add minced garlic, minced ginger, sliced onions, and crushed red pepper flakes (or broken up dried Chinese hot pepper). Stir-fry 10 seconds. Add broccoli florets and 1/4 cup water. Cover for 3-5… Continue reading

  • Crunchy Green Salad

    1 medium head romaine lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces, rinsed and spun dry1/2 English cucumber or any waxless cucumber, deseeded if necessary4 ribs celery hearts, leaves discarded if you like, sliced thinly (leave unpeeled) the dressing, whisk all in a… Continue reading

    Crunchy Green Salad
  • All Mine: Insalata Caprese with Pesto

    It’s not picture perfect, and I wish I could say I grew the basil that went into the pesto, and the tomatoes… but no. It was still perfectly yummy, and what’s important, it’s all mine πŸ™‚ — well, except for… Continue reading

    All Mine:  Insalata Caprese with Pesto
  • Black Forest Cake / Schwarzwalder Kirsch Torte

    A repost from my old baking blog… The finished product. Sorry for the grease spots on the lens. We were in a hurry to get to the party! Black Forest Cake / Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte Elements here, bottom to top: the… Continue reading

  • Chop Suey, a repost

    A recipe I originally posted in 2005 at b5media’s Noodles and Rice (now Blisstree). Chop Suey has long been rumored to be an American creation rather than a Chinese one. A search around the β€˜net will show you just how… Continue reading

  • Itlog na Maalat at Kamatis (Salted Duck Eggs and Tomatoes)

    Another “fast food” dinner, karate night. This one is made just with chopped salted duck eggs and tomatoes. Sooo good with hot steamed rice. One can add chopped green onions to this, or minced red onions, or a finely chopped… Continue reading

  • St. Louis Eats

    This post is for our good friends D&L & their kids, on college tour right now…. They’ll be visiting Washington University tomorrow, dh’s and my alma mater and where our 17-yo went for preschool… Here you go: The Queeny Tower… Continue reading

  • Links and a Recipe

    Baby Poems over at Martha’s, Yes They’re All Ours! The American Mathematics Competitions MathCounts Latin Spell Checker Catholic Music Network Spirit and Song Why Eating a Big Mac is Cheaper than Eating a Salad Latin Altar Card (pdf file) Altar… Continue reading

  • Another MHBB possibility

    Anne in Oz keeps her hubby healthy with these herby salads. I’ve seen many of these mentioned in Prescription for Nutritional Healing so I’m trying to grow some of them again this year, but I was unsure how exactly to… Continue reading