For the Love of Food

I have been putting this post off for a while now. I have actually been really excited about writing it, but I really wanted some peace and quite to be able to sit at the computer and devote time to you.

My little guy is finally asleep….

So, the other day I made my way to Ikea – I live 30 minutes by foot and 8 minutes by bus away – to see what I could find in the lines of some props for blogging. I know my food looks sooo good just hanging out there by its self on the plate, but I just want to throw some life in there! Hey, it was Jaden’s great idea! Continue Reading »

I have been putting off this post for quite a while now. I just wasn’t sure how to word all the “wonderful things” that go along with snapping off tiny fish heads and pulling their guts out with their fingers. Yeah, I’d definitely say that was a new experience. Continue Reading »

I just wanted to share the rice soup that we made in class the other day. I did remember to bring my camera, but forgot the SD card – so no pictures from class. Also, only a kind-of recipe! My teacher forgot to print them up and I just couldn’t keep up with writing everything down, so this is what I remember seeing and what she explained as I asked what she was doing. I did get the recipe for fish written down – will share it soon.

I was told that this soup can be eaten warm, cold, or at room temperature – it’s your choice.  We ate it warm and I enjoyed it very much. Continue Reading »

Ever since I made that delicious sugar-free BBQ sauce I have been wanting to put it on everything…well almost everything. I have tried, unsuccessfully, a few times to make BBQ chicken wings, but this time it really worked out perfectly.

Remember the ribs I blogged about earlier in the week? Well, I just made chicken wings using the same ingredients!  These wings came out even better than the ribs.  I learned that I probably used the dry rub on too many ribs b/c if you really pile it on the flavor is out of this world!   Continue Reading »

This is my second post for Taste&Create this month. As I explained previously, I paired myself with 2 bloggers so that I could take part and not leave someone without a partner since we were unevenly numbered this month.

This time I made Tammy’s Lemon Linguini, but used spaghetti instead. Tammy has a great blog called Running with Tweezers. Actually, when I saw her sign up for the event I was so excited! I have been going back to her blog for quite a while now and it just feels good to know that people that I admire are at least hanging around the blog everyone in a while.

Not that I don’t admire and appreciate everyone who stops by, oh I really do. But, it’s like meeting your favorite actor or actress – it’s exciting ok! Continue Reading »

This is the first recipe that I am making for my the Taste&Create event that I host every month. I have 2 partners, so another post will be coming soon.

When I was randomly paired with Ivy from Kopiaste I was REALLY excited – I love Greek food…at least what little I have tried. So, when I saw her post for Keftedes, I was really excited to try something quite different from the daily meatballs and tomato sauce bit.

These this dish grows on you. Since there are only 2 of us, it took us a few days of left overs to finish this off, and each day they tasted better and better. On the third day (and last day) they tasted the best. Continue Reading »

As I promised this weekend in my BBQ Sauce post, the ribs that I made the sauce for. I tried a new recipe that I came across that I could do in my oven and it was marvelous. Continue Reading »

As many of you may have noticed I didn’t have a post yesterday.  That’s because these potato chips debilitated me and I was just laying in bed somewhere between pain and being really mad.

How could I let this happen???  Continue Reading »

The other day my son turned one. And, I learned a few weeks ago that lamb with roasted vegetables is his favorite (see picture of him smeared in tomato), so I tried to make a quicker less expensive version with ground beef. It was excellent. Unfortunately the little guy was sick for his birthday and didn’t eat any…maybe next time.

If you have access to ground lamb meat, I highly recommend using it since it has such a deliciously aromatic flavor. But if not, or if it’s just insanely expensive where you live, ground beef works really well.

So, just follow this recipe for Güvec but substitute ground beef and add 500 grams (dry) of cooked macaroni noodles.

Not being able to eat sugar can be a pain sometimes….like when you get cravings for BBQ Ribs. After lots of research and trying out a few recipes, I have landed on one that I am please with so far. I know it’s not my ever so favorite Shorty’s BBQ Sauce, but until I figure out what the heck the secret ingredients are, this will do.

Tomorrow I will lather it on some Ribs…and, as always, I will let you know how they turn out!

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