Let’s start with Killeen. I enlisted Don to do some research for me while he was in Killeen. The restaurant / cafeteria in Seton Hospital is supposed to have a great chef. Since Don was working in Killeen, I thought it might be a good time to check it out. He was pretty impressed, even…
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!
Make Your Own Salad Dressing
Author: Angela Salad dressing, specifically vinaigrette, is really just a formula: 3 parts oil to 1 part acid to 1 part binder – Add together in a container with a lid (so you can shake and combine) and taste for the flavor components Choose your oil: Olive oil, sesame oil, grape seed oil, flax…
(Breakfast) Buckwheat Pancakes (Gluten Free)
Another one of Kathy’s great gluten free recipes. In this recipe, soaking makes the grain easier to digest and adds some fermentation, improving taste and adding friendly bacteria (like yogurt does). Just a short aside, since she introduced soaking. To make any grain or bean more digestible, soak them. For grains like oats and rice…
Goodbye to Cactus and the Summer Garden
I don’t know exactly how I’m going to celebrate this week, but for sure, I am going to celebrate! My 10 year plan has taken me 6 years, and I’m pretty ecstatic about it. Ten acres of little bitty cactus is cleaned up. There were times I wondered if I’d die out there while I…
October Events
Happy Fall from Bird Song Lavender Farm! The Lavender Festival will be held on October 6th (Saturday) from 9 am to 4 pm and on October 7th (Sunday) 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Click here for their location and phone number. The dates are from the spring festival, but there’s a good map. There will be…