Yesterday, I posted one of our simplest and favouritest summer meals: crispy chicken with Nonna’s green beans. We eat green beans a lot around here, since they are a favourite vegetable of at least three members of our family. Seasonal, nutritious, tender-crisp, sweet, done in a jiffy – does it get any better? Yes, it does, apparently.
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August 31, 2012
Garlic Chili Dilly Runner Beans
August 30, 2012
The Simple Recipe that my Family Thinks is All Gourmet
Since I have started documenting my simple summer meals, I realize that I make Crispy Broiled Chicken quite frequently. It’s so common around here and so well-loved that I’ve even posted about it once before. I make Crispy Broiled Chicken because it guarantees super-crispy skin and moist meat on the very same piece of bird. It’s my favourite method for
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August 27, 2012
Simple Summer Meals and the Kid Rating
Thank you for the positive feedback I’ve received so far on my first simple meal post. I’m thrilled to know that I’m in good company while I suffer from a love of cooking/eating with not-enough-time-to-make-it-happen. Wait, let me rephrase. I did know I am not alone in this, but I’m thrilled to know that some of you want to read
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August 25, 2012
A Simple Summer Meal meets the Problem with my Blog
Many of my cooking class students are curious about my home cooking and my family’s eating habits. In almost every class, it seems, I am fielding questions about my personal life, the most common two being: “Will your kids eat this?” and “Do you cook like this at home?” The short answer to these kinds of questions is ”most
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August 16, 2012
Camping Food, Post Three: Huckleberry Pancakes
By the time you read this post, I will be away camping on beautiful Cortes Island with my children and their cousins. I will, without a doubt, be making a giant batch of these pancakes on the trip, possibly on this very day. Apparently, a camping trip without Auntie Heidi’s huckleberry pancakes is
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August 12, 2012
Blueberry Buckle Bars with Lemon
I made my first blueberry buckle last August, the same day that I picked up 110 pounds of blueberries from a local farm. The buckle was buttery and dense, like a pound cake, loaded with berries, and topped with a sweet streusel. We enjoyed it but, as always when we eat these kinds of things, I thought
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