Category: recipe
Saturday Evening Pasta-Comfort Food Sunday Double Feature: Spaghetti and Meatballs-The Family You Choose
When I am looking for something that will comfort me while I am cooking it, as well as while I’m eating it, my go-to choice is usually Italian food. I am not Italian, and I did not grow up eating much Italian food, but I have learned to cook a variety of cuisines, and Italian is my favorite ...
Gingerbread for Healing
I have reached the point where I just need something simple, comforting, and healing, and thought you might have too. So I made gingerbread. This is my mother’s gingerbread recipe. It was her go-to dessert when she wanted something quick and easy, that would feed and please a crowd. My father used to eat a ...
Spiced Pumpkin Soup
This soup is made with pumpkin, and pumpkin pie spices, but it definitely does not taste like pumpkin pie. There’s plenty of pumpkin pie ahead with the holidays coming, so I didn’t want it here in this soup. Spiced Pumpkin Soup 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped pinch of salt 2 cups chicken broth 1 ...
Buttermilk Pumpkin Spice Cornbread
After I got all uppity about Pumpkin Spice yesterday, I got hungry. So I made this. Buttermilk Pumpkin Spice Cornbread 1 1/2 cups stone ground, whole grain cornmeal (medium grind) 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves ...
Real Food Origins: Rhubarb
As common as rhubarb is in much of the US, it is not a native plant to North America. European immigrants brought it here in the 18th century, after it was grown and used for centuries as a medicinal root in China, and spread throughout Asia and Europe over eastern trade routes. Although commonly treated ...
Corn and Red Bean Soup
This recipe is inspired by a Choctaw recipe I found. It didn’t include bacon, but since it would have been available to the local population through trade with Europeans, I used it to impart some extra flavor and richness. It also didn’t include filé powder, but since the Choctaw taught their New Orleans neighbors how ...
Creole Remoulade
Here’s how I made my Creole Remoulade. You can substitute any hot sauce if you can’t find Louisiana hot sauce, but I wouldn’t go too far to the Latin/Mexican side, because that’s not going to be Creole exactly. It is usually served with seafood, such as Shrimp Remoulade, above, but I have also used it as a ...
