Archive for the 'appetizers' Category
Learning to Eat Ceviche
September 27th, 2011By Lisa On Friday evening, we were on our way for tacos, when all hell broke loose in the car. It was 5:30 pm. My 7-year-old son had just finished an intense 90-minute soccer practice. During this time his sister had been kicking the ball around with a few teammates. It was the end of [...]
42 Meals: Miguel’s Jalapeno Cream Sauce
August 12th, 2011by Lisa How do you choose a restaurant in a strange town? Sometimes we’ve relied on suggestions from friends who have come before. Sometimes we have a destination restaurant we’ve read about in a paper or magazine. Sometimes we just wing it, selecting a restaurant based on location, menu, and my gut. But we’ve also [...]
Not Just Another Padrone
July 12th, 2011By Lisa These are not the padrones we usually eat all summer long, but ones we actually grew in our garden. They were perfect. If the plants actually start producing, this will save us at least $6 a week. A girl can dream, can’t she?
Mini-Bites, or more Salads-on-a-Stick
June 8th, 2011by Lisa The salad on a stick was such a hit with everyone, and so easy and portable, I’ve been brainstorming variations. And what better place to test the concept and recipes than a Memorial Day get together with Caroline and her family, and our friend Nicki Richesin & her family. Nicki has just edited [...]
Green Beans with Eggs & Herbs
May 26th, 2011By Lisa I came across this recipe in Food and Wine this month, and since we eat a lot of eggs over here, and green beans are generally a hit, I thought what could be bad? It’s basically a tumbled togther mix of eggs, green beans, and herbs. Then I realized the very premise of [...]
Salad on a Stick
May 23rd, 2011by Lisa With summer fair season coming up, and barbecues and neighborly dinners, I thought this would be a good time to share our latest favorite thing: salad on a stick. Another recipe straight out of last month’s Food and Wine, this one is endlessly adaptable, and it’s going to be a regular on our [...]
Pickled Shrimp
May 19th, 2011By Lisa It’s no secret to readers here that I’ve been in a bit of a cooking slump. But as the weather changes, and my event schedule slows down a little, and the end of the school year approaching, things are getting a little jolt of renewed energy. I am still not over the loss [...]
A Sparkling New Year
January 3rd, 2011by Caroline Heidi Swanson’s 101 Cookbooks is one of the few food blogs I read regularly: the writing is wonderful, the recipes are terrific, the photography is gorgeous. Even better, my sister and several friends read the blog, too; they often try out the recipes before I can get to them and report back with [...]
Pumpkin & Black Bean Tacos
October 28th, 2010by Lisa It may be almost Halloween, but we have other important things to think about these days, too. This very quick game night meal was inspired by Caroline’s Giant Enchildas and these pumpkin tacos from Sunset Magazine–which sound terrific to me, but I just didn’t have all the ingredients in my pantry. For this [...]
At Bat: Herbed Chicken Skewers
October 21st, 2010By Lisa This post is a bit of a risk today, since it breaks the orange/black theme. However, I made this recipe a few days ago, and it’s fast, easy, and mess-free. So: it’s good for eating in front of the TV, and if you put the chicken on skewers, it goes with the general [...]