The life of the party begins in the cookery
The weekend found me spending a good stretch of it around the cookery – but the blessing was the great company. Food comes to life in new ways when we share it with friends and family. Don’t be shy! You know who you are. I’ll be posting my “Road to Beijing Chicken” recipe on Cookery Content later this week. Until […]
Tabouleh Wraps
The tabouleh was easy to handle and tasted great in a lettuce wrap. My children love this as finger food, too. Here’s the recipe: 1 cup bulghur wheat (I like Alma extra fancy cracked wheat) 2 1/4 cups cold water 1 1/2 cups chopped parsley 4 chopped green onions 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1/4 cup extra […]
Cuisine-sheltered in my small hometown
Call me sheltered in the small hometown of my childhood. I tasted few foods from around the world until I turned 18. One of my undergrad instructors first entertained the thought of Middle Eastern cuisine. A Lebanese American, Dr. Shaheen sent me on a journey to discover this Lebanese salad: Tabouleh. After some searching, I finally […]
Fire up the eggplant
Fire up the eggplant and feast on this Middle Eastern stew. A food loving gentleman introduced me to this modest dish and although it’s fantastic as is, he also recommends adding a little cubed lamb or beef to embellish for a special meal. I’ve made it with all of the variations. Excellent! Hazi’s Stew 6 […]
Middle Eastern Tasting
Aromas of Middle Eastern cooking filled the Cookery last night. I’m still cleaning up this morning (no paper or plastic) and returning the china and glassware (for our 15 tasters) to my storage shelves. Others have teased me for years about my aversion to paper plates. To accommodate the size of our group, I used a combination […]
Carrot Cranberry Salad
After the kids peeled the carrots over the sink, Cookery Dad had to step in to fix the sink drain. It seems as if a couple of enormous carrots accidentally slipped out of the hands of my helpers. But the bulk of the carrots survived. Here’s a recipe for one of our favorite carrot salads. 6 medium […]
Kids in the Cookery
Kids in the Cookery « Cookery content – life’s ingredients
Kids and carrots
Under close supervision, kids can learn a lot about food and nutrition in the cookery. My kids love to help prepare carrots. I’m not sure how we’ll use these carrots today, but I’ll share the end result here tomorrow.
Carrot soup=dinner
The temperature’s hovering right around 18 degrees F. Hot coffee is the choice beverage. Carrot soup’s on the menu, too. Soup + bread + cheese=dinner. We’re warming up around this cookery!
Best-kept secret to a happy marriage?
This morning I pulled duties as the cookery prep cook while my Cub Scout earned one more credit for planning, preparing and cleaning up breakfast. On the menu: waffles. Out of the freezer? Hardly. He mixed up the batter and made them in the family waffle maker. My husband and I received a waffle maker […]