Our Miss Lily girl is as fascinated with this French Oval Enameled Cast Iron Pot as I am.  I love it.  It is a 6 quart in size, perfect for 4-5 lb. chickens or roasts.  It is also great for braising.  This was a Christmas gift, and so far I have used this pot at ...

We have finally found a market that sells Hormone Antibiotic Free Pork - Yeahhhhh!  We have not had any pork since August when our previous meat market closed.  These were really delicious pork chops, such a treat after months with no pork. This is a meal I have been making for what feels ...

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham - such comfort food, a dish I had not made in years until I found a neutral tasting Soy Milk.  This would have been delicious with SCD cream too, but I did not have any made, so a white Bechamel Sauce it was.  With three different cheeses, it really added a ...

I cannot remember the last time I cooked Traditional Lasagna.  By traditional, I mean Lasagna in a meat sauce.  My family loves the Vegetarian Lasagna I make, but for a change it was lovely to  have Lasagna with a meat sauce.  I used the yogurt cheese filling similar to the Vegetarian Lasagna, but will do ...

This recipe was a collaboration of inspiration.  From three different people - Mama! I made this recipe three times before I got it.  You want to see frustration...you should have seen me in the kitchen.  Hallelujah....Yeahhh...I finally did it.  YES I did.  For the idea of this recipe I give thanks to Kary at BEST ...

This week I will be posting some Indian Curry recipes - love them, sometimes I want to eat curry every single day!  We had a full Indian Curry dinner last night that was mighty tasty.  And even better are the leftovers the next day. I have discovered though, when doing a whole curry dinner, it ...

This was such a yummy, satisfying, and healthy meal.  The original recipe came from a food writer, Julie VanRosendaal, who had this recipe printed in our local newspaper.  I can not do a link to this specific recipe because of publication rights, but Julie does have a blog called Dinner With Julie - so worth ...

I wondered about this dish - saffron, and prawns?  It worked, oh yes, it worked.  One thing I have discovered about risotto is it is not a difficult dish to make.  It does need stirring, but not non-stop.  Let it simmer a bit in between stirring, and you end up with a most luscious risotto.  ...

This was a yummy flavorful dish - any kind of gluten free sausages would work. This did not photograph well, but sure was tasty. 1 small head of  finely shredded cabbage (I used an organic green cabbage, but red would be lovely too) 1 large sliced onion 5 minced garlic cloves 2 bayleaves salt and pepper 1 Tblsp. Dijon mustard  (I ...

A lovely recipe to share, and a story to tell: Recently, my Best Friend and I went out to lunch.  We had a day of wondering through Antique Stores, Second Hand Vintage Stores, and her fave, gem stores looking for stones so she could make jewelry.  It was a fun day, a day we do not ...

  Well, here is another post where our camera was dying it's very slow death!  Not too many more, I promise. I may have mentioned previously that Chicken Cordon Bleu, for me is just boring.  Plain and boring.  Years ago, it was a big hit, everyone was raving about it.  Then when I tried it I thought, ...

Jambalaya....I love that word.  It just sounds happy to me.  A tasty dish loosely based on Emeril Lagasse's recipe, which you can find here. This was one of those pictures where our camera was starting to die..sorry, but such as it is, I think there are only one or two more recipes like this..then we ...

I have often heard of incorporating purred squash into pasta dishes, but never thought it would taste good.  I was wrong.  It is a lovely combination, and healthy too!  I used bacon in this recipe, but ham would be tasty as well. 1 1/2 cups purred squash, I used Hubbard squash 6 slices of bacon, chopped small, ...

Each summer where we live their is a yearly "cook off Chili Fest". I have always wondered at this, because for me, I think of a piping hot bowl of chili for these cold winter nights.  Unless we had a huge crowd to feed or a potluck in the summer, that is the only time ...

I love coming up with new chicken recipes and lately, we have really been loving Greek yogurt in various dishes, lighter than cream, but just as tasty! 6 chicken thighs, skin on bone in olive oil 2 minced garlic cloves 2 sliced leekes 8 sliced crimini mushrooms 1/2 glass of white wine 3/4 a cup chicken stock (eye ball this amount, you ...

