I stopped at the farm market the other day to pick up some broccoli (Cam is demanding it every day right now) and what did they have at the checkout? Shelled fresh lima beans! Yay! I immediately started tasting Never Say Never Again Lima Beans in my mind. So, into my cart they went. I had…
Month: October 2012
30 x 30 Challenge – Days 22 & 23
Days 22 & 23 were pretty much a washout thanks to Hurricane Sandy. I am glad to say that we were lucky and were unscathed. I got out for awhile this morning to do cleanup in the garden and went for a walk, so I go in my 30 minutes today, but not yesterday. The…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
I love having daughters who like to bake. We are getting spoiled by hearing “what can we make?” whenever they are home. I have already shared posts of Arielle’s zucchini chocolate chip bread, this time it was Emily who came home and wanted to bake. Emily had just made pumpkin bread at school so she…
30 x 30 Challenge – Days 19 – 21 and Blog Glitch
I want to apologize to anyone who received notification of 2 posts last night that do not exist. I was working on early drafts of squash bread and pesto-ricotta souffle posts, and they were accidentally published. So, stayed tuned for those in the future, they are not quite ready for prime time yet. Back to…
Spider Cookies with Cam
I have mentioned before how much I like JoyofBaking.com. So when it came time to find something fun to make with Cam for Halloween, that is where I turned. I needed something he could do the decorating himself, and I found their chocolate spiders – chocolate macaroons with chocolate-covered pretzels for legs. Perfect! He could…
Guy Fieri’s Tijuana Kitchen Rice
My son loves Mexican rice. No, he LOVES Mexican rice. I happen grow the ingredients that make Mexican rice Mexican rice – tomatoes and jalapenos. I really enjoy cooking Guy Fieri recipes, they are always full of flavor. So…this recipe caught my eye as a version of Mexican rice that used veggies from my garden…
30 x 30 Challenge – Days 16 – 18
Day 16 – Disappointments turn to opportunities. The day was going to be a very busy day, I was stressing over how I would fit in my 30-minute nature break. Unforeseen, my afternoon appointment was cancelled (after I had driven an hour to get there). SopI turned around, an extra hour in my day (aside…
A Double Dose of Indian: Bhindi (Okra) & Gobi Mattar (Cauliflower and Peas)
Ode to Okra #3 is an Indian preparation – so simple and oh, so good. But we don’t eat that alone, there is typically another dish with it; one of my favorites is cauliflower and peas. Normally the okra would be from my garden, but given the poor harvest, I did not have enough to…
30 x 30 Challenge – Days 13 – 15
Day 13 – Once again in Philly, once again stuck in a meeting room all day – this time on the Temple University campus. But the timing worked so that I could find a nice green spot to hang out for 45minutes before my train home. The problem with my first choice of spots was…
Green Bean Polou (Persian Rice Pilaf)
Even though my green bean harvest was a bust, I have been able to piece together a few meals with what the caterpillars left me. I had just the right amount of green beans left to try a new Persian dish. The green beans get infused with lime flavor and baked into the rice. You…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 