By Amanda Rose | Citrus
When it comes to assembling stunningly simple and elegant fruit desserts, you will need a stash of lemon curd. You can buy the curd in a jar…for quite a few bucks. It is much more satisfying and healthy, however, to make your own with good honey, butter, and eggs from your own chickens (or maybe […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Broth
My first experience with albondigas, a Mexican meatball soup, was in the home of a friend. Her mother, recently widowed, had just come to live with her. Eugenia and her deceased husband had run a Mexican restaurant that people came to from three counties. The food was phenomenal. With her husband gone and the restaurant […]
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By Jeanie Rose | Citrus
When you have good produce, the flavors of your vegetables are bright and interesting. They don’t need much to pull them together to be meal-worthy. You may have a few fresh things to toss as a salad – baby greens, radishes, and green onions. If so, you already have superb flavor and texture. Toss the […]
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By Amanda Rose | Cilantro
We first tried this cilantro salsa last year when we enjoyed a great variant of a Columbian potato soup, Ajiaco. We loved the soup but thought the salsa we garnished it with was the real sleeper of the meal. Each time we have blended up the sauce since, I have wondered why I don’t keep […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Garlic
Since mayonnaise is a critical ingredient to any sandwich in this home, it behooves me to provide a good one. There is none better than one made from scratch. Of course it will not last for months in the refrigerator like the store-bought counterpart, but it doesn’t last here more than a week anyway. The […]
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By Amanda Rose | Super Foods
Healthy seafood is becoming an increasingly complicated food item to buy. We may have lakes or rivers near our homes that experts tell us not to fish in because of the toxins in the fish. There are polluted areas around the globe with seafood and fresh water fish we are probably best to avoid. Many […]
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