When we sat down to dinner, I told DH there was a secret ingredient in this Mexican influenced stew.   After a few mouthfuls, I think his eyeballs bulged, and I could not help myself, what started as a little chuckle, turned into howling with laughter.  We are actually wimps when it comes to heat.  ...

There is much talk these days in the blogging world about diets.  Paleo, SCD, Primal, Macro-Biotic and the list goes on.  I see much I like about each and every one of these diets. Could I do one or the other? Probably not.  However, at this stage in life, or rather, ahem, age in life, ...

I wanted to create a new Shepherd's Pie Recipe, one that did not have mashed potatoes on top. We love potatoes of all kinds, but once in a while it is a nice change not having them.  With all the lovely winter vegetables we got at the last of the Farmer's Market a while back, ...

I love turkey leftovers, reheated the next day and even after that we still had quite a lot of turkey and gravy left.  So turkey pot pie it was.  As I was making this dish, it occurred to me that I had never made a leftover chicken or turkey pot pie, I always used uncooked ...

This has been an interesting year of "firsts" for me.  Most of which I am happy to report have been quite good.  Although, ahem, we did have the Roasted Chestnuts experience...but that is another story.  March 2010, I learned how to use a computer, email, and blog.  That has been a wonderful experience, sharing recipes ...

This is a tasty combo with fresh Rosemary, Sage as well as one sweet apple.  As the Lamb Chops are small, this did not take long at to put together, maybe 30 minutes?  We don't get Lamb too often, but when I see it at the Market, it is coming home with me! 8 small Free ...

I had a huge craving today.  Usually, that means comfort food, usually equating to pasta, at least for me.  But I was also craving greens.  What did I have to fit the bill?  Swiss Chard, Leeks, Peas, homemade Pesto (from the summer) then add some Bacon, Pasta, Parmesan cheese...I was a happy girl.  There was ...

Not a great picture but this is a yummy dish that feeds a crowd, great for leftovers the next day, or a great dish to bring to a potluck.  There are a few steps to this recipe, but not difficult at all, and in the end, a very satisfying meal. 1 head of green cabbage, core ...

I love winter squash.  It is so versatile, so many ways to use this lovely vegetable.  Lately, I have been all about "layering", and "stuffing" foods, whether, it is pasta dishes, squash or other veggie stuffing's, pies...it is fun to make and create all of these stuffing's into different dishes. Plus we also have been ...

Don't we all love crispy fried chicken? This is oven baked, less fat, and yummy! I have always seen recipes where you marinate the chicken in Buttermilk. So I thought, my Soy Milk is neutral enough, add in some Apple Cider vinegar - it  worked beautifully. (Yogurt also works with same principle) The chicken was ...

We have a great Mexican Restaurant where we live that serves really tasty Mexican Food.  I don't think it is authentic Mexican food, but delicious none the less.  What I have discovered in eating free range chicken, beef, and pork, is my tummy is just not happy with anything other than that.  So I decided ...

Since going milk free years ago, I made up this recipe for Macaroni and Cheese, in fact this is the cheese sauce I use all the time for other casseroles, which use a Bechamel  or white sauce as well.  The key is to find a neutral tasting, unsweetened Soy, Hemp, or Rice Milk.  I ...

Last spring I had been very excited about a new Meat Market in our area, that sold only local, farm raised, hormone and anti-biotic free meat, pork, beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, they even had rabbit.  Sadly, they closed down.  I was not clear on the story behind why they closed down, but what they did ...

My daughter says this should be for breakfast.  It was easy to make, but there were a lot of steps, that is too much work for me first thing in the morning.  As you will see from the photos I originally hoped this would be one big round pancake style fritter.  It just was not ...

Who knew that lowly sausage could raise to such heights? I love sausages of all kinds.  Not to mention, we had leftover homemade chicken stock, leftover SCD cream, a couple of big crimini mushrooms, and fresh sage. Fresh sage is so lovely right now, and there is a lot of it.   Think I will ...