Archive for the ‘kitchen’ Category

I’ve found over the last three months that living Gluten Free hasn’t been as hard as I’d thought most of the time. Since I do so much cooking, it’s been pretty easy to make delicious yummy food that just isn’t made with wheat, barley, or un-tested oats. All that said, though, in two weeks (yikes) [...]

Whiskey Beef Stew

In: kitchen

6 Nov 2011

Quick, easy, delicious slow-cooker beef stew. It’s not a hugely exact recipe, but I’ll do my best! You need: 2 lbs of stew meat (or 2 lbs of cheap beef roast, cut in chunks) 1/2 lb mushrooms – I usually use cremini or shitake – cut into chunks 1/2 lb carrots – cut into slices. [...]

Easy Baked Apples

In: kitchen

12 Oct 2011

It’s apple season! Yay! I love apples, and I especially love apples that are fresh, crisp, and on sale. This means you can probably make this dessert for 4 people for around $5, depending on the price of butter. Cheap apples or not, though, this is delicious and very very easy. You need: 4 medium [...]

Kadomi, on twitter, was asking about good recipes to use with fresh jalapenos (no surprise, since the heat and drought in the southwest this year will definitely produce a bumper crop of hot peppers). I’m going to be making my favorite Apricot Jalapeno jam (that I use as Christmas gifts), but this recipe for stuffed [...]


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