Yes, I know. It really was a rhetorical question. Most people know, rice is the most important staple food for a large part of the world’s human population, especially in East and South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and the West Indies. And I think I’ve recently joined them. Blame it on Northstar’s rice
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Who Knew Rice Was So Versatile?
April 20, 2011 2 Comments Short URLcooking, dinner, family, food, ingredients, protein, recipes, riceDinner, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes
A Tale of Two Meatloaves
Boy has my cooking come a long way…… Just recently Madison discovered one of my very first cookbooks – Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Cookbook. Last week as I was working in the kitchen and she was lying on floor flipping through cookbooks – a girl after my own heart – she announced that she would
January 20, 2011 7 Comments Short URLbread, cooking, dinner, family, food, menu planning, protein, recipes, seasonalDinner, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonality
12 Days of Christmas: Decorating the Tree
This past Sunday I had the entire house to myself. The weather was a little chilly, (for Southern CA at least) and I felt like cooking. Knowing that we had a busy week of holiday-oriented activities on the calendar, I decided to make all of the dinners for the week which was relatively easy (I
December 9, 2010 0 Comments Short URL12 days of christmas, bread, christmas, cooking, dinner, family, flour, food, ingredients, inspiration, local, menu planning, protein, recipes, seasonal, starch, vegetableDinner, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonality, Winter
The 12 Days of Christmas: Annual Christmas Parade
This is actually the first year I’ve experienced my town’s Christmas Parade and let me tell you – it’s everything you would expect from a small town parade. The whole town lined Main Street (yes, it really is called Main Street) and I think there were at least 12 fire trucks, 10 marching bands, every
December 8, 2010 0 Comments Short URL12 days of christmas, christmas, cooking, family, food, menu planning, protein, recipes, roasting, seasonal, side dishes, starch, vegetablesDinner, In the Kitchen, Ingredients, Recipes, Seasonality, Winter
The Rule of Three: Protein, Starch and Veg
This post is for Courtney because I owe her several recipes and she can’t use her oven right now. (True. Funny story. And kinda my fault.) Menu planning is actually pretty simple if you follow what I like to call the Rule of Three. Think of it as the Garanimals of menu planning. A well-balanced
November 5, 2010 2 Comments Short URLdinner, food, menu planning, protein, starch, vegetableIn the Kitchen, Ingredients, Menu Planning, Recipes, Seasonality
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