Simple recipes
Simple Fig Preserves
Jarvis Farms is experiencing their fig harvest right now. MAN! Are these figs DELICIOUS!
I’ll be honest with you. I had never eaten a fig until last week sometime. I’ve always seen fig newtons, and knew I didn’t like them. But never had I appreciated a fresh fig right off the tree. [...]
Fried Green Tomatoes
It’s not right to live through Summer without eating at least one batch of fried green tomatoes. I believe it’s a Southern sin.
Now generally speaking, I seem to remember that eating fried green tomatoes was something we did at the end of the last harvest. Some tomato plants can be pushed to produce [...]
Grilled Rainbow Trout
Grilling Rainbow Trout is SUPER EASY and leaves no mess in the kitchen.
I LOVE IT!
HERE’S ALL IT TAKES
heavy duty aluminum foil
nonstick cooking spray
1 large Rainbow Trout fillet
1 large lemon, cut half of it into thin slices
1 small onion, cut into 1/4 inch slices
salt & fresh ground pepper
1 hot grill
Go ahead and prep fillet, first. [...]
1Aug2008 | Jill | 1 comment | Continued
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes and Onions
Oven roasted vegetables are so delicious and easy to serve. No matter what it is, as long as the oven is hot, there’s good olive oil on hand and you season it with plenty of coarse salt and fresh ground pepper…you cannot go wrong.
HERE’S A GREAT VEGGIE COMBO
red potatoes, cut into 1 inch pieces
yellow [...]
Shrimp Fest
Shrimp is so fast and easy to cook. We should eat it more often. It literally takes minutes to be ready and it tastes SOOOO good no matter how we eat it; breaded, boiled, fried, roasted and GRILLED.
HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SPICE AND THE KIDS CAN EAT TOO
1 pound shrimp
Road Kill [...]
Fresh Cucumber Pickle Slices
Don’t these super fresh fruits and vegetables look so lovely? Good enough to eat!
Our good neighbor, Randy, brought them over. They were still hot from the morning sun when I shot this photo. Over the next few posts, I’ll show you how we ended up eating this flavorful bunch from Randy’s [...]
Traditional Coleslaw
“Coleslaw” comes from the Dutch koolsla, from kool cabbage + sla salad. Defined as a simple salad made from sliced cabbage. But we KNOW it’s not THAT simple, don’t we?
Oh sure, slicing up the cabbage is easy. Creating the dressing is the hard part! Getting that balance of creamy, tangy sweetness to moisten all that [...]
Deluxe Black Bean Burgers
On nights when I don’t feel like cooking something from scratch, I get out one of my favorite freezer staples, Morningstar Spicy Black Bean Burgers. They taste the best heated up in the oven or on a grill pan. I’ll also heat up a can of Ranch Style Black Beans to serve [...]
8Jul2008 | Jill | 4 comments | Continued
Homecooked Purple Hull Peas
Fresh Purple Hull Peas are hard to come by around these parts. If you ever run across someone who grows them, I highly suggest that you get chummy with them.
Purple hull peas are very filling served on top of rice for a light lunch. They are usually eaten as a side veggie with [...]
Grilled Steak and Vegetables
I am having WAY TOO MUCH FUN grilling outside!
The grocer had steaks on sale the other day and I couldn’t resist picking one up. I really needed a reason to break open the bag of Mesquite chips and learn what they were going to do for me.
After starting up the grill and getting it [...]
Jalapeño Peach Salsa
If you’ve never eaten this salsa before, I know what you’re thinking. I thought the same thing. “This is some weird foodie recipe.”
It’s not at all. I got this delicious, simple recipe from my good friend, Kim. She’s a Nutritionist and a VERY good cook.
It turns out that jalapeño peach salsa [...]
Vegetable Medley
Ok, I know I’ve already done a recipe with chick peas this week. But come ON! Who eats something different every night of the week? that lives on a reasonable budget? that hates to throw out good food?
I’m calling this recipe “vegetable medley”, because it’s better than “leftover vegetables from the frig that [...]
