Eating a hearty beef stew when it’s 90 degrees in the shade isn’t really my cup of tea. Summer is typically chock full of salads and things that have little to no heat required—save for grilled items. Shrimp salad, chicken salad, tuna salad, these are all great...
Watermelon combined with the crunch of cucumber makes for a light, almost spa-like side salad, one that’s almost sweet enough to be classified as dessert. This salad is great for your summertime picnics and potluck brunches. It’s a little known fact that Cordele,...
I love tomatoes, and love that Charles and I both take great pride in our tomato crops. So much so that in the summer it became our ritual on Friday nights after work to go and pick fresh tomatoes out of our garden, and we would then go and make a fresh salad with the...
Yes, it is very random that the Caesar salad was reportedly first made in Tijuana, Mexico. Almost as random as the fact that I spent one New Year’s Eve eating really good Chinese food in Tijuana followed by seeing a Beatles cover band. I digress. As the story goes,...
My (Julie’s) sister-in-law, Shada, has a kitchen and cookbook collection I covet. Not to mention that she’s also the one who first introduced me to Donna Hay and the Australian cooking magazine, Delicious. Shada is Australian, but perhaps more like a sibling to me...
Great for picnics and tailgating, chicken salad is a Southern staple. There are a thousand different ways to make this stuff. This recipe is a bit chunkier than most folks are used to. Serve on sliced cucumber or zucchini as an appetizer or spoon into romaine lettuce...
Yep, you can buy chicken stock off the grocery store shelf. You can buy lots of things off the shelf that don’t taste nearly as good as what you can make at home. This recipe will net about 16 cups (nearly 4 liters) of delicious stock. From the directions, you’ll see...
SERVES: 4 | PREP TIME: 1 to 24 hours | COOK TIME: 20 minutes Ingredients For the wet rub 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted juice of 1 lime 1 tablespoon smoked paprika ½ tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt...
SERVES: 4 | PREP TIME: 15 minutes | COOK TIME: 1 hour Ingredients 3 to 4 tablespoons coconut oil, melted, divided 1 butternut squash (about 1¾ pounds/800 grams), cut in half lengthwise 1 acorn squash (about ¾ pound/340 grams), cut in half crosswise 1 delicata squash...
SERVES: 4 | PREP TIME: 25 minutes | COOK TIME: 15 minutes Ingredients 2 delicata squash (about ¾ pound/340 grams) 2 tablespoons coconut oil 2 shallots (1¾ ounces/50 grams), thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 2 cups (480 ml) chicken broth 2 tablespoons...
SERVES: 6 | PREP TIME: 10 minutes | COOK TIME: 35 minutes Ingredients 2 tablespoons coconut oil 1 medium onion, diced coarse sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 (15-ounce/425-gram) cans pumpkin puree 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 (14.5-ounce/411-gram) can...
SERVES: 4 | PREP TIME: 10 minutes | COOK TIME: 3 to 4 hours + 6 to 8 hours if caramelizing the onions Ingredients 2 or 4 tablespoons bacon fat or coconut oil, melted (see Note) 3 pounds (1.4 kg) onions, sliced 2 cups (480 ml) chicken broth 4 cups (960 ml) beef broth 6...