By Jeanie Rose | Food Profiles , Tips
You may have a favorite dish that calls for thinly sliced beef: paper-thin sliced beef. In cases like this the meat is usually a tougher cut, like bottom round or London broil. Slicing these cuts so thinly considerably reduces the amount of cooking time required to get the meat tender. This is the case with […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Berries
Summer hit early and hit with a vengeance. While Frederick and I just love baking together, we do not especially enjoy working in steaming hot kitchen. Frederick can handle the heat a bit longer than I can…but we are a team! We are finding that an increased amount of our kitchen time is spent experimenting […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Tomatoes
There are two great times in the season for green tomatoes: in July when you have a bumper crop and want to take advantage of the unique flavor of an unripe tomato. The second is late fall, just before a killing frost. In the past, I let my small green tomatoes fall victim to frost […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Peaches Plums Apricots
Over the decades we have made attempts to start fruit trees amidst gophers, deer, raccoons and an occasional bear. While our more recent efforts have met with some success, there are only three survivors from earlier campaigns. One of those trees is a prune plum given to us by our good friends June and Bobby […]
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By Amanda Rose | Berries
These strawberry cream cups are simple to put together and will impress even the pickiest of guests. Their base is cream cheese, slightly sweetened with honey, and lightened just a bit by the addition of water. It sets up nicely with the addition of gelatin. The cream cheese portion of this recipe was inspired by […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Summer Squash
Do you love to turn left-overs into something new and interesting? It’s almost an art form! With a bit of creativity you can whip up a dish in minutes that looks like you slaved for an hour or more. This is one of those quick and impressive-looking dishes. “Planned” leftovers are the key. When we […]
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