Kathy had a lot of jalapeños to use, and got tired of stuffing them, so she started making casseroles instead. No matter how you make this recipe for poppers, it is so delicious. Use as a side dish, or appetizer. The recipe is written for a smaller single pan of peppers. PrintJalapeño Popper Casserole…
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!
October 2014 Austin
Had to make a day trip to Austin for a dental visit, and then went to the new Trader Joe’s in the Arboretum area on Great Hills Trail by Williams Sonoma. Decided to take plant pictures instead of food pictures. There are large Paddle Plants (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) in all the beds surrounding Trader Joe’s, and they’re…
Hate to Crack Pecans, Me Too
I love pecan season (and so does our thieving herd of deer), but hate to crack and shell. Usually, I collect pecans, drag them to the feed store to be cracked, and beg people to shell for me. But this year, no more. I bought an old pressure cooker book at a thrift store, and…
Fall 2014 Gardening
I usually don’t like spiders, but this large garden spider has been my buddy all summer. It lives on the door to the greenhouse, and very nicely moves out of the way, when I go in. They eat an enormous amount of bugs, so I let these guys live. She layed 3 egg sacks. One…
Composed Antipasto Salad
This past weekend I had a lasagna dinner request, so I decided to make a composed antipasto salad to go with it, and it was certainly worth a picture. I do similar salads, when I’m cooking at the lodge, they have a certain “wow” factor. Although I use a huge salad bowl at the lodge,…