Our new favorite burger or slider is a combination of meat. If you’re not in the mood for a burger, make meatballs. Pork plus burger meat is the basic formula. If you add tamari or soy sauce, and optional other ingredients, you have an unbelievably good burger. I’ll list everything I used, and everything Kathy…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
January at Jack Allen’s
Eating at Jack Allen’s Kitchen is a great way to start the new year. It was our lunch stop, on another day trip to the Round Rock area. Apparently, I can’t drive by Jack Allen’s without stopping. I probably need to start a 12-step program, but really, I don’t want to quit! Our picks of…
Cooking Tools and Equipment
tools that make cooking easier and more fun Microplane Food processor Slow cooker – Rival “Crockpot” is still the best “The Joy of Cooking” cookbook OXO Pepper Mill – I admit I have a thing for pepper mills. We love fresh ground / cracked pepper, and I’m always on the lookout for the next great mill. …
Breakfast Sandwich (Gluten Free) (Cooking for One)
This recipe is a bit fussier than I usually post, but worth it, as an occasional treat, and definitely when you want a good substitute for bread. I used flattened fried plantains instead of the bread. Frying is the other thing I don’t typically do, but honestly I ended up with almost as much grapeseed…
Greenhouse Update
And now for the continuing saga of the greenhouse. I was all excited when I did the last post, and the picture of it was pretty impressive, but right after that, we had 30 mph winds. You can see where I’m going with this! I came home from the store, and it looked like a…