I’m not a big mayonnaise person, but Don is. Don’t bother searching for a good ready made product, because there isn’t one. Even organic mayonnaise has ingredients that are not good for us (the oil is the biggest offender), so I decided I’m just going to have to make it. In the past, my results…
Category: Side Dishes
Vegetable Tower
What a great way to build your vegetables “up.” PrintVegetable Tower Total Time: 30 minutes Yield: Serves 8 IngredientsMushroom Filling 2 TBSP butter 1/4 lb mushrooms, chopped into fairly small pieces 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/4 tsp thyme 4 ounces softened cream cheese Salt and pepper Spinach Filling Make a half recipe of Cream Spinach…
No Knead Sourdough Bread
The yeast (in bread) is not my best friend these days, so I decided to make sourdough, like I used to. I made the starter a couple weeks ago, and I’m really pleased. It picked up wild yeast from the air, pretty easily, and started fermenting. This is a picture of the starter. I mixed…
Marinated Green Beans
This is kind of a cross between a salad and a vegetable side. For some reason I thought I had already posted this recipe, and it might be in the recipe archive, but I sure couldn’t find it. Maybe it’s because it’s not a “real” recipe for me, it’s just how we (my family) make…
Lamb’s Quarters
It’s finally happened – I’ve become my grandmother. I hear my brother’s voice in my head, “Grandma mows her lawn in the morning, and cooks it for dinner.” We all thought it was hysterical, because it was sort of true, and (we all thought) a little strange. But now, I’m doing the same thing. This…