Visiting specialty food stores is a practice in exploration. These stores not only offer specific special novelty ingredients you won’t see at your friendly neighborhood grocery store, but they often feature various staples available at extra friendly prices. So. When a friend whose family hails from India tells you to check out a specific local…
Category: Vegetables
A Pepper Journey – From Plant to Plate
Pepper Plant (no relation to Robert) has survived – from seed to sprout, to current pepper producing champion – for over a year in the backyard of Blue House. A month or two ago, fat bumblebees buzzed around delicate white blossoms that have now been replaced by an abundance of green and orange peppers. These…
100 Bad Guys with Sword(fish)
When shopping for dinner, it is best to go to the grocery store with a plan. But. Be prepared to forget about that plan entirely if: What you want they don’t have What you want has seen better days What you want is overshadowed by stellar ingredients that catch your eye and can’t be denied….
Veggie Veggie Veggie Can’t You See, Sometimes Your Words Just Spiralize Me…
Food trends are fun to explore, and the explosion of spiralized dishes has piqued my curiosity for quite some time. Prior to the mainstream accessibility of a range of spiralizing options, I assumed someone with tiny hands, a samurai-sharp knife, and Zen-like patience carefully crafted any vegetable swirls my eyes came across. Part of me…
Let’s Curry
Treat yourself to a midweek meal that will give you the best food hangover of your life. This curry is irresistible heartburn in a bowl that delivers a delectable creamy spice to overpower your senses in the best way possible. Totally worth it. Keep the apple cider vinegar ready. Red Curry Paste, Mae Ploy is…
Merrily Baking It 