On this day of giving thanks I want to thank those of you that read my blog! This blog has become more than a hobby in the past two years and I am thankful for the interactions with you all and the way my world seems a little smaller (that is a good thing). I [...]
Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
14 Nov
More Ethiopian recipes added:)
I have added some more Ethiopian recipes to the What’s Cookin section of my blog, there are also other new recipes there as well. You can also click on any recipe in the side bar under What’s Cookin and get to what you like that way as well. Take a look and maybe you will [...]
12 Nov
A gluten and dairy free Thanksgiving
This is going to be my second gluten-free Thanksgiving but I am anticipating that it will be better than my first. Last year I think that I had just started to go off of gluten and I was not at the point in which I felt brave enough to cook all that much.
This year I am [...]
9 Jun
Ethiopian recipes
I just added 6 new recipes to the What’s Cookin part of my blog. They are all Ethiopian recipes that were made in a cooking class I recently attended. The recipes are for:
Doro Tibs
Tikil Gomen (Cabbage and Carrots)
Mesir Wat
Kik (Yellow Lentils)
Tomato Salad
Fosolya (Green Beans with Carrots)
Ginger and Garlic Paste (this is used in almost all [...]
27 May
Homemade garden goodness
This is a recipe that was given to me by a lovely woman that gardens in the same community garden as I do. I hope you enjoy it as I have, on my salads!
Lavendar colored chive vinegar
The flowers that are so pretty on top of the chive plants that so many [...]
19 Apr
mitad
A mitad is what injera is traditionally made on. I have been looking for one so that I can make injera at home for my family. I found one recently at an Ethiopian market but is was kind of expensive so I thought I would ask around to see if there were other grills you [...]
13 Apr
Passover Coke
Passover Coke for those of you that don’t know is different then regular Coke. It is not make with high fructose corn syrup!! It is made with sucrose which is from beets or it is made with cane sugar. It is a real treat at Passover time even if you are not Jewish, which I [...]
9 Mar
Local eats and sweets for wheat free people
This Sunday after chruch Brian and I stopped by Rose’s to see what kinds of things they offered. At first I was a little stunned because It has been a long time since I have looked at so many yummy desserts and been able to pick almot anything I wanted. If you did not already [...]
13 Feb
Cookbooks I love!
As many of you know by now I really like to cook, and due to my love of cooking I also have a love of cookbooks. I almost always have one or two cookbooks on my Amazon wishlist and a few in the back of my mind that I want to add.
Here are some [...]
10 Feb
Ta-Da!!!
What a difference, right! Now I actually know what I have, and it feels good! I probably spend an hour or so on this project and made a bit of a mess, although the kitchen smelled great. I purged spices that were old or that I never used, and stored my empty containers someplace other [...]
