Potatoes don’t seem to keep as long as they used to. There was a time when potatoes stored in a root cellar would feed a family through the entire winter. These days, stored at room temperature for lack of a root cellar, the potatoes start to sprout within a week of purchase. This morning I … More Pesto Potatoes & Spinach / Cucumber Salad
Baked potato and steamed broccoli go well together, especially when accompanied with add-ons like real butter, sour cream, aioli, green olives, shredded cheddar cheese etc., etc. This time I envisioned broccoli in a creamy sauce, but not a cheese sauce (as wonderful as that is). This is the way it went: First I started the … More Roasted Potatoes With Broccoli/Green Mole Sauce
In my last post I mentioned this sauce made from an assortment of mild and hot fresh red peppers. I used that same sauce to make these roasted potatoes, onions and garlic. To begin, I boiled the potatoes, onions and garlic. I tossed the peeled potatoes, the boiled onions and garlic with a generous amount … More Hot Roasted Potatoes, Onions & Garlic
A couple summers ago a friend invited us to pick as much Silver Queen corn as we wished from his farm. We picked a lot of corn, and it has been taking up a lot of space in our freezers. Unfortunately, when we picked it, the corn was a little over mature, making it rather … More Creamed Corn & Cauliflower With Hatch Chilis Over Roasted Potatoes
I was going about preparing breakfast in a leisurely manner until I was informed that we had a morning doctor’s appointment. I quickly shifted gears in a bit of a panic because not only did I have to finish cooking and eating breakfast within an hour’s time, I had yet to —-, shower and shave. … More Roasted Pesto Potatoes Breakfast
It is Faye’s turn in the kitchen for our main meal today, so if I was going to do any food preparation it had to be for breakfast. I love oven roasted potatoes. They work for any meal, including breakfast, and they don’t take much time to prepare. I would very much like to have … More Pesto Roasted Potatoes
I have never been a big pasta eater. The taste is fine but a piled up plate of spaghetti is daunting and I can barely make a dent in it before I am full to capacity. For me to best enjoy it the sauce to pasta ratio needs to be in favor of the sauce. … More Pesto Roasted Potatoes
