Go out of your way to enjoy a meal at The Provender Store on Austin Ave in Waco. It is in a small space, next door to Sergio’s, and does not have signage, except in the windows and on a sidewalk sandwich board (lease restrictions). Although they’ve been there for 3 years, it is new to…
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 Chile Pork Salad
Green chile pork salad started out being a leftover pork meal, but is worth making as a first run meal. Meat salads take center stage for a number of meals at our house. For a couple more meat salads, try: Beef Tenderloin Salad or Teriyaki Beef Salad. The dressing for pork salad pictured below, is…
Ultimate S’Mores
This year, at the lodge, for the women’s group, I added a couple of new things to the menu. Besides Gooey Butter Cookies, I thought making decadent s’mores, on a rainy day, might be just the thing. They roasted marshmallows in the fireplace, and there was a consensus that these were the ultimate s’mores! PrintUltimate…
Friday at Womack Nursery, Saturday in Goldthwaite Texas
Friday, after completing our research on peach trees, we took a trip to Womack Nursery to pick up the lucky winners. The varieties we ended up with, after considering chilling hours, peach flavor, and vigor, are Elberta, Majestic, and Galactica. Don prepared a bed, and fenced it from deer and cows. On the way to Womack,…
Chicken Sausage Soup
Soup is at the top of our menu list for 2 weeks now. Not only is it an ultimate comfort food, it’s a pretty versatile meal in our house, and never boring. The Instant Pot that I got for Christmas is working overtime these days! However, soup is easy to make on the stovetop or…