This is tonight’s experiment (Husband is SUCH a great guinea pig!).
We’re trying to add more “meatless mains” to our repertoire, and this looks like it might have potential.
The recipe is part of the Whole Living Action Plan for 2013 that I mentioned in an earlier post. While we’re not following the plan exactly, I’m going to try as many of the recipes I can over the next few weeks. Continue Reading →
I meant to post this earlier… but there was a power outage during the Superbowl. *
Anyhoo… I’m sure a disproportionate number of households prepared game-day feasts that included Velveeta, tortilla chips, wings, and any number of dips that aren’t exactly artery or waistline friendly.
At the Wood house, we’re about to launch a (modified) cleanse, and didn’t feel like taking ten steps backward before we’d even started. So I pulled out one of my most tried-and-true dishes that is super easy and super healthy — perfect for this Superbowl Sunday. Continue Reading →
We’ve put it off as long as we could… that post-holidays, post-vacation resolution to shock the system back to healthier habits.
Last year, Husband and I did the 2-week, Bon Appetit Food Lovers’ Cleanse. It was great — a LOT of work, but we found some new favorite dishes, which we continue to make. We were never hungry – much to our surprise.
This year, we’re trying the Whole Living Action Plan, a 3-week program that detoxes your organs, by eliminating all the naughty stuff (dang!) and starting with a simple base of lentils, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds. If we survive that, we get to add in fish and gluten-free grains.
Let me say right up front, there WILL be some modifications to this plan… Continue Reading →
Husband and I are blessed to have experienced some of the best restaurants in the US – and beyond. So the bar is set pretty high. But on a return trip to a hidden little gem in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Mexico, we had a knock-your-socks off (and wear elastic-pants) meal.
photo from foodrepublic.com
There’s been some competition between my neighbors over the years. It involves guacamole, and whose is best. We’re told it’s a tie between mine and my friend Doug’s. Well that makes sense — he and I use the same recipe!
That was us, 10 months and tens of thousands of dollars ago.
Our 16-year-old dishwasher was showing its age, so we decided to quit on it before it quit on us. Off to a local appliance store we went, in search of the latest and greatest dishwasher technology.
Can you say “kid in a candy store”? I went from vignette to vignette, exploring cooktops, ovens, refrigerators, beverage centers, warming drawers… and finally, dishwashers. Earth to Morgan! Continue Reading →
From The Mission :: Pork Shoulder Tacos
pork shoulder + pineapple glaze + cilantro + red onions + hand made corn tortillas
Scottsdale is a great restaurant town!
So it’s with a little sheepishness that I confess to visiting the same restaurant multiple times in one visit. And a short visit, at that. And, I do it almost every time I’m there.
Several years ago, Husband and I stumbled upon The Mission in Old Town Scottsdale. And we were immediately hooked. Sure, they do the tableside guacamole… and it IS terrific. But their signature dish is their pork taco with handmade corn tortillas. I think you’re supposed to share it. Yeah, right. Continue Reading →
It could be worse. I could be addicted to cigarettes or heroin.
When I reach inside my mailbox and find that one (or more) of my food periodicals has found it’s way there, I am giddy.
But do I read it immediately? Oh no!
Like the meals they highlight, these gems are meant to be savored. Slowly. And with wine. I save them up for an evening I’m alone (either literally, or because Husband is catching up on sports on TV). I pour a glass of Pinot Noir, and slowly open the cover. Continue Reading →
If I could move a cot into my pantry and live, I just might. It’s my favorite part of our kitchen remodel — and the part I probably spent the most time on. Planning. And measuring. And redesigning.
When we started the project, Husband said that he didn’t really like things out on the kitchen counters. Given I had a juicer, an espresso machine and my new Vitamix always at the ready, this was going to take some creative problem-solving. Continue Reading →
This past August marked what would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday.
We had just finished our kitchen remodel, and the local distributor for Wolf and SubZero appliances (both, in which, we made rather large investments) was having a party at their showroom.
I thought it would be fun: small plates inspired by Julia, prepared by local women chefs and paired with delicious wines. What’s not to love? Who cared that we wouldn’t know a soul that would be there? Continue Reading →
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