While I did finally put out a couple decorations, mostly there’s a little cheery color in the yard. It’s hard to believe it’s the holiday season, and the end of the year. I have no expectations for 2014 (yet), but it’s sure to bring new and interesting things into our lives. After all, I could…
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!
Green Chili
We had a small get together the other night and had a baked potato bar. It’s hard to beat great toppings for a good baked potato. I decided to make green chili instead of regular chili, as one of the toppings. Typically, I’d use pork, but I had a ground beef, ground deer, ground bacon…
Sweet Ideas for the Holidays
No time to bake for the holidays, no problem. Don’t discount good ready made products that you dress-up. I found some really good ginger snap cookies at Costco, and decided to do some little filled gems. Of course, you can use other flavors of cookie for your sandwiches. And the possibilities for filling are as…
Jack Allen’s and New Costco
Wednesday was a great day to do a little shopping in the Round Rock area. Of course, we had to start by having lunch at Jack Allen’s. This time we split a delicious wedge salad, and I had Green Chile Pork Tacos. After lunch, Sprouts is usually the next stop, for a few items we…
Hoop House Greenhouse
The aluminum framework for the greenhouse was salvaged from a friend’s house. After reconstructing it on our property, Don was not looking forward to the work it would take to finish the greenhouse with corrugated panels, so we were at an impasse. Finally, I proposed PVC pipe additions, and large plastic covering to finish it…