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Inspired by the orange color of my small head of cauliflower, I decided to deep fry some cauliflower and coat them in a bottled orange sauce…similar to chicken wings. My daughter really likes the Cheesecake Factory’s Korean Cauliflower, so I thought she would like deep-fried cauliflower paired with another favorite orange sauce. Although I buy […]
My mom would pickle most of the beets we raised in our garden every year. I think it was because my dad preferred pickled beets. Plus, my mom’s pickled beets were the best. She would can some plain beets to make Harvard or Creamed Beets. She would also frequently make Harvard and Creamed beets with […]
While looking for more recipes that use Sichuan peppercorns, I came across several recipes for a green bean dish. Despite not having all the required ingredients, I found that I could make a tasty dish with a few substitutions. While my Sichuan Green Beans recipe is not totally authentic (no pickled mustard plant for one […]
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I buy sweet potatoes by the bushel. Seriously, I have recently purchased my second nearly bushel box of sweet potatoes. I think apples and oatmeal are the only other foods that we purchase in as large or larger quantities on a regular basis. I will tell you about the oatmeal sometime…it requires a separate post. 🙂 Most […]
I purchased a bunch of very small yellow summer squash at a local farm. I wanted to make them for dinner, but I did not have much time to cook. Normally, I would have made them into cooked squash, but my husband needed to be able to eat them and I don’t like cooked squash […]
My husband picked up a bag of baby bok choy when we were at an international “farmer’s” market the other day. He told me he would really like some steamed bok choy with “some kind of sauce” like he ate for breakfast when he was in Wuhan, China several years ago. While I am happy […]
Every year close to Christmas many grocery stores in the American South start selling “fresh” black eyed peas and increase their stock of collard greens in preparation for New Year’s Day. Black eyed peas and collard greens are said to represent coins and dollars, which when consumed on New Year’s Day will bring you fortune […]
I was searching for something different than the everyday roasted/grilled sweet potato but not as “rich” as my mom’s glazed sweet potatoes or a sweet potato casserole when I thought of simply roasting sweet potato cubes in the oven like I roast other potatoes… with olive oil and salt. However, I prefer my sweet potatoes….well, […]
My mom used to tell me that German potato salad was her favorite. As a young adult, she had boarded at the home of an older woman who had immigrated to the United States from Germany. I believe this is where she developed her affinity for the warm potato salad. My mom would rarely make […]
