Nov
11
A couple weeks ago, I was in the grocery store, and I saw some bags of marshmallows claiming to be pumpkin marshmallows. They were pumpkin shaped marshmallows, but that was the only pumpkin thing about them, they were just the same old generic store bought marshmallow. But it got me thinking, pumpkin flavored marshmallows sound …
Nov
04
I am not a big fan of salad dressing myself. Mainly because I don’t like mayo, which is a key ingredient in most dressings. But that doesn’t mean I won’t make a batch for my wife who does like it. She was craving some blue cheese dressing, so I went on a search for a …
Oct
10
The following words bring a fear to the hearts of many people: brussels sprouts. Kids and adults alike run for the hills when the see these little green balls of slime being prepared. Like many green vegetables they have been given a bad rap because people just didn’t know how to prepare them right. If …
Oct
05
The fall time is my favorite time of year for cooking. Apples, squash, and pumpkins, and let’s not forget at the end of fall is Thanksgiving. We have certain recipes that are becoming a fall tradition in my household. One of them is Alton Brown’s Butternut Squash Dumplings or Gnocchi. It is a combination of …
Sep
29
Chocolate, strawberry, vanilla – these are flavors of ice cream that you find pretty much everywhere you find ice cream. One flavor you might have trouble finding is sweet corn. Unless you were looking in my freezer right now. Yes I made sweet corn ice cream. Seems strange doesn’t it. I was motivated to make …
Jun
06
I have always been a fan of cottage cheese. What is not to like about these little creamy curds. A long time ago I saw Alton Brown making a batch of homemade cottage cheese on an episode of Good Eats. I put that recipe on my to do list but didn’t get to it until …
May
11
Asparagus is one of the first green crops to hit the market each year. People rush to pick up the first asparagus of the season. But I have never seen the draw. I have always thought that asparagus was disgusting. It had this bitter, awful flavor I have always hated. But in the interest of …
May
02
It’s amazing how many different things you can do with flour when you combine it with some liquid, some eggs, and some dairy. One thing I had not done with this combination of ingredients yet is to make crepes. So as I do quite often I turned to Alton Brown. I followed his recipe for …
Apr
28
One night I found myself making Alton Brown’s hummus. But you need something to dip the hummus in. So through the power of Google, I picked out a recipe for pita bread. The one I choose was one from Tyler Florence. I thought might as well as stay in the Food Network family. I have …
Apr
27
For some reason for years, cauliflower never appeared in my home. I always though of cauliflower as being inferior to it’s cousin broccoli. So I never bothered to do anything with it. Finally yesterday I cooked with fresh cauliflower for the first time. I decided to do so after watching a new episode of Good …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (4) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
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