Crockpot Curry Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Sometimes I go a little crazy over soup, like when the temperature starts to dip and Winter is around the corner. Soup is easy, usually healthy and really the best way to warm up when the chills get...
View ArticleArroz con Gandules – Puerto Rican Rice With Pigeon Peas
Puerto Rican cuisine is somewhat new to me, my loss for sure. My first experience with this recipe was as a grateful recipient of a large serving of hot, steamy and savory deliciousness. The scene...
View ArticleBiscuit Aux Amandes
Have you ever been afraid to learn how to bake? I am have been, in the near past, maybe yesterday, or today, possibly. It’s my lack of faith in most things baking that has perpetually held me back....
View ArticlePanch Phoron | Indian 5 Spice
‘You must have Panch Phoran in your spices’ she said, as she scurried over to the shelf and scooped up a small package for me to add to my collection of good things. ‘When you think of Indian...
View ArticlePoulet Poele A L’Estragon | A Successful Misadventure
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is more than a cookbook, it’s an experience. The authors wrote this book in a narrative form, as if they are right there beside you, teaching you how to cook...
View ArticleHow to make Hummus
There is nothing like a smooth, thick, garlicky, full bodied Hummus to make your day. This simple and easy Hummus recipe is the best Hummus I have ever made. In about 5 minutes you will learn how to...
View ArticleSuperfood Green Smooothies – Black Friday Sale 40% off
40% off list price with the code RRBLACKFRIDAY I’m excited about this new book by Kate Kordsmeier from Root and Revel which will be released January 2nd. Healthy smoothies is how I justify eating the...
View ArticleIndian Masala Chai Recipe
This post contains affiliate links. Inside any coffee shop in America you will find Chai Tea Latte on the menu, or at least some variation of the Indian inspired beverage. It is now as ubiquitous as...
View ArticleSwedish Almond Cookie Recipe
With a name like Lindquist, one might assume I am all about baking Swedish cookies or at least have a Christmas cookie repertoire that rivals Mormors and Farmors, Swedish grandmothers. Sadly, not...
View ArticleJansson’s Temptation with Acorn Squash | A Swedish potato gratin
Janssons Temptation is a simple, yet plate-licking side dish you are going to want double helpings of. This dish is common in Smorgasbords, a Swedish buffet with a lot of hot and cold dishes. It is...
View ArticleHow to Make Roast Beef with Fresh Horseradish Sauce
Roast beef, sounds like a good idea but, how do you make it? Roasts have been an unnecessary mystery to me. I have only watched my dad throw a rump roast in a crockpot with some root vegetables and a...
View ArticleSwedish Dark Cake | Svensk Mork Kaka
The simplicity of vintage Swedish cookbooks is really appealing to me. The ingredient lists are short and the instructions are...interesting. In Cooking the Scandinavian Way, Elna Adlerbert...
View ArticleHearty Smoked Peruvian Bean Soup | Sopa de Frijoles
I’m a sucker for any new-to-me ingredient I find at the market. I have an assortment of exotic spices, pasta and beans because of it. Sometimes my eye falls on a certain something every time I open...
View ArticleEasy Pork Roast Recipe with Molasses and Rum Glaze
Have you ever pulled a pork roast out of the oven, anticipating a flavorful, moist entree but instead were disappointed by a dry, tough cut of meat? Me too. This happened quite often before I...
View ArticleDorm Room Potato Soup Recipe
I often wondered why college students would bother cooking in their dorms. It seems so inconvenient, especially compared to a meal plan. In a dorm there are appliance restrictions, limited space and...
View ArticleA Parent’s Gift Guide For The Dorm Room Cook
This post contains affiliate links for Amazon When your daughter is a dorm-living college student, you learn a few things from her. These campus dwellers develop some skills, some out of necessity and...
View ArticleHoliday Fun With My Girl
Let the adventurous shenanigans commence…Miss B has arrived. Actually twice, once for Thanksgiving and once for Christmas break. Yep, that’s our college student. Every year since middle school we...
View ArticleTop 10 Recipes 2016
2016 is over already?! Where did the time go? It really feels like it went in a flash. This was the first year of Fusion Craftiness, if you don’t count the 2 weeks in December of 2015. I learned...
View Article6-Ingredient Tahini Sauce Recipe
2017 may be the year of tahini, we shall see. I only know of tahini as an ingredient in traditional hummus. Lately I have been seeing a few ‘Tahini Sauces’. I haven’t tried any of them yet but I am...
View ArticleOde To A Farm
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain....
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