Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Sometimes I ask myself, “If purple carrots are the best carrots for the people, how come everyone buys orange carrots?” It’s kind of like asking, “If high fructose corn syrup
09/07/14
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Category: Recipes
Detroit Greek Pizza
It took me about ten years on and off trying to perfect this recipe. There’s a section of Detroit called Greek Town, and in and around that area there is
09/06/14
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Turmeric, Tilapia, and Inventing Recipes
I only had three pieces of tilapia in the freezer and we were down to three people for dinner due to extenuating circumstances of soccer practice and the first high
09/05/14
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Smothered Okra
This was my first time buying okra. I’ve eaten it a couple of times in the cafeteria at work (only deep-fried), but I had never handled a fresh one before.
09/04/14
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Garlic Bread, More Gardens
Today Tony gave me an article from an AARP magazine that reported in the years between 2008 and 2012, home-based produce gardening increased 17% in the U.S. The National Gardening
09/03/14
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Rib Eye with Paprika Vinaigrette
Labor Day is traditionally a grill day so luckily we had perfect grilling weather today after a stormy Sunday evening. I simplified this recipe from one in the June 2014
09/01/14
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Substituting Seasonal Ingredients
In the spring I posted the best times of year for planting, but more importantly (in case you aren’t able to grow your own food) is when things are in
08/30/14
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Baked Ziti
I still had two steak burgers in the freezer from one farmer’s market and a package of sage sausage from another, plus with all of my newly canned tomatoes I
08/29/14
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BLTs and ELTs
You’ll have to resist the urge to run and get your car keys when you hear this, but today on the way to my son’s soccer practice, I saw a
08/28/14
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Cherry Tomato Bake
I’m learning that the cherry tomatoes have to be picked before they crack or else they go bad fast. But with just two plants, they come in faster than a
08/27/14
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