Category Archives: Cooking Tips

Before the Seabury Craft’s Fair

We are gearing up for the annual Seabury Craft’s Fair held annually the Saturday before Mother’s Day. And what does this have to do with a food blog? Well, duh, somebody has to feed the boys so they can do their work! Had a lot of prep work for the fair in terms of our […]

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Cinco de Mayo 2014

So we went all day with no real Mexican food and it just seemed wrong. I know Cinco de Mayo is not a real Mexican celebration, although is does commemorate one battle’s victory, having grown up in California it was always noted. It was time for an afternoon snack (that actually was filling enough for […]

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Cranberry Sauce

Well, Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that means turkey and all the trimmings. Turkey is best when it has been brined for a couple of days. This helps to make the turkey really moist. You can get as creative as you want with your brine. Just start with the basics – salt and […]

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Family Reunions

Family reunions can be very stressful. Having to plan for more than just your immediate family can cause all sorts of problems. You know it has been said, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” , and that’s what is at the root of most stressful get togethers. My problem is, that once […]

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A clean kitchen is a happy kitchen

I was just thinking today about the bus driver I had when I was in 6th grade. She had just two rules for riding her bus: 1) A quiet bus is a happy bus 2) A clean bus is a happy bus She was actually more adamant about rule number 2. If you were to […]

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Aromas

Ok, so the theory goes that you eat with your eyes first. I’m pretty sure that works when the food is presented, but in a real world, it’s the smell, scent, yummy aroma that hits you first. Today I am making this amazing concoction starting with simply put, ground beef. Well, not simple ground beef, […]

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Toasted Cheese Sandwich

Ok so here’s the deal. We went to a meeting tonight and skipped dinner. By the time we got home we needed a little snack but not a whole meal, so this is how it went down. I started out with my all time favorite bread that I get from Costco – “Alpine Valley” Natural […]

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Cookbook_01

Well it has been a very busy week. We are hosting the class called “Flowers and Flavors” which combines photography of flower as well as food. Every day the students go out and enjoy flower farms as well as flowers out in the wild and at night we get to share a great meal together […]

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Cockles (or clams)

Randy and I took our weekly trip to Costco today. We have decided that the best time to hit Costco is as early as can be on a Saturday morning. It seems to fit in our schedule and although I don’t like being out in public before 10 am except on Sundays, I would rather […]

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Rack of Lamb

We were doing our weekly Whole Foods shopping and they had just received some local Maui lamb. I usually only get the lamb chops, but Randy thought it would be fun to try the rack of lamb. I have never cooked a rack of lamb before, but I was willing to give it a shot. […]

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