By Jeanie Rose | Nettle
The development of this amazing power drink comes from a mania I have had since college back in the 1960s. I was obsessed with recouping nutrients most people saw as “throw away”. Obviously, the liquid left in the pot from cooking vegetables or meat, had flavor. It also had to have nutrients. I used it. […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Main Dishes , Recipes
You know how some of your best recipes “just happen”? This is one of those! For decades I have loved chili verde, pork cubes cooked in a tomatillo sauce thickened with ground pumpkin seeds. We make it at home ourselves, order it in a few select eateries, and adapt the flavors to build other dishes. […]
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By Amanda Rose | Citrus
We’ve been enjoying our opportunity to take pictures in our area, with incredible green hills and wild flowers. On one of our ventures, we grabbed some shots of these clementine trees and thought you’d find them interesting. Clementines are the small seedless and easy-peel tangerines that have become very popular in the last few years. […]
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By Amanda Rose | Cinnamon
It had been some time since I had chai tea when I visited an Indian restaurant. It was served as standard fare and I marveled and remembered its wonder. How is it that I could let months go by, or years, without drinking chai tea? A big reason in my case is that most of […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Nuts and Seeds
For a couple of decades we have loved our lemon poppy seed muffins. It is a great combination of flavors. When I stumbled across a recipe for lemon poppy seed scones I was intrigued. In all my baking life I had never tried scones. In fact, the only place I have ever encountered one is […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Nuts and Seeds
The first time I tasted tahini sauce it was being served as a topping on felafel. People stood in an hour-long line at an art fair to place their order. Even then, you prayed the guy wouldn’t run out of food before you got to the front of the line. This was Bakersfield, CA, circa […]
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