I made a pot of this ham, potato, and corn chowder (incidentally, I made it without ham – and no one missed it, because bacon), and my initial plan was to make a batch of no-knead bread to go with it. When I was getting out the ingredients, though, I noticed a box of vital…
First Taste
First Taste: Fresh Corn Cornbread.
I read a lot of food blogs, and therefore I see a lot of recipes I would love to try see appear in front of me immediately. Sometimes it’s just eye candy, or I pin it to one of my Pinterest boards and maybe make it eventually. But sometimes I just can’t get a new…
First Taste: Summer Spaghetti.
I love going to the farmer’s market this time of year. I could go broke buying peaches. And corn. And peppers and watermelon and blackberries and big heirloom tomatoes for BLTs. I bought all of the above and a pint of golden cherry tomatoes for this Summer Spaghetti recipe I found on Pinterest. It also has lemony…
First Taste: Homemade Breakfast Sausage (and cornmeal-maple drop biscuits).
Three things happened last week that led to this breakfast: 1. I borrowed this book, Whole Grain Baking from King Arthur Flour from the library. I immediately wanted to bake ALL THE THINGS. There are hundreds of recipes – Whole Wheat Cranberry-Orange Country Loaf? Butter-Nut Blondies? Whole Wheat Croissants?? Where does one even start? I love…
First Taste: Grandma’s Pizza
I usually share tried-and-true recipes that I’ve made over and over. But I also love to try new recipes. I literally have hundreds of them pinned to various Pinterest boards. You might have a problem if you have to have 7 separate boards to keep up with all the food you want to one day make…