I will be putting on my second Historic Dinner at the beautiful Kirkman House Museum on May6th. The last event was delicious, elegant and lots of fun. If you are ...
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Evolving our Personal Food Identities
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Cooking with Alternative Grains
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Making cinnamon rolls with kids
We made cinnamon rolls with the kids at the Y! They enjoyed eating them while watching the other kids run. Go kids! Go! Overnight Cinnamon Rolls Recipe courtesy Alton Brown Ingredients Dough: 4 large egg yolks, room temperature 1 large whole egg, room temperature 2 ounces sugar, approximately 1/4 cup 3 ounces unsalted butter, melted, [...]
Spring Detox: Day Five
I’ve gotten a little lazier these days, forgetting to take pictures and lacking the energy to post at the end of the day. So here’s my day five, a few days late. This morning, I had the lovely oat pancakes again. I find them more satisfying than any other breakfast food option. To switch it [...]
Spring Detox: Day Four
For breakfast, I made up some oatmeal with spelt and rolled oats. I added coconut oil, raisins and a dash of maple syrup. It was tasty! My husband had a bowl of granola with almond milk. The kids decided they’ve had enough of the detox, and are back to toast, butter and fruit for breakfast. [...]
Spring Detox: Day Three
I’m getting into the groove of this diet, but I am pretty exhausted from all the planning, prepping and preparing. I wake up early to get the kid’s breakfast and lunches made, while my husband enjoys another hour of sleep. I get them off to school and prepare our breakfast and lunches. Then off to [...]
Spring Detox: Day Two
The morning started out good with some yummy ground steel-cut oat pancakes, blueberries and raspberry smoothie for the kids. And some spelt-oat meal, blueberries and a tangerine for the adults. The oatmeal was a bit of a challenge, as I love mine with lots of butter, cream and maple syrup. I compromised with coconut oil [...]
Cleansing Spring Detox: Day One
I started the night before, soaking some grains and almonds for the upcoming day. Brown rice for dinner, steel cut oats for flourless breakfast pancakes and almonds for almond milk(see previous post for recipe). Breakfast included honey almond granola with almond milk and raspberry pineapple smoothie. My daughter also had a cup of frozen organic [...]
Tomorrow Begins Our Spring Detox
Inspired by the thought of spring’s arrival, with it’s fresh and renewing qualitities, I have decided to go on a detox diet this first full week of March. A month back I wrote an article about the process, dreaming of the warm days of spring and bright vibrant foods of the season. Here in [...]
Rogue Ale Tasting Dinner in photos
The menu The venue The amuse bouche Venison “carpaccio”, beet confit, wild argula and mustards Roasted marrow bones, roasted garlic crostini and parsley salad Pheasant ragu, wild hedgehog mushrooms, polenta, Parmigiano Reggiano and Causse Noir Housemade mascarpone-stuffed dates, brown butter caramel, toasted hazelnuts and Pixie tangerine and the featured beers of the evening: Chatoe Rogue [...]
Making my First Cassoulet
To spice things up in the cold winter months, the Walla Walla Downtown Foundation put on it’s third annual Julia Child Cooking Contest on Feb 19. I thought it would be a fun challenge, so I signed up. Each year the dish changes. One year it was Coq au Vin, the other was Boeuf Bourguignon. [...]
Julia Child Cookoff: Part Trois- Cassoulet
The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation is having a cooking contest! In the Julia Child theme, the dish is cassoulet. Cassoulet: ” a rich, slow-cooked bean stew or casserole originating in the south of France, containing meat (typically pork sausages, pork, goose, duck and sometimes mutton), pork skin and white haricot [...]
