Jul
12
One of the biggest reasons why people don’t branch out and buy more different types of fruits and vegetables is because they don’t know what to do with them. I didn’t let that stop me when I picked some fresh red currants at Wasem Fruit Farm. Their sour cherries is what brought me to the …
Jun
23
If you have never had garlic scapes you are in for a treat. Garlic scapes are the unopened flower from the top of a garlic plant. They are green and tend to curl up. Garlic growers like to remove them from the plants so they can grow larger bulbs. Only hardneck varieties of garlic grow …
Jun
15
Recently, Jamie Oliver showed a couple boys how to prepare a rainbow salad with a homemade dressing on an episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. I searched online for quite a while to see if I could find the recipe. I finally came upon a video of another Jamie Oliver show – Jamie’s 30 Minute …
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 …
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 …
Apr
07
I have been spending a lot of time over the last 6 months, making a variety of different flavored applesauces. Applesauce is a great platform to introduce all sorts of flavors. I have been experimenting with adding different fruits to make sauce. I have used pears, peaches, pomegranates, cranberries, and more. I recently made a …
Jan
27
I have to be up front here. I am not a fan of onion rings, or onions for that matter. But my wife likes them and saw a recipe she liked on an episode of the Barefoot Contessa. This recipe differs from other onion ring recipes in that it includes buttermilk and cornmeal. Below you …
Jan
26
Last week, I cooked up a nice beef tenderloin roast. I was looking to come up with some side dishes for this meal. I had some Yukon Gold potatoes on hand and decided to do a search for a new recipe to try. I came upon a recipe by tv chef Anne Burrell (Worst Cooks …
Jan
13
A couple weeks ago I was looking at the keywords that brought to my website. One search was for ginger ale cranberry sauce. I discussed both of these subjects individually but I did not have a recipe for such a thing. But I thought it was a good idea. So I graped a 2 liter …
Dec
06
I love making homemade applesauce. It is so easy to do and when you make it yourself you can customize it. The last time I made some sauce, I decided to use a pomegranate as they are in season right now. When selecting my apples I choose a lot of sweet apples so that I …
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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