Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Pomegranate Pepper Cherry Chicken

With tasty asparagus. Made a delicious and colorful meal with cherry, peppers, pomegranates and chicken.

Delicious home-grown garden tomato salad [things that make you go mmmmmmmmmm]

Fresh garden grown tomatoes, basil from the farmer’s market, olive oil, basalmic vinegar, fresh rosemary, sea salt, pepper. Quite tasty. And here’s the whole salad, marinating in deliciousness.

Moroccan Chicken and Prunes

Adapted from a traditional recipe: Michael’s Moroccan Chicken and Prunes 4 large, boned chicken breasts 1 lb high-quality, pitted prunes ~10 T extra virgin olive oil ~3-4 T clear, light honey ~ 2 T grated fresh ginger ~ 1-2 T chopped, salt-cured capers (brined fine, too) ~ 2 t ground cumin 1 small-medium red onion, […]

Tasty buttery carrots with red chiles

Really tasty buttery carrots with brown sugar and chiles. Sweet and spicy! 🙂

Delicious Halibut Ceviche

Michael made some really tasty ceviche using up about 2lb of halibut that he caught in Alaska. It was delicious. Ingredients included: Halibut Lime juice Grapefruit juice and pieces Red and green chiles Sea salt Tomatillos Cilantro Garlic Mint

AppleSproutBacon Hibernation Preparation

Michael brought this tasty recipe tonight and cooked up a yummy feast! Grab at the store: 1 lb brussels sprouts 1 lb bacon (yes, take the time to get it cut at the counter) 2 large granny smith apples 3 cloves garlic 1 lb pasta 3-6 T butter a chunk of pecorino Romano salt and […]

Bacon chocolate chip cookies with maple glaze (and bacon!) look good

We’ll have to try this recipe for bacon chocolate chip cookies sometime. Then we started talking about what bacon has successfully been added to, and the thought of the maple bacon bar donut at Voodoo donut back home, and Vosages bacon chocolate bar made me wonder.. Could I make a cookie with bacon? How about […]

"Cat" Meat Loaf for Michael's Birthday

Michael was always threatening to make our beloved cats (Stanley and Stella) into meatloaf. For his birthday, Kristin made him some cat-shaped meatloafs out of bison meat and they were delicious. You could call this a “LOL loaf” Kristin’s LOL Loaf Recipe 2 pounds lean ground beef (or bison) 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground […]

The Bacon of the Month Club does exist, and it looks delicious.

In case you’d heard the rumors about the existence of an actual “bacon of the month” club, I’ve found it. It’s real, and, if anyone ever wanted to make Gabriel and Kristin happy for any reason, it would be a fun present. Only $150 for a year’s worth of bacon, too. Hint, hint. 🙂 Grateful […]

Baked Pancakes

Michael came over and made baked pancakes that were spectacular So tasty, cooked in a bed of golden melted butter in a well-seasoned iron skillet. Each one is baked for 13 minutes, and rises up over the edges of the pan. We made savory and sweet. Sweet didn’t have any additions to the pancake batter. […